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lememeinator
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I went through a few builds in this price range and pieced together my own list of components:

 

Hard Drive: WD 1TB - Caviar Blue (http://amzn.to/1dnF7Yu)

Power Supply: Corsair CX500 watt (http://amzn.to/1m1gpMK)

Case: Corsair Carbide 200r (http://amzn.to/1eNm7j6)

GPU: Gigabyte NVidia GTX650Ti 2GB (http://amzn.to/1hLMgng) Gigabyte R9 270x (http://amzn.to/KRrQLp)

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (http://amzn.to/1m1gvUG)

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Mini-ATX (http://amzn.to/1c9FD6d)

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760k (http://amzn.to/1aTOZTO)

 

The aim for the build would be to allow me to play games such as DayZ, Battlefield 4, and GTA 4 at 1080p at a steady framerate.

 

This is my first build so any criticism or suggestions are hugely appreciated.

If you recommend an alternative CPU, could you please also point me in a direction for a compatible motherboard?

 

Thanks in advance :)

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I went through a few builds in this price range and pieced together my own list of components:

 

Hard Drive: WD 1TB - Caviar Blue (http://amzn.to/1dnF7Yu)

Power Supply: Corsair CX500 watt (http://amzn.to/1m1gpMK)

Case: Corsair Carbide 200r (http://amzn.to/1eNm7j6)

GPU: Gigabyte NVidia GTX650Ti 2GB (http://amzn.to/1hLMgng)

RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (http://amzn.to/1m1gvUG)

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Mini-ATX (http://amzn.to/1c9FD6d)

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760k (http://amzn.to/1aTOZTO)

 

This is my first build so any criticism or suggestions are hugely appreciated.

If you recommend an alternative CPU, could you please also point me in a direction for a compatible motherboard?

 

Thanks in advance :)

swap the 650 ti with an R9 270. Also why atx case with matx mobo?

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swap the 650 ti with an R9 270. Also why atx case with matx mobo?

I couldn't find (not that I really looked) an ATX motherboard compatible with the processor in the price range. And I went with an ATX case because it would be easier for a first build with a little bit more space to work with.

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I couldn't find (not that I really looked) an ATX motherboard compatible with the processor in the price range. And I went with an ATX case because it would be easier for a first build with a little bit more space to work with.

Id say go for matx case.

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Id say go for matx case.

Any suggestions in the same price range as the Carbide 200r? I quite like the matte black finish.

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 Maybe check this combo?

 

 
CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£60.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£50.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£53.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card  (£289.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £613.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-12 18:12 GMT+0000)

"You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word." -- Al Capone.

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@lememeinator (Why from a 650ti to a r9 290x?)

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2A6Ft



 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£82.49 @ Ebuyer) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.90 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£60.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£69.54 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  (£137.12 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.49 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.98 @ Dabs) 

Total: £605.99

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-12 18:20 GMT+0000)

 

How about this? Will max out BF4 at 45 fps. 2tb hdd 120gb ssd. 80+ gold psu all that good stuff.

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 Maybe check this combo?

 

 
CPU:  AMD Athlon II X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£60.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£50.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£53.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card  (£289.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case:  Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £613.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-12 18:12 GMT+0000)

 

Wouldn't mixing together the high end GTX770 with the other lower end hardware cause some problems/wouldn't be a good fit?

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Wouldn't mixing together the high end GTX770 with the other lower end hardware cause some problems/wouldn't be a good fit?

it doesnt work like that your would get less performance as the processor cant keep up with the gpu at high end games if you want to play games like minecraft you could get a low end gpu and a middle range i5 it will run ok

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3RYbc

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it doesnt work like that your would get less performance as the processor cant keep up with the gpu at high end games if you want to play games like minecraft you could get a low end gpu and a middle range i5 it will run ok

That's what I was thinking when I said that they wouldn't be a good fit. And I'm more of a Battlefield/GTA player :)

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@lememeinator (Why from a 650ti to a r9 290x?)
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2A6Ft
 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£82.49 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£49.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£60.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£69.54 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card  (£137.12 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.98 @ Dabs) 
Total: £605.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-12 18:20 GMT+0000)
 
How about this? Will max out BF4 at 45 fps. 2tb hdd 120gb ssd. 80+ gold psu all that good stuff.

 

Messed up editing the post, wrote 290 instead of 270. And I might just go for that build, what are your thoughts on the other build posted by @MikeTz ?

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Messed up editing the post, wrote 290 instead of 270. And I might just go for that build, what are your thoughts on the other build posted by @MikeTz ?

Not that great. CPU Bottelneck.

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Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2AVZQ

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