PC build for a friend

[samygiy]

This build would be for gaming, he likes to play modded minecraft, modpacks suchs as mod-sauce or attack of the b-team that include a large amount of mods, and team fortress 2.

 

The location is mainland UK and a budget of £600 to £650.

 

He would be gaming on one monitor.

 

He doesn't need peripherals but a copy of windows is necessary.

 

He's upgrading because his current pc  just isn't good enough to cut it for the amount of mods. (A8 5500 with APU graphics and 6GB of ram).

 

 

[AlanTheEmu]

Here's a list I quickly made.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£44.24 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.25 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.30 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.99 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £649.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-16 23:15 BST+0100

[samygiy]

 

Here's a list I quickly made.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.00 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.96 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£44.24 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.25 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.55 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.30 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.99 @ Novatech)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.37 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £649.66

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-16 23:15 BST+0100

 

Do you know if the case is friendly to new builders?

[AlanTheEmu]

Do you know if the case is friendly to new builders?

I've never built in one myself but it has cable management and a basic layout nothing fancy about it.