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In the next month or two or three I'll be upgrading from a crappy toshiba laptop to a fully epic gaming pc which I need your help with. :D

1. Budget & Location
So my budget is going to be £600 in total, and if you can't tell I am in the United Kingdom (So please be aware of that with like pc shops and so on, this is really pointless these brackets )

2. Aim
My aim with this pc is to be able to play games at medium to high settings and also recording them at 720p 60fps. The games I will be playing are: Minecraft, GMOD, CS.GO, TF2, BF4, Insurgency and other games like that. I would like to play at a nice stable fps so like 60fps would be awesome :D

3. Monitors
I own a old 2008 samsung tv/monitor 20". It should be good enough for now and I can always upgrade it later for two 24" monitors.

4. Peripherals
I would just need some keyboard, I do not care which one it is. Also I would need windows, so windows 8.1 and thats really it.

5. Why are you upgrading?
I am upgrading as my laptop is already starting to suffer from gaming and recording at a nice stable and enjoyable fps. I want to be able to move away from ultra low settings to high settings with a smooth enjoyable fps. 

 

 

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I would like to have a SSD, for windows and some games :D

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For the sake of us night theme users, can you change the font colour of all the text to automatic?

 

In the meantime, I'll get working on a list.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.12 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£184.13 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£9.06 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £609.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 16:39 GMT+0000
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£24.25 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£24.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£229.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£53.52 @ Aria PC)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£9.06 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £622.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 16:32 GMT+0000

Dont cheap out on a build because of windows , get  win 10 technical preview for now.

My Deus Ex Review : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/358415-zappian-plays-old-games-episode-1-deus-ex/#entry4862793

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With windows and a keyboard. Slightly over budget but not too much.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£34.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£139.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.09 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard  (£9.06 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £621.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 16:29 GMT+0000
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With SSD and a decent Mobo none of that H81 garbage... :P

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.17 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.17 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £610.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 16:32 GMT+0000

Core i7 4820K  |  NH-D14 | Rampage IV Extreme | Asus R9 280X DC2T | 8GB G.Skill TridentX | 120GB Samsung 840 | NZXT H440  |  Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£109.84 @ Ebuyer) 


Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£89.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£52.99 @ CCL Computers) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£139.98 @ Amazon UK) 




Total: £585.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 16:31 GMT+0000

 

 

 

Windows 8 is available on G2A for £30 (https://www.g2a.com/windows-8-professional-32-64-bit-cd-key-global.html). This'd take you to £615ish
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He needs windows 8.1 btw :P

 

 

Couple of bucks here... www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

Core i7 4820K  |  NH-D14 | Rampage IV Extreme | Asus R9 280X DC2T | 8GB G.Skill TridentX | 120GB Samsung 840 | NZXT H440  |  Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W

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He needs windows 8.1 btw :P

 

He needs windows 8.1 btw :P

 

Windows 8 is in my post.

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I recommended a better build and OP to get windows 10 for now.

C heaping out on hardware because of windows.

EWW.

 

Speaking of cheaping out on hardware... dat MSI H81M-P33 tho. :P

Core i7 4820K  |  NH-D14 | Rampage IV Extreme | Asus R9 280X DC2T | 8GB G.Skill TridentX | 120GB Samsung 840 | NZXT H440  |  Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W

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Couple of bucks here... www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/

20$ damn. I'm gonna use that in the future for sure. Thanks for the heads up.

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