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I have a £800 budget for my gaming PC.

This is it so far :

  • Motherboard - AsRock Z77 Extreme4
  • CPU - Intel Core i5 3470
  • RAM - Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 LP Vengeance 8GB (2x4gb) 1600mhz
  • Graphics Card - EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
  • Power Supply - Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt
  • Cooling - Corsair AF140 (Front Fan)
  • Storage - WD Red 1TB HDD
  • OS - Windows 8
  • Case - Fractal Design Define R4 (Windowed Version)

How would you improve this ?

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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try get 16gb rather than 8 you will need it

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I'd recommend a 7950 over the 760 , sorry but the VRAM difference is crucial if you want this to last a reasonable amount of time considering 3GB is recommended for BF4 already.

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I think he wants us to rate it 

My opinion 10/10 but I wouldn't get a WD Red,go for something cheaper and get an ssd as a 2nd drive

in order to make everything faster.

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try get 16gb rather than 8 you will need it

Are you sure, every review i have read says only 8gb for gaming

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try get 16gb rather than 8 you will need it

For gaming 8 gigs. Definitly dont need more, games just barely started utilizing more than 4 gigs, and thats togheter with windows

 

Also for the builder, you dont need 600 watts unless you want to add second card later, and also why WD red? 

 

also use UK pcpartpicker, or post where you want to buy from and we`ll take a look

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you will use it for some gaming 16gb wont hurt but its usefull

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This should work:

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£117.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£104.41 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£51.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.85 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (£239.75 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £795.76
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-17 18:50 BST+0100)
 
Get the Define R4 if you want, but this one has better airflow. Also don't believe this sh1t about 16GB RAM for gaming, currently 8GB is more than enough and if you need it you can buy another 2x4GB kit later, I doubt this system will ever need more than 16GB RAM for games, when that happens it will be too weak anyway. I picked a MUCH higher quality PSU. Overall this build will work better, CPU is similiar in performance to the i5 you picked and it's an awesome overclocker. The GPU is equivalent to the GTX770. On top of that you have a CPU cooler and an SSD.

My rig: CPU: Intel core i5 4670K MoBo: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast 2x4GB 1600mhz CL9 GPU: EVGA GTX780 SC ACX SSD: ADATA Premier Pro SP900 256GBHDD: Western Digital RED 2TB PSU: FSP Aurum CM 750W Case: Cooler Master HAF XM OS: Windows 8 Pro

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I have a £800 budget for my gaming PC.

This is it so far :

  • Motherboard - Gigabyte Z87X-D3H   
  • CPU - Intel Core i5 4670K
  • RAM - Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9 LP Vengeance 8GB (2x4gb) 1600mhz
  • Graphics Card - Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC 2GB
  • Power Supply - Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt
  • Cooling - Corsair AF140 (Front Fan)
  • Storage - WD Red 1TB HDD
  • OS - Windows 8
  • Case - Fractal Design Define R4 (Windowed Version)

How would you improve this ?

GAMING PC,so get better GPU.  do you understand that getting a non K i5 like the i5 4570 with a h87 board ,but with a gtx 770,you will have MUCH better performance in games than all the OC you can do with that i5 K and z87 board? or get the fx 8350.

 

also get a better PSU than a corsair CX. seasonic G 550,rosewill capstone 550. much ,much better quality.

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try get 16gb rather than 8 you will need it

No need for 16gb.By the time 16gb will be needed ddr4 will already be mainstream

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I'd recommend a 7950 over the 760 , sorry but the VRAM difference is crucial if you want this to last a reasonable amount of time considering 3GB is recommended for BF4 already.

3gb is recommended for 1440/1600p users. Bf4 uses 2gb.Also by the time game will be using 3gb 7950 will don't even have raw power for it. 

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GAMING PC,so get better GPU.  do you understand that getting a non K i5 like the i5 4570 with a h87 board ,but with a gtx 770,you will have MUCH better performance in games than all the OC you can do with that i5 K and z87 board? or get the fx 8350.

Definitely. Gpu is most important in gaming,some people on budget put too much on OC cpu when the benfits are few fps while getting better gpu can give you 10-15 more fps

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3gb is recommended for 1440/1600p users. Bf4 uses 2gb.Also by the time game will be using 3gb 7950 will don't even have raw power for it. 

So will i need over 2gb of VRAM

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for 1080p ? hell no. today,even for 1440p,2gb vram is enough. this is tested by pros. 

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So will i need over 2gb of VRAM

2gb vram is enough for next 2years. Look at BF3,it play perfectly fine with 1gb gpu(gtx 560ti) on very high settings. 7950 doesn't have enough power for maximize games that will use 3gb. But i agree with @lachyman,7970 is also great choice. gtx 760 is about the same as 7970 vanilla,depends what your prefer.Also plus 7970 does have 1gb vram more.Either will be good

 

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This should work:

 
CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£117.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£104.41 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£51.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.85 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card:  MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (£239.75 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £795.76
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-17 18:50 BST+0100)
 
Get the Define R4 if you want, but this one has better airflow. Also don't believe this sh1t about 16GB RAM for gaming, currently 8GB is more than enough and if you need it you can buy another 2x4GB kit later, I doubt this system will ever need more than 16GB RAM for games, when that happens it will be too weak anyway. I picked a MUCH higher quality PSU. Overall this build will work better, CPU is similiar in performance to the i5 you picked and it's an awesome overclocker. The GPU is equivalent to the GTX770. On top of that you have a CPU cooler and an SSD.

 

 

This, this is perfect - will run the current gen games on great settings! I can't really adjust anything here because for the price-performance this is the best you can get with your budget. 

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you will use it for some gaming 16gb wont hurt but its usefull

Useful for slight photo and video editing not gaming in any way. This is a "gaming build" he won't be doing any video or photo editing, it's not needed.

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you will use it for some gaming 16gb wont hurt but its usefull

It hurts the budget.

This should work:

Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1ESv0

Replace the 212 Evo stock fan with the Sickleflow.

Replace case fans as well. 2 in front and each form bottom and rear.

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