~£950 Build Advice

[WiiManic]

Budget : Around £950, UK.

Aim: Will be used for general use and gaming. Games I plan to play range from Fallout, Far Cry 3, GTA, Watch Dogs, and indies but if it can play the AAA titles, Indies are usually fine.

Monitors: Single 1080p monitor, must be included in budget.

Peripherals : Own a mouse, but require a keyboard. Am leaving out of the budget, as will pick up a cheap one for a month tops, before purchasing a mechanical keyboard.

Why? : Currently on a laptop, want a desktop and the added benefits that follow having one.

 

Current Proposed Build.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£179.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£62.39 @ Ebuyer) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£118.15 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£51.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£45.59 @ Aria PC) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£70.99 @ Dabs) 

Monitor:  LG IPS234V-PN.AEK 23.4" Monitor  (£118.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: OCZ OCZ-ZT750W-UK 750W modular PSU (£79.99)

Total: £726.70

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-09 18:00 BST+0100)

 

I'm undecided between 760/7950, which is why It lacks a GPU. Will most likely use the integrated for the time being and look into the 9000 series next month. 

Also giving myself a little leeway and going 750W PSU to allow for SLI/CF at a later date.

Lacks an SSD as it will be added at a later date, but my birthday is coming up so may actually just wait and purchase it all at the same time to prevent hassle.

 

Was mainly looking for any changes you all may have, or ideas for what sort of colour scheme I could use with the Mobo etc.

 

Thanks for reading

[Venomz1337]

I'd rather get an FX 8150 or 8350 and a 770 / 7970. Also you could probably get an R4.

[Duda777]

I had the same budget as you and got the 7950 and i am perfectly happy with it

Also got the arc mid r2 and it's a very good case

[WiiManic]

I'd rather get an FX 8150 or 8350 and a 770 / 7970. Also you could probably get an R4.

The budget for the GPU isn't set yet, after the 9000 series announment, will wait and look at my options. If the US 7970 price drops come over here, I'll get one straight away.

As for the R4, I did look into it, but I actually prefer the look of the Arc.

 

I had the same budget as you and got the 7950 and i am perfectly happy with it

Also got the arc mid r2 and it's a very good case

 

I know if I got a 7950 I would be completely fine with it, but I'd also be so annoyed if a month later a better card came out at a lower price.

 

And good to hear about the case

[SSOB]

Left the GPU out since you are going to wait for the 9000 series.. 8320 is more than enough for gaming etc.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£113.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK PRO 2 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£53.24 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£68.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£46.25 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£71.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£45.59 @ Aria PC) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£70.99 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply:  Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£119.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Monitor:  BenQ GW2450HM 24.0" Monitor  (£155.46 @ Dabs) 

Total: £746.47

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-09 18:49 BST+0100)

 

 

1000 Watt is overkill but we don't know the wattage the new 9000 series are going to pull and the PSU is 80PLUS Platinum and it is like 5-15 Pounds more expensive than a 800+ Gold/Platinum PSU so... better overkill than underkill IMO.  For the monitor i chose i used this review: http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/3112/20/22-23--a-24-inch-monitoren-review-beeldschermenbal-conclusie

 

Goodluck with the system!

[Dunhamrobbie]

Looks like a sweet pc. Good luck with your build, hope to see it in the build log section soon!

[WoodenMarker]

Edits/suggestions: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1qjt9

Crossfire ready.

 

You have enough left for a good mech keyboard.