First PC

[jamiecooper]

Can someone make a good powerful gaming PC for under £800 with operating system and a msi r9 390 and a intel cpu.

I don't really know what i am doing with this type of thing if someone could help me out i would appreciate it! 

If you could link the PC part picker link i would love it. 

 

Thankyou

[airdeano]

welcome to the Linus tech Tips forums!

 

please follow your topics, moved to New Builds and Planning

[BigDay]

buy windows off of g2a or reddit. overclock the cpu. use my overclocking guide; link in my forum signature. the ram has a cas of 9 which is great. don't get anything higher than 9.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£44.97 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£69.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Predator 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£31.85 @ Dabs)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.57 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£264.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.48 @ Novatech)
Total: £766.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-22 20:40 BST+0100

[BigDay]

or, if you don't want to overclock your cpu, you can get a 390x. the ram has a cas of 9 which is great. don't get anything higher than 9.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Predator 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£31.85 @ Dabs)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.57 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  (£339.55 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.48 @ Novatech)
Total: £779.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-22 20:42 BST+0100

[jamiecooper]

I need a operating system though

[BigDay]

I need a operating system though

 

buy it off of g2a.com or reddit. it's cheaper.

[BigDay]

I need a operating system though

 

if you don't want to buy it off of g2a.com or reddit, here you go:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.98 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)

Memory: Kingston Predator 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£31.85 @ Dabs)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.57 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.74 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£264.97 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£38.80 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.48 @ Novatech)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£72.30 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £777.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-22 20:45 BST+0100

[zzenigmaxzz]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.74 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.58 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.67 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£264.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.34 @ Amazon UK) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£72.30 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £781.71

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-22 20:47 BST+0100