First Build

[SuperAwesomeMadness]

Hey Everyone.

This will be my first build and I am just wondering if I'm making any mistakes also looking for advice. I am looking to spend around £650 and will be getting another 8gb of ram as well as a 250gb ssd later on. I have dual monitors already and peripherals (mouse keyboard speakers). I will be running windows 8 and upgrading to windows 10 when it comes out. It will be for gaming, video and photo editing and general use. I may also do some overclocking (depending on how it performs).

Thanks in advance

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B2W8vK

[SkywardKkalox]

Quite solid build but i would change the cpu cooler to a 212 evo, otherwise it's kinda perfect for your budget and the type of work you will be doing on it.

EXTREME EDIT! DON'T BUY THAT PSU!!!! The wattage is too low to provide the required power for your GPU and CPU to run i would suggest this 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100b10600kr

[ThatGuyNamedKasper]

Your build looks good, the only thing I would change would be the power supply to 500-600w. It may be bit much but if you want to overclock as you said then you would need a bigger power supply and future upgrades like new graphics card or something like that. 

[ThatGuyNamedKasper]

srry repost

[SuperAwesomeMadness]

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll definitely change the psu then!

[Demons Wrath]

@SuperAwesomeMadness I'd recommend this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£95.20 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 54.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (£18.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£74.99 @ Novatech) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.43 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.60 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£9.96 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £658.13

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-31 18:17 BST+0100

 

The case comes with 4 fans so no need to buy any more. The PSU allows for SLI and is also an Enhance OEM, quite good. CPU cooler is better. I changed the CPU to the cheapest 8 core FX because the difference is in clock only. There is no reason not to buy the cheapest model and simply overclock to the same speed (or higher) to that of the 8350.

[SuperAwesomeMadness]

Yeah that makes a lot of sense now

Thanks @Demons Wrath

[iPhoenix]

Hey Everyone.

This will be my first build and I am just wondering if I'm making any mistakes also looking for advice. I am looking to spend around £650 and will be getting another 8gb of ram as well as a 250gb ssd later on. I have dual monitors already and peripherals (mouse keyboard speakers). I will be running windows 8 and upgrading to windows 10 when it comes out. It will be for gaming, video and photo editing and general use. I may also do some overclocking (depending on how it performs).

Thanks in advance

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/B2W8vK

 

This is a very competent build.  However I would like to caution you against using a single stick of ram.  Dual channel is going to give you a nice performance boost.  

 

Seeing as you have 4 dimm slots, you can still upgrade to 16gb later by going 4x4GB which is plenty of RAM even for heavy multitaskers. 

 

Another thing you could look into would be going with an SSHD from Seagate instead of the 1TB drive - it will cost a bit more, but will give you ssd-like performance in non-game use cases.  It's honestly great for your OS and productivity apps. 

 

Finally, I would suggest going with a beefier PSU.   430 with a 970 and that FX is cutting it pretty close.