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Budget & Location:

 

£440 excluding the graphics card, keyboard & mouse, monitor and operating system (will purchase a key from eBay or similar). Location is the United Kingdom. 

 

Aim:

1080p gaming and general office use (nothing really more demanding than gaming), the main games i play or plan on playing are Battlefield 4, Far Cry 4 and other AAA titles. 

 

I already have an MSI R9 290X Gaming Edition 8G, here's what i've come up with to go along with it: 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.26 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 8GB Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Case: Xigmatek Aquila MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£84.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £428.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thoughts and input appreciated! 
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Not bad at all, great to be honest.

 

I dont know if you have the gpu already, but i still reccomend A 970...

My Main Build: NZXT S340 - NZXT Kraken X31 - Crucial MX100 256GB - i5 4460 - Gigabyte Z97P D3 - Kingston HyperX Red 8GB - MSI Nvidia GTX 780 3GB - Corsair LL & HD RGB Fans, Corsair Lighting Node Pro. 

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sadly your motherboard wil need a bios update which means that you have to have a compatible CPU which you dont have

 

and ignore the AMD haters

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Looks pretty solid, if it were for me I'd get a motherboard with a little more I/O options but that's totally up to you. 

CPU I7 - 4720HQ • RAM 2 x 8GB • GPU Nvidia GTX 850M Storage 250GB 850 EVO - 1TB Seagate Hybrid
Keyboard CM Storm QuickFire Rapid-I (MX brown) & Pok3r (MX clear) • Mouse Logitech G502 • Sound Audio-Technica ATH-M50X • OS Windows 10 Pro - Linux Arch • Storage Asustor AS7004T

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Would there be any performance drop in getting the i5-4440 rather than the 4590? 

Slightly, yes but you'd only really notice if you put the head to head. 

CPU I7 - 4720HQ • RAM 2 x 8GB • GPU Nvidia GTX 850M Storage 250GB 850 EVO - 1TB Seagate Hybrid
Keyboard CM Storm QuickFire Rapid-I (MX brown) & Pok3r (MX clear) • Mouse Logitech G502 • Sound Audio-Technica ATH-M50X • OS Windows 10 Pro - Linux Arch • Storage Asustor AS7004T

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I picked the GPU up for £200  :) Otherwise i would have went with the 970

Thats a nice deal then!

My Main Build: NZXT S340 - NZXT Kraken X31 - Crucial MX100 256GB - i5 4460 - Gigabyte Z97P D3 - Kingston HyperX Red 8GB - MSI Nvidia GTX 780 3GB - Corsair LL & HD RGB Fans, Corsair Lighting Node Pro. 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.94 @ Aria PC) 


Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk) 



Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 8GB Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Case: Xigmatek Aquila MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£84.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 


Total: £442.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Just changed the CPU and added a cooler.

"an obvious supporter of privacy"

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I suggest the 4570. It's an original haswell and almost the same as the 4590.

G3258 @ 4.5 | 8GB Team Vulcan RAM | 128GB Kingston V300 SSD (I didn't know what I was doing when I bought it) | MSI H81I Motherboard | Corsair H55 with Noctua NF-P12 | EVGA SSC GTX 960 4GB | OCZ 550W Fully Modular PSU with Noctua NF-A14 | Cooler Master Elite 130 (Soon to be something cool)

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