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HI everybody,

I'm going to be helping my step brother build his first gaming PC. We have a budget of around £600. He's going to be using this PC mostly for games such as:

*Battlefield 3 & 4
*CoD Black ops
*Minecraft
*Fifa

Whilst he doesn't need to have an amazing PC, he would ideally like to be able to run these games on at least medium and if possible, high settings.

Parts

Here's some parts which I'm debating already:

CPU: Intel 4690k (£177)
Motherboard:
GPU:
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (£45)
PSU: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular (£60)
Case: Fractal Define Design R5 (£70)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB (£41)

Link to Part Picker:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dxTq23

I had more options when I built mine as I had a higher budget. But as I'm only working with £600 it's more difficult trying to ration the money. I personally have the above PSU, Case and RAM and they've been brilliant so far.

I also want this PC to be future proof. He's only 16 at the moment and still in school, so he can't afford to upgrade to expensive components immediately. He will need to save up and upgrade over time, but I want this build to be a good set up for the future. 

I was debating getting a GTX 970 but as they are £260 it would take up a large amount of the budget, but having one myself they are fantastic. If possible, he would also like a black/blue colour scheme and a case with a window panel.

Summary

Run most games at least on medium settings and if possible high. (Not expecting games such as The Witcher 3 or GTA 5)

Black and blue colour scheme with a case that has a window panel.

Budget of £600/$950

Future proof build.



Thanks for reading. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your responses. If you need any more information, please feel free to ask.

Regards,
Ian.

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Here you go reorganised the bulid, you don't really need the i5 4690K for most games nor a large power supply for the 970. The define R5 was also eating into the budget so replaced it with a s340 (a very good case for the money)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.83 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.65 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£256.03 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.41 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £646.17

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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May you want to check out the GTX 750Ti.
It's a great low budget entry level Maxwell Chip.
I play Battlefield 3 in 1080p on Ultra 50-60 fps with the EVGA FTW version. (150€)

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Here you go reorganised the bulid, you don't really need the i5 4690K for most games nor a large power supply for the 970. The define R5 was also eating into the budget so replaced it with a s340 (a very good case for the money)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£141.26 @ CCL Computers)

Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Novatech)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.83 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.65 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£256.03 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.41 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£39.00 @ Scan.co.uk)

Total: £646.17

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 13:00 BST+0100

Thanks for the reply,

 

Some nice parts there. I really would like to get him the GTX 970 as it's brilliant. It's his first build and he doesn't have a job so it doesn't need to be amazing. I just want him to be able to upgrade each individual part over time, so he has something decent to start with.

 

Very nice choice of case, looks nice. I will most likely give him my old XFX 650W PSU as it's semi-modular so cable management is nice. Especially if he's getting a window case.

 

Cheers for the suggestions.

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got a perfect build for u m8!

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£177.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.24 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£45.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£152.02 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £624.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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| INTEL i5 4690K | GIGABYTE Z97X GAMING 3 | XFX R9 390X | CORSAIR VENGEANCE PRO 4x2 8GB 1600Mhz | CORSAIR H80i | XFX XTR 650W | 1TB WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR BLUE | ADATA SP600 256GB | LOGITECH G502 | CORSAIR VENGEANCE 1400 | CORSAIR K70 MECHANICAL RED | NZXT S340 |

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got a perfect build for u m8!

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£177.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£59.24 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£45.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  (£152.02 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.40 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £624.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 16:21 BST+0100

 

Thanks for the reply,

 

Looks good. I might swap the R5 to the NZXT case above to help bring back down the price. 

 

He can always upgrade that GPU in the future to a 970 if there isn't anything better. (He won't be able to purchase this until Christmas)

 

I think the I5 is a good investment because it can always be overclocked and I doubt he'l be doing editing so there shouldn't need to be an upgrade to I7 any time soon.

 

Cheers for the suggestions.

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