Help me choose

[Browny]

Im a new member here i just recently started getting into computers (i came over from console don't hate) so i decided to get my cousin (a person full of PC knowledge) to help me build one i had a budget of £900 or $1400 i believe i spent just under that but what i would like is for you guys to tell me What is should get first as i would like these 3 things but dont know what to get first (dont say get them for christmas most of my money is going to my mum to help pay for my PC alothough some of they money i get from family i could use) ok here is the things 

 

New CPU (pls recommend in comments..... Intel haswell and I'm a gamer ) as mine is only a little i3

Some sort of SSD

Or a new headset

 

Please tell me your thoughts guys

 

       Liam

[olback]

im 14

 

Are you building a new pc?

 

If so here is mah recomendation

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gG3Byc

[H4X3R]

Im a new member here i just recently started getting into computers (i came over from console don't hate) so i decided to get my cousin (a person full of PC knowledge) to help me build one i had a budget of £900 or $1400 i believe i spent just under that but what i would like is for you guys to tell me What is should get first as i would like these 3 things but dont know what to get first (dont say get them for christmas most of my money is going to my mum to help pay for my PC alothough some of they money i get from family i could use) ok here is the things 

 

New CPU (pls recommend in comments..... Intel haswell and I'm a gamer ) as mine is only a little i3

Some sort of SSD

Or a new headset

 

Please tell me your thoughts guys  

 

       Liam

 

       (I'm 13 btw if you couldn't tell already)

i3 is decent for the time being.

If you have a H97 or Z97 motherboard, wait until next year then get a broadwell i5.

If you are looking for a good heatset, the hyperx cloud will not disappoint.

 

The MX100 256 / 512 GB are both very good value for money options in terms of SSDs.

[Tsuki]

first i'd like to welcome to the forum

2nd holy font batman!

 

also, you said you had your cousin help you build a computer already? can you post the specs so we know what we're currently working with to see what ought to be upgraded first?

[TwoFace1090]

Well it depends on how much you really can spend I would say...

In general I think the thing you would profit the most of at the moment is getting a SSD. Your system boots way faster and if you get one which is a little bigger storagewise you can install your most played games to that.

I don't know which i3 you have exactly, but in general it should be enough to play most games I guess and a new, really good CPU will be I'd say nearly twice as expensive as a SSD.
 

A headset to be honest is the last thing I would spend much money on if I don't have much to spend. It is kind of necessary when you play online a lot, but as long as you have a working one, I wouldn't consider getting a new one before having bought the two other things you'd like to get, because in my opinion it is the least important one of the three!
 

[Browny]

 Intel® Core i3-4370 CPU @ 3.80GHz

 AMD Radeon R9 280x

Windows 7 64-bit

650watt PSU

MSI Z87-G41 Motherboard

2x8 GB RAM 

And a 3TB hard drive (only 2TB is usiable because windows 7 just cant use the other 1TB unless i do empty my whole hard drive including my OS would be wiped)

And im stuck with one crappy bloody headset

Anything else you need?

[Garuger]

 Intel® Core i3-4370 CPU @ 3.80GHz

 AMD Radeon R9 280x

Windows 7 64-bit

650watt PSU

MSI Z87-G41 Motherboard

2x8 GB RAM 

And a 3TB hard drive (only 2TB is usiable because windows 7 just cant use the other 1TB unless i do empty my whole hard drive including my OS would be wiped)

And im stuck with one crappy bloody headset

Anything else you need?

What kind of PSU ?

[Browny]

And also i would say i could get £250 which is like just over $400 i believe So thats my range i guess for now  

 

Thanks for the many replys so far guys

[Browny]

vrap its actually a 600watt PSU a CX600M im sure

[gergy008]

I run over your budget by about £20 but of course you could always make adjustments:

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rfd2zy

 

Note that these parts are not picked based on any colour co-ordination but should look fine anyway

[TwoFace1090]

Ok 320€ is more than it sounded in your original post...

 

You could almost get all 3 of them for that if you don't want to necessarily have the latest high-end things!

 

For example a i5 4690K is about 200€ (ca 160£), a 120GB SSD about 80€ (ca 60£) and you should be able to get a headset for max 50€ (ca 40£) which is ok to use.
Overall 260£, slightly over your limit but this are no exact values so it should be possible to save the 10£ 

[Browny]

Yeah thanks man appreciate it like i like my i3 just would love something a bit better and by the way your putting it i dont need a top of the line i7 so i maybe could get all 3 thanks a lot guys