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HELLO


 


I am in need of a bit of help...


I need a gaming / workstation build but i don't know what to buy!


I play games such as GTA V MineCraft and BattleField at 1080p


I intend to run GTA at 60 FPS at the highest settings or close to them.


I render HD video and i create high resolution images in Cinema 4D.


The only trouble is my budget. I only have £600 to £700 ($917 to $1070) that is the MAX.


Please could you make me a build that you think would suit my needs on pc part picker and reply to this thread with a link to the build you make made, I will not be needing a monitor or a mouse or keyboard or windows! 


Many many many thanks ~Will


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I don't have any experience with Xeon chips from Intel, so this was the best I could come up with.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 87.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($237.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $999.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I had a surprisingly rough time coming in at that budget. I had originally wanted to give you 16GB of RAM, especially for working in CINEMA 4D. However, to do that you wouldn't get an aftermarket heatsink. If you wanted both, you wouldn't get a GPU capable of GTA V at 1080p60. All-in-all, this is what I managed to come up with. 
 
Edit: Noting your budget being $70 more than this, you could actually swap that kit of RAM out for 16GB like I'd intended, or even get a new cooler. 
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I don't have any experience with Xeon chips from Intel, so this was the best I could come up with.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 87.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($237.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $999.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I had a surprisingly rough time coming in at that budget. I had originally wanted to give you 16GB of RAM, especially for working in CINEMA 4D. However, to do that you wouldn't get an aftermarket heatsink. If you wanted both, you wouldn't get a GPU capable of GTA V at 1080p60. All-in-all, this is what I managed to come up with. 
 
Edit: Noting your budget being $70 more than this, you could actually swap that kit of RAM out for 16GB like I'd intended, or even get a new cooler. 

 

Thank you! i will add this to my PC partpicker so i can keep it as a possible build!

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£139.76 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£46.50 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.77 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  (£259.84 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£52.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £687.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Project Pluto
i3 4170 • MSI H97 PC Mate • MSI R9 380 2GD5T @ 1095MHz • Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 2x4gb @ 1600Mhz • WD 1TB Blue • be quiet! Pure Rock • NZXT S340 Black • XFX TS 550w • BenQ GW2265HM

 

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I don't have any experience with Xeon chips from Intel, so this was the best I could come up with.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 87.0 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($237.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $999.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-31 07:02 EDT-0400
 
I had a surprisingly rough time coming in at that budget. I had originally wanted to give you 16GB of RAM, especially for working in CINEMA 4D. However, to do that you wouldn't get an aftermarket heatsink. If you wanted both, you wouldn't get a GPU capable of GTA V at 1080p60. All-in-all, this is what I managed to come up with. 
 
Edit: Noting your budget being $70 more than this, you could actually swap that kit of RAM out for 16GB like I'd intended, or even get a new cooler. 

 

Try pcpartpicker UK. Lower shipping cost. Convession $ to £ isn't the same in computer parts

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this is my recommendation. Theres no bling or branding but it will be professional and fast...
 

 
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£43.66 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£42.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.98 @ Scan.co.uk)  ~~ to use as OS or scratch disk
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) ~~ this just take whichever you like. i chose this one because its has dampening. my nzxt s340 is heavy & loud as balls.
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)  ~~ bloody lucky u guys can get this for a good price there. T_T
Total: £696.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

But if you are looking for looks as well just tell me. ill whip out one that looks ballin..
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I'm sorry to disapoint you but you will not be able to max out Gta V on you budget. (My 970 SLI Can almost max it out, almost) but the builds above seams solid. I would save up some more and get a R9 290 or 290X

CPU - i5 4690K @ 4.5Ghz l CPU Cooler - Nepton 240m l GPU - MSI GTX970 gaming 4g 2-way SLI l SLI Bridge - MSI Gaming 2-way L Pro l Mobo - MSI Z97-G45 Gaming l RAM - 2x8GB Vengeance Pro 2133mhz DDR3 l PSU - Corsair HX750i l SSD - 2x Samsung 840 Evo 250GB in raid 0 | HDD - WD Black 2TB | Case - NZXT H440 Red/Black l OS - Windows 10 l Mouse - Logitech G502 l MousePad - XTRFY NiP lightning l KeyBoard - Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB (Red) | Headset - Asus ROG Spitfire | Monitor - Asus PG279Q - VG248QE l PCPP - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sxTpsY | Please don't buy CX PSU for a high end PC

 

 

 

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this is my recommendation. Theres no bling or branding but it will be fast... PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£193.20 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£43.66 @ Scan.co.uk) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£46.86 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£40.75 @ CCL Computers) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.77 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) Total: £701.36Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableBut if you are looking for looks as well just tell me. ill whip out one that looks ballin..

Why the V300? it's absolute junk compaired to other SSD's

CPU - i5 4690K @ 4.5Ghz l CPU Cooler - Nepton 240m l GPU - MSI GTX970 gaming 4g 2-way SLI l SLI Bridge - MSI Gaming 2-way L Pro l Mobo - MSI Z97-G45 Gaming l RAM - 2x8GB Vengeance Pro 2133mhz DDR3 l PSU - Corsair HX750i l SSD - 2x Samsung 840 Evo 250GB in raid 0 | HDD - WD Black 2TB | Case - NZXT H440 Red/Black l OS - Windows 10 l Mouse - Logitech G502 l MousePad - XTRFY NiP lightning l KeyBoard - Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB (Red) | Headset - Asus ROG Spitfire | Monitor - Asus PG279Q - VG248QE l PCPP - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sxTpsY | Please don't buy CX PSU for a high end PC

 

 

 

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This maybe?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mBW6gs
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£139.76 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£57.77 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£46.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£248.72 @ More Computers) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £694.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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this is my recommendation. Theres no bling or branding but it will be professional and fast...

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£43.66 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£42.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.98 @ Scan.co.uk)  ~~ to use as OS or scratch disk
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£227.15 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) ~~ this just take whichever you like. i chose this one because its has dampening. my nzxt s340 is heavy & loud as balls.
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)  ~~ bloody lucky u guys can get this for a good price there. T_T
Total: £696.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

But if you are looking for looks as well just tell me. ill whip out one that looks ballin..

 

Yah looks  :D

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This one is colour coded and should look pretty nice : White. black and red accents.
 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.82 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£197.00 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Other: Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket (£20.00)
Total: £679.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
 
 
ps. watercooled gpu just for looks and OC :)

you want it to look even better, just throw in an led loop from NZXT for bout 15gbp. and you are have one baller system.
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This one is colour coded and should look pretty nice : White. black and red accents.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.82 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.95 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£47.39 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£197.00 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Other: Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket (£20.00)
Total: £699.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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ps. watercooled gpu just for looks and OC :)

you want it to look even better, just throw in an led loop from NZXT for bout 15gbp. and you are have one baller system.

 

This looks AMAZING :)

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This one is colour coded and should look pretty nice : White. black and red accents.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.82 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.95 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.57 @ Scan.co.uk)  has good sound. looks awesome, just works. tpical asus quality.
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£47.39 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£197.00 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Other: Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket (£20.00)
Total: £699.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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ps. watercooled gpu just for looks and OC :)

you want it to look even better, just throw in an led loop from NZXT for bout 15gbp. and you are have one baller system.

 

But why 2 CPU coolers?

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I revised tjhe build abit to suit the colour scheme better with sleeved cables. now you have budget to add the LED in.
 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.82 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£197.00 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Other: Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket (£20.00)
Other: NZXT White LED (£9.00)
Total: £688.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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But why 2 CPU coolers?

One is for the GPU and one is for the CPU(cus the intel looks horrible) :)

The gpu will use the Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket + Corsair H55 so you run it quiet and hell looks cool. Plus you can overclock more.

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Don't get the EVGA NEX, EVGA 600B/500B as for £47 you can get XFX TS

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

i5 4670k - Z87X-UD3H - EVGA GTX 670 Sig 2 - Samsung 840 Evo 250GB - 8GB Avexir Core White 1600Mhz - Corsair 750D w/ RGB LED Mod & Remote Control - 2x SP120 - 3x Enermax Cluster - 2TB Seagate SSHD - Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 - SuperFlower Leadex Gold 750W 

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I revised tjhe build abit to suit the colour scheme better with sleeved cables. now you have budget to add the LED in.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.82 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£197.00 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Other: Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket (£20.00)
Other: NZXT White LED (£9.00)
Total: £688.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I revised tjhe build abit to suit the colour scheme better with sleeved cables. now you have budget to add the LED in.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.82 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.57 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£197.00 @ Dabs) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.98 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Other: Hydro Series™ HG10 A1 GPU Liquid Cooling Bracket (£20.00)
Other: NZXT White LED (£9.00)
Total: £688.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Nice! I might buy this!

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Don't get the EVGA NEX, EVGA 600B/500B as for £47 you can get XFX TS

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

This works too. :) nice find. AND with that extra money saved get some sleeved cable extension for the 24pin and pcie 8pin.

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There's no point farting around with LEDs and AIO coolers for the GPU

 

You want to get the max performance you can get for this budget, otherwise you spend money on stuff you don't really need

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£177.96 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£16.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£47.99 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Corsair Force LS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£43.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card  (£226.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.31 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.50 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £690.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Quality PSU
Z97 board
Overclockable CPU + cooler
R9 290X
SSD (don't touch 840 Evo, the NAND slowdown problems will never be truly fixed)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£193.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£43.66 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£47.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£57.54 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card  (£226.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black/Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.98 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £698.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-31 13:08 BST+0100

Edited by MrSpeed

CPU: i5-4690 | Cooler: CRYORIG H7 |GPU: PowerColor TurboDuo R9 280X OC | RAM: G.skill RipjawsX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 CL9| Motherboard: ASUS B85M-E | SSD: ADATA XPG SX900 128GB |HDD: Western Digital Caviar BLUE 1TB | Case: Cooler Master K281 | PSU: SeaSonic ECO 600W | Monitor: Samsung S24D390HL 24 Inch PLS

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There's no point farting around with LEDs and AIO coolers for the GPU

 

You want to get the max performance you can get for this budget, otherwise you spend money on stuff you don't really need

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£177.96 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£16.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£47.99 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Corsair Force LS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£43.65 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card  (£226.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.31 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.50 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £690.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-31 13:05 BST+0100
 
Quality PSU
Z97 board
Overclockable CPU + cooler
R9 290X
SSD (don't touch 840 Evo, the NAND slowdown problems will never be truly fixed)

 

i already made the performance version. he didnt want it :)

Let him enjoy his PC the way he wants it, if he likes the bling let him have it. The parts arent that bad either. 

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