Any advice on First PC Build. No hate Plz I am a Ascending Peasant.

[Venom Pyro]

I am on a fairly Strict Budget So Nothing more expensive that what is already in the build Plz.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/zoom90/saved/vHf2FT

[Archangel1994]

Things I would change:

 

- Get the Windforce 3x (Not G1 gaming), it's better and cheaper

- Get the 4690k, it's better all around so no point in not taking it

- Swap out the SSD for a better one, the V300 sucks ass right now. Sandisk Extreme, Intel 730, 840EVO and MX100 are all good

- Get the Antec Neo Eco 520W instead. It's a rebranded Seasonic M12II so it's damn good

[UUDDLRLRABS]

Any particular reason you are buying the DDR3-1866 memory over DDR3-1600? 

 

Also that SSD is trash after the company pulled a bait and switch with the NAND controller.

I would suggest a Crucial or Samsung 128GB SSD.

[UUDDLRLRABS]

Things I would change:

 

- Get the Windforce 3x (Not G1 gaming), it's better and cheaper

- Get the 4690k, it's better all around so no point in not taking it

- Swap out the SSD for a better one, the V300 sucks ass right now. Sandisk Extreme, Intel 730, 840EVO and MX100 are all good

- Get the Antec Neo Eco 520W instead. It's a rebranded Seasonic M12II so it's damn good

This guy also knows what he is talking about.

[SpyRosL]

Dat title tho.

900 pounds is not a strict budget.

 

Everything is fine. Beware for the mouse though,it's bad. I have it, it malfuctioned after 1 week and now it completely broke after 3 months.Keyboard is nice.

[Guest]

Any particular reason you are buying the DDR3-1866 memory over DDR3-1600? 

 

Also that SSD is trash after the company pulled a bait and switch with the NAND controller.

I would suggest a Crucial or Samsung 128GB SSD.

Why would you want slower Ram ? I would say 1866MHz as a minimum.

[OnekillWalter]

Why would you want slower Ram ? I would say 1866MHz as a minimum.

because price vs performance doesnt worth it. gaming with ddr3-1666 is good enough.

[Guest]

Swapped a few things.

 

Better SSD, PSU and a nicer case (imo).

 

Swapped the board for something that isn't ASRock.

 

Also changed the GPU to the Gigabyte version. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.50 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.62 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£62.20 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.75 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  (£249.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£45.48 @ CCL Computers) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£11.16 @ Aria PC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: CM Storm Devastator Keyboard and Mouse (£24.36)

Other: Official Xbox 360 Common Controller for Windows (£19.99)

Total: £910.55

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 19:21 GMT+0000

[Guest]

because price vs performance doesnt worth it. gaming with ddr3-1666 is good enough.

1666 ?

 

you can get 2400MHz ram for the same sort of price as 1600MHz.

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

Dat title tho.

900 pounds is not a strict budget.

 

Everything is fine. Beware for the mouse though,it's bad. I have it, it malfuctioned after 1 week and now it completely broke after 3 months.Keyboard is nice.

Strict doesn't really mean low, it means unbending.

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

because price vs performance doesnt worth it. gaming with ddr3-1666 is good enough.

The price is virtually identical, even 2400 can be had for like... 5 bucks more.

[OnekillWalter]

The price is virtually identical, even 2400 can be had for like... 5 bucks more.

and for 5 bucks, how much better is the gaming experience going to be? huge? slim? none? please enlighten me.

and 5 bucks on steam is at least one game!! that's something.

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

and for 5 bucks, how much better is the gaming experience going to be? huge? slim? none? please enlighten me.

and 5 bucks on steam is at least one game!! that's something.

Yeah, but 60% of the time I can find 1866/2166 for cheaper than the cheapest decent 1666.

[Guest]

and for 5 bucks, how much better is the gaming experience going to be? huge? slim? none? please enlighten me.

and 5 bucks on steam is at least one game!! that's something.

http://wccftech.com/haswell-works-high-speed-ram-benchmarks-show-ddr31600-mhz/

[Venom Pyro]

Thanks guys for the help. Im gonna go with lee32uk's Build. P.S Im getting 1866mhz because i can get it for 30 cent cheaper then the 1600mhz varient Oh and does anyone have any recommendations on the best PC games to buy first? Games that are Visually Stunning and Best played on PC for example.

[OnekillWalter]

Yeah, but 60% of the time I can find 1866/2166 for cheaper than the cheapest decent 1666.

 

http://wccftech.com/haswell-works-high-speed-ram-benchmarks-show-ddr31600-mhz/

thank you. i see the light now.

[BCEGhost]

Thanks guys for the help. Im gonna go with lee32uk's Build. P.S Im getting 1866mhz because i can get it for 30 cent cheaper then the 1600mhz varient Oh and does anyone have any recommendations on the best PC games to buy first? Games that are Visually Stunning and Best played on PC for example.

Arma 3 , Battlefield 4, Far Cry 3 or 4 (If you haven't played FC3 yet go for it, it's cheaper and the story is better imo), Bioshock Infinite, Skyrim (with visual mods), Metro Last Light, Metro 2033 Redux. Other great games: Xcom Enemy Unknown +Enemy Within DLC, Hotline Miami, Intruder (Pc exclusive), Space Engineers, Red Orchestra 2, Payday 2 and Uplink (if you are into hacking games).

As the steam sales are almost there I suggest you to buy one of those games and then stick with it until the steam sales are here. If you don't want to wait, why not use g2a.com? When using the code "FRAGS" in the checkout you get additional 3% off the price.

 

Hope I could help you out. Cheers 

[UUDDLRLRABS]

1666 ?

 

you can get 2400MHz ram for the same sort of price as 1600MHz.

The FPS gain is negligible with faster RAM, so if he could find 1600MHz for cheaper, I would get that.

I wasn't telling him what to do, just giving a suggestion. 

[OhhTee]

The FPS gain is negligible with faster RAM, so if he could find 1600MHz for cheaper, I would get that.

I wasn't telling him what to do, just giving a suggestion.

5 dollars for 5 frames! I'll take it!

[Guest]

The FPS gain is negligible with faster RAM, so if he could find 1600MHz for cheaper, I would get that.

I wasn't telling him what to do, just giving a suggestion. 

There usually isn't that much of a price difference to justify going for slower Ram.