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HI, as the title suggests, I am going to build a £700 pc but before I buy and build I wanted to come to the pc community and ask "what would you change about this build?"

So, what would you change about this build. It is for gaming and I have a budget of around £700 and I don't want to go much more over that.

Thanks for any help!

 

 
Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£75.08 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£52.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£7.38 @ Misco UK) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.72 @ Aria PC) 
Keyboard: Logitech K270 Wireless Standard Keyboard  (£17.61 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £674.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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HI, as the title suggests, I am going to build a £700 pc but before I buy and build I wanted to come to the pc community and ask "what would you change about this build?"

So, what would you change about this build. It is for gaming and I have a budget of around £700 and I don't want to go much more over that.

Thanks for any help!

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That build is pretty imbalanced. First of all with the money you are spending on the g3258 you can get a much better processor in the form of a locked i5. Secondly in most titles the g3258 is going to bottleneck the 290x. Secondly why the 500w psu? For that price and for a 290x an evga supernova 650w would have been much better.

 

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Unless you're considering upgrading that pentium in the near future theres no point in getting Z97 board. If the pentium is there to stay: please dont pair it with such a powerful GPU.

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Could you suggest a better build for that price point bearing in mind I need a keyboard and some way to access wifi.

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Could you suggest a better build for that price point bearing in mind I need a keyboard and some way to access wifi.

Here. This is a much more balanced build. You could save about 20£ if you get an i5 4440 and h81 motherboard. With the saved money you can get a better keyboard or a more feature packed motherboard. You can also save some more money by getting an r9 290. The possibilities are endless with this option.

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£56.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£52.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£259.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.93 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£7.38 @ Misco UK) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.72 @ Aria PC) 
Keyboard: Logitech K270 Wireless Standard Keyboard  (£17.61 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £700.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Here. This is a much more balanced build. You could save about 20£ if you get an i5 4440 and h81 motherboard. With the saved money you can get a better motherboard. You can save some more money by also getting an r9 290.

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£56.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£52.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£259.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.93 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£7.38 @ Misco UK) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.72 @ Aria PC) 
Keyboard: Logitech K270 Wireless Standard Keyboard  (£17.61 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £700.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-14 11:54 GMT+0000

 

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My Personal PC 'Apex' https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/LiamBetts123/saved/3rTNnQ

Intel Core i9 9900k, ASUS Z390-A, RTX 2080TI, Meshify C, HX 850i, 32GB Gskill Trident Z RGB @ 3200MHZ, 500GB NVME, 500GB SSD & 2 x 4TB Baracudas 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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