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Advice/help on my first PC build. Budget around £650/£700

Tintin
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Build 1 or 2. What do people think? I don't plan to be doing any overclocking at all  [noob right here ;) ].

 

*Build one goes with an i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core and a XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB.

 

*Build two goes with an i3-4370 3.8GHz Dual-Core and a Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB   Will an un-clocked i3 be OK going forward? Will I run into problems with an i3? How long till i5 will be needed for decent performance in modern AAA gaming?

 

Slight change in the motherboards in the two builds - going off earlier advice.

 

Going to have to stay under £700 though by the looks of my finances  :( . Will be getting an SSD as soon as possible though. 

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

 

Build 1:

CPU Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core £158.00

Motherboard ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 £65.40

Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £57.99

Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £35.94

Video Card XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation £185.99

Case NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower £37.99

Power Supply Corsair 600W ATX12V £49.93

Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer £10.09

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) £69.99

                                                                                                                             Total:  £671.32

 

 

Build 2:

CPU Intel Core i3-4370 3.8GHz Dual-Core £111.76

Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 £55.99

Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 £57.99

Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM £35.94

Video Card Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB £259.99

Case NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower £37.99

Power Supply Corsair 600W ATX12V £49.93

Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer £10.09

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) £69.99

                                                                                                                             Total:  £689.67

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Definitely this, and i hope you can buy all the parts at around £700 +/- The g2358 and i3 may bottleneck the 970 for sure.. which is rly sad... 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£158.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£179.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.09 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £652.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Definitely this, and i hope you can buy all the parts at around £700 +/- The g2358 and i3 may bottleneck the 970 for sure.. which is rly sad... 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£158.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£55.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£179.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.09 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £652.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 03:33 BST+0100

 

 

Thanks for the advice. Nearly identical to my first list  :lol: . A few changes as suggested by yourself should save me a few quid. Much appreciated.  :)

 

I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm a massive procrastinator especially when it comes to spending money.  :unsure:

 

Thanks to everyone else as well. Anyone think of any last minute changes?  :huh:.... 

 

Tintin

 

*wish me luck

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