Posted February 28, 2015 I'm a bit concerned about my price on the pc I've 'made', it's also my first build.Questioning whether to get an intel 730 series ssd too.I think that I'm making it a bit too high-end for what I'm actually going to use it for. The purpose IS gaming, but I won't be playing heavy duty games such as Battlefield or many FPS's, apart from TF2. Or heavily textured games such as Skyrim. I'd mainly play titles such as Terraria, Minecraft or League of legends.Also unsure whether an after-market cooler is even needed. Thanks for any help, it's really appreciated. PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jbxHLk Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jbxHLk/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£180.99 @ Amazon UK) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.50 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£92.51 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.56 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.94 @ Aria PC) Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£80.97 @ Dabs) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (£185.99 @ Novatech) Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.98 @ Novatech) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.50 @ CCL Computers) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.09 @ Amazon UK) Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£19.98 @ Amazon UK) Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor (£124.97 @ CCL Computers) Keyboard: Aula SHIHUNZAN Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Laser Mouse (£24.39 @ Amazon UK) Total: £1032.36 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-28 22:16 GMT+0000 Edit: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£176.08 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.74 @ Aria PC) Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.80 @ Aria PC) Total: £1007.49 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-01 15:54 GMT+0000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 The cpu cooler says it's too big for the case, so I would recommend looking for a new case. Woo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 If your goal is minecraft and etc, you could go with an amd apu with high clocked ram and dual graphics to go even cheaper. Will perform the same as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 Author The cpu cooler says it's too big for the case, so I would recommend looking for a new case. I don't want to spend a lot on a case, but I'll try looking for something. If your goal is minecraft and etc, you could go with an amd apu with high clocked ram and dual graphics to go even cheaper. Will perform the same as far as I know. I want to upgrade later down the line, since I do plan to play higher-end games. It's just that for the main part I'll play those sort of games for about 4-7 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 I want to upgrade later down the line, since I do plan to play higher-end games. It's just that for the main part I'll play those sort of games for about 4-7 months. Hey, amd dual graphics ain't nothing to sneeze at. They can play high end games at 1080 right now at a stable 39ish or so fps. But if you want to upgrade down the line then I can understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 Author Hey, amd dual graphics ain't nothing to sneeze at. They can play high end games at 1080 right now at a stable 39ish or so fps. But if you want to upgrade down the line then I can understand. I like amd, but intel has way more upgradability. If it wasn't for that, it would be amd for me. Their price to performance is insanely good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 I like amd, but intel has way more upgradability. If it wasn't for that, it would be amd for me. Their price to performance is insanely good. I know what you mean, amd really needs to step up their processor game. Their gpu game is pretty good right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 28, 2015 Author I know what you mean, amd really needs to step up their processor game. Their gpu game is pretty good right now. Yeah, I heavily prefer amd gpu's against nvidia ones. For the price, they're much better. There's also all the extra features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 1, 2015 Author I changed the case, would you recommend anything else or is it fine like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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