First self-customized PC.

[Lux.Tw]

Hi,

 

I have been planning on whether I should buy a new PC for a while now as it's my first one and I made my decision. I want to build* mine in early September with a budget of €610,-.

I know how to configure PC's and stuff but I'm not the best guy at judging what combo is the best for me.

 

I want to get competitive at CS:GO (not too competitive, e.g. I won't get a 144hz display right now)

I'd also like to play GTA V at High settings at 1080p60fps, same with most of my favourite games such as Rocket League, Pro Evolution Soccer, Euro Truck Simulator 2, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Civ V and Project Cars. The biggest problem I encounter with my configs are motherboards and the correct GPU/CPU combo. I never know whether the motherboard I chose has enough case fan headers for the case that I chose, or if it supports USB 3.0. I have a few GPU/CPU combo's in mind, such as: i5 4460+GTX750 Ti / R7 370 or a Core i3-4150+GTX960 / R9 380. I definitely want an Intel CPU this time. I had AMD CPU's pretty much most my life, with the exception of the Pentium 3 and Pentium 4, and I'm not satifisfied with it.

 

I live in The Netherlands and you could assemble a build on pcpartpicker, however, you'd need to use German prices (they're similar to ours)

[Swndlr]

Slightly over budget, but well worth it IMO.

Praying that I used the right currency here...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.19 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£38.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.60 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£241.68 @ More Computers)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £653.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 22:42 BST+0100

[Lux.Tw]

Slightly over budget, but well worth it IMO.

Praying that I used the right currency here...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£141.19 @ More Computers)

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£38.39 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.60 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£241.68 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£52.79 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.99 @ Aria PC)

Total: £653.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-24 22:42 BST+0100

Unfortunately, those are in pounds, and if google speaks the truth, that build should cost about ~€900, thanks for the effort though :3

 

I also like to mention that I already have a monitor, peripherals and a Win8.1 copy laying around.

[Lux.Tw]

I can re-use my harddrive, so this is what I came up with: