New Gaming PC

[vinchansoe]

I have already compiled a list of components but was wondering if i could achive the same result for cheaper or a better rig for the same price.

1. Budget & Location
I have a budget of £1250 which comes to about US$1700. I would be prepared to go to £1300/US$1800 if it's really worth it. This does not include monitor or other peripherals

2. Aim
This is going to be a high end gaming rig with possible CAD in the future. It will also feature as my main media center. I'd also like it to run relatively quietly as my laptop at the moment is really loud and extremely irritating.   

3. Monitors
I plan on running an AOC 29" 21:9 monitor with a possible addition of a 23" touchscreen in Q1 2014

4. Peripherals
If speakers can be included with slight cuts in part costs that would be great, otherwise peripherals aren't needed.

5. Why are you upgrading?
This will be the first desktop that i build, i'm really looking forward to the experience.

 

Component List

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Microcenter) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($205.00 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($125.99 @ Best Buy) 

Storage: Sandisk  256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($184.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card  ($484.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Microcenter) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 

Total=~£1251/US$1635

[DirkaFat]

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[JORDANonPC]

you don't need an i7 or 16gb of ram for gaming just go for 8gb of 1600mhz cl9 ram and a 4670k also get a samsung evo instead of the sandisk ssd also the motherboard is quite expensive everything else looks pretty good let me build something for you, here we go you could also go down the amd route and get a 8350 and 990fx board but I just went with intel on this one 

 

PCPartPicker part list

 

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

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£22.85 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£153.57 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.97 @ Dabs) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£146.94 @ Dabs) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£47.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  (£499.99 @ Dabs) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£76.26 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £1277.55

[Youbetternot]

Fx 8350 for full gaming experience, don't listen to people who say intel i5-3570 is better, those fanboys. Go intel if you want like better crysis 2 thing

[Youbetternot]

You can probably spend more for the graphics card get a like gtx 780 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42781kr

[Venomz1337]

I'd change the cooler and PSU.

 

My build cost me £1250 and I love it..

[DirkaFat]

He said he might (do?) CAD, which I'm guessing is CPU intensive, so he'll benefit from the i7

[vinchansoe]

Fx 8350 for full gaming experience, don't listen to people who say intel i5-3570 is better, those fanboys. Go intel if you want like better crysis 2 thing

It is a massive price difference i know, but I'd rather not look back and wish I'd gone for the 4770k instead.The main game i want to be playing is BF4 when it comes out

[DirkaFat]

It is a massive price difference i know, but I'd rather not look back and wish I'd gone for the 4770k instead.The main game i want to be playing is BF4 when it comes out

For gaming, you won't look back. 

[vinchansoe]

I'd change the cooler and PSU.

 

My build cost me £1250 and I love it..

What too?

[Youbetternot]

It is a massive price difference i know, but I'd rather not look back and wish I'd gone for the 4770k instead.The main game i want to be playing is BF4 when it comes out

No the fx 8350 rocks everything rape every cpu up the wall, If you got it don't look back

[JORDANonPC]

 

No the fx 8350 rocks everything rape every cpu up the wall, If you got it don't look back

that sounds a little fanboyish there, not saying you are a fanboy I've heard good things about the 8350 myself 

[JORDANonPC]

I would say buy for what you are doing now and the build I went with allowed you to get a 780 which would benefit you far more in gaming than an i7, also when is it you will be building 

[vinchansoe]

building it around the end of september/ mid october. Definitely looking to have it running without tweaking by the beginning of november so that includes overclocking and included time for returns  

[vinchansoe]

I would say buy for what you are doing now and the build I went with allowed you to get a 780 which would benefit you far more in gaming than an i7, also when is it you will be building 

building it around the end of september/ mid october. Definitely looking to have it running without tweaking by the beginning of november so that includes overclocking and included time for returns  

[CoolBeans]

The only changes I would make are change the CPU to a 8350 and the GPU to 780

[JoshM]

Looks good, just change the SSD to a Samsung evo, if your doing CADD then stay with a 4770k and 16gb of RAM. 

Get a H100i or something similar. I would get a bigger psu so its more expandable an room for overclocking. 

FX8350 is good but if he has the money he doesn't need to settle. 

[vinchansoe]

The only changes I would make are change the CPU to a 8350 and the GPU to 780

If I go for the 8350 what motherboard would be best? Major selling point of the hero was it's integrated audio.

[CoolBeans]

If I go for the 8350 what motherboard would be best? Major selling point of the hero was it's integrated audio.

Crosshair V Formula.

[JoshM]

No the fx 8350 rocks everything rape every cpu up the wall, If you got it don't look back

Shut up fanboy...

[Classics]

If I go for the 8350 what motherboard would be best? Major selling point of the hero was it's integrated audio.

 

Anything with the 990fx chipset.

[WoodenMarker]

He said he might (do?) CAD, which I'm guessing is CPU intensive, so he'll benefit from the i7

'might' A 4670k would do even if he ends up doing some light rendering

building it around the end of september/ mid october. Definitely looking to have it running without tweaking by the beginning of november so that includes overclocking and included time for returns  

That's a while from now. Plan later then. Parts and prices change frequently.

[Venomz1337]

Crosshair V Formula.

That ^

 

If I go for the 8350 what motherboard would be best? Major selling point of the hero was it's integrated audio.