First Time Build! Gaming/video editing/capturing

[Beaso]

Hi! I'm helping a friend put their first build together that will be solely for gaming and video capture/editing. We have the basic outline of the part list and wondered if anyone had any recommendations to improve the build without increasing the cost by too much!

thanks!

 

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

[Imakuni]

Hi! I'm helping a friend put their first build together that will be solely for gaming and video capture/editing. We have the basic outline of the part list and wondered if anyone had any recommendations to improve the build without increasing the cost by too much!

thanks!

 

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

Alright, here's the deal. I saved money, made a red/black matching theme build, gave you a better GPU (that's also cheaper and quieter), gave you a PSU (you previous choice wasn't a PSu, it was a bomb), boosted storage size to 2TB and I even gave you the option to upgrade to 16gb of RAM in the future. That last one actually helps in video editing. Oh, and you can go SLI in the future.

 

If you don't mind having a semi modular PSU, we can cut it down even further. If you NEED gold efficiency, here's your choice.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£244.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£85.31 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.98 @ Dabs)

Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.02 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)

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

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£279.99 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£139.99 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.94 @ Scan.co.uk)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC)

Total: £1167.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-04 23:30 GMT+0000

[Beaso]

Alright, here's the deal. I saved money, made a red/black matching theme build, gave you a better GPU (that's also cheaper and quieter), gave you a PSU (you previous choice wasn't a PSu, it was a bomb), boosted storage size to 2TB and I even gave you the option to upgrade to 16gb of RAM in the future. That last one actually helps in video editing. Oh, and you can go SLI in the future.

 

If you don't mind having a semi modular PSU, we can cut it down even further. If you NEED gold efficiency, here's your choice.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£244.94 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£85.31 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.98 @ Dabs)

Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.02 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)

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

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£279.99 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case  (£139.99 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.94 @ Scan.co.uk)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£72.35 @ Aria PC)

Total: £1167.45

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-04 23:30 GMT+0000

Thanks a lot this was really helpful! will definitely look into the parts you've suggested to improve the build! 

[Devastion]

Budget? You can look for 2x R9 290x or you want NVIDIA and it's features? You can buy 1x R9 290x and another later.

[Imakuni]

Budget? You can look for 2x R9 290x or you want NVIDIA and it's features? You can buy 1x R9 290x and another later.

Gaming, video capture and render. You can't beat nvidia with those last 2.