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This is my first time ever building a computer so any advice would be great. 

 

I am looking to play games like WoW, Starcraft 2, Path of Exile, CSGO, Dark Souls 3 (when it comes out) and an array of random steam games. 

 

I have a budget of up too £1000, converts to $1500 US. I am looking to keep as cheap as possible though, so my current price point is great.

 

External equipment is not an issue, I also already have a spare case: NZXT Phantom as well as a legit copy of Windows 7.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£178.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£78.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£143.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.42 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £852.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Current Total: £852 == $1282 US

 

Thank you for all the replies in advanced!

Aaron

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Wrong link

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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If you don't want to change anything on that list. Get a larger capacity SSD or get something like a 6TB HDD instead of your 1TB one.

#RIPTopGear  This is the best thread ever: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/53190-i-can-not-get-hard/ " French meetings are just people sitting in a semi-circle shouting at each other" -Dom Jolly  :lol:

My rig: 

   CPU: Pentium G3258 @ 4.5GHz | GPU: GTX 760 reference | PSU: Corsair RM750 | Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V | Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M D3H | Case: NZXT S340 White | RAM: 8GB EVO Potenza @ 1600MHz | Storage: 3TB Seagate HDD, 60GB OCZ SSD, 620GB Toshiba HDD | Mouse: Steelseries Rival @1000 CPi |  OS: Windows 10 Pro | Phone: iPhone 6S 16GB  
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If you don't want to change anything on that list. Get a larger capacity SSD or get something like a 6TB HDD instead of your 1TB one.

I only intend to use the SSD for OS, most used programming softwares and favorite games, but a 6TB is a good shout!

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h80i is a pretty poopy watercooler for the price. What does a LEPA Aquachanger 240 cost there? (they made by a german company and are super cheap in the US).

 

Also just a heads up when you do start building... Ram takes a shitload of force to get into mobo's. Don't worry that is normal. (seriously everyone building for the first time freaks out over how hard you push to get them in.)

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I think 750w is enough for compensate future upgrades.

The thing that is overkill for me is the GPU, for the games he mentioned the 970 is way overkill.

If it's in the budget, then gpu overkill is good for future expansion of gaming titles.

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Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

LINK-> Ainulindale: Music of the Ainur 

Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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h80i is a pretty poopy watercooler for the price. What does a LEPA Aquachanger 240 cost there? (they made by a german company and are super cheap in the US).

 

Also just a heads up when you do start building... Ram takes a shitload of force to get into mobo's. Don't worry that is normal. (seriously everyone building for the first time freaks out over how hard you push to get them in.)

I have a friend helping me who has built multiple PC's before so I'll leave him to the RAM :P 

 

If it's in the budget, then gpu overkill is good for future expansion of gaming titles.

I was hoping to buy a good GPU for future proofing and opening possibilities to play more demanding current games. 

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I have a friend helping me who has built multiple PC's before so I'll leave him to the RAM :P

 

I was hoping to buy a good GPU for future proofing and opening possibilities to play more demanding current games. 

He can do one, you should try it with him watching that way you get a feeling for it.

 

And yea its a good idea.

LINK-> Kurald Galain:  The Night Eternal 

Top 5820k, 980ti SLI Build in the World*

CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: SLI MSI 980ti Gaming 6G // Cooling: Full Custom WC //  Mobo: ASUS X99 Sabertooth // Ram: 32GB Crucial Ballistic Sport // Boot SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

LINK-> Ainulindale: Music of the Ainur 

Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

HDDs: 4x HGST Deskstar NAS 3TB  // PSU: EVGA 650GQ // Case: Fractal Design Node 304 // OS: FreeNAS

 

 

 

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Do you already have monitor and case etc? If so push a little more into your budget for Skylake + AMD 390

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£289.99 @ Dabs)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£124.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£107.43 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£249.99 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.42 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £972.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-15 23:18 BST+0100

 

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CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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Do you already have monitor and case etc? If so push a little more into your budget for Skylake + AMD 390

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£289.99 @ Dabs)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£124.99 @ Aria PC)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£107.43 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£249.99 @ Dabs)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.42 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £972.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I already have two monitors, NZXT Phantom Case, Logitech G710+ keyboard and Logitech G502 mouse. As well as a sound system. 

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h80i is a pretty poopy watercooler for the price. What does a LEPA Aquachanger 240 cost there? (they made by a german company and are super cheap in the US).

 

Also just a heads up when you do start building... Ram takes a shitload of force to get into mobo's. Don't worry that is normal. (seriously everyone building for the first time freaks out over how hard you push to get them in.)

I can't seem to find that cooler from a UK supplier, the delivery and shipping costs are too high to really be viable :(  

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I already have two monitors, NZXT Phantom Case, Logitech G710+ keyboard and Logitech G502 mouse. As well as a sound system. 

 

I would seriously reconsider the 4790k, I have it it's a great CPU, however the benefits of Z170 are big, DDR4, USB3.1 etc Its best to get the best/modern platform you can afford when upgrading imo

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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