Gaming build

[xakowako]

Hey there, I've been planning my first ever build for a little while now and I'd really appreciate an opinion on what I've managed to put together. My goal with this build was to have a gaming pc that would be able to run pretty much any game on high settings since I've been gaming for years now on a laptop that struggled to run anything. It comes to £1260 including a monitor which is just about what I'm comfortable spending although I could go maybe £100 more if need be.

 

I mostly planned it out with gaming as pretty much it's main purpose, but recently I've been toying around with a few ideas for videos I can make about gaming (some analysis on competetive LoL and how to make gold on the auction house in wow in case you were wondering). Will I be able to do that with what I have? The thing is I'm loathe to change my entire build to something capable of video editing because it's just an idle idea right now, not something that I'm DEFINITELY going to do. Whereas I know for a fact that I will be gaming a lot.

 

 

Anyway, without further ado:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£178.38 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£78.19 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  (£404.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£53.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£93.49 @ Amazon UK) 

Wired Network Adapter: Intel EXPI9301CTBLK 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x1 Network Adapter  (£20.45 @ CCL Computers) 

Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1263.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 14:44 BST+0100

 

Also I do want a second monitor, a mechanical keyboard and a new headset at some point, but it's not a priority. If you have any recommendations for a keyboard and headset especially that would be great though.

 

Thanks for your time!

[shanmu54321]

That's a great build!!!! But if you plan to do some video editing in the future you can get an i7 4790k.

[alexhelvetica]

What does that network card gain?

That seems like a waste of PCIe slot and money

[NeatSquidYT]

This will be better for editing

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£196.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£78.19 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  (£404.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.66 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£69.22 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1212.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 14:51 BST+0100

[OAcesync]

If you don't mind not overclocking you can get a Intel Xeon which is basically a non OC i7 which is good for editing

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£196.14 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: ASRock B85 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£69.84 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  (£404.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.98 @ Novatech) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£87.03 @ Amazon UK) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1262.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-12 14:56 BST+0100

[DevilishBooster]

 

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Looks mostly good to me but, as stated previously, if you are planning on doing video editing at some point, I would recommend the 4790K or entry level Xeon.

Also, any particular reason for having a dedicated network card instead of using the mobo's ethernet port?

[DarkBlade2117]

What does that network card gain?

That seems like a waste of PCIe slot and money

Some people literally CANT get Ethernet.

[alexhelvetica]

Some people literally CANT get Ethernet.

That isn't a wifi card.

[DarkBlade2117]

That isn't a wifi card.

Ignore my previous post I seen wireless network.. Not wired..

[xakowako]

Thanks for the all the replies, really helpful. I think i'm going to change the processor for an i4790k as suggested. Yeah I don't know what the network card was doing there, I think i was tinkering last night when i got home after a night out so was just a dumb drunk click I do need a wifi card though.