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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($239.99 @ Micro Center) 


Total: $806.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CSGO runs on a 10 year old engine and was release 3 years ago, so any GPU that came out within the past year can easily dominate it. With battlefield, I would recomend either an AMD 380 or an GTX 960. 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/cMKhf7


 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£26.27 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.39 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£243.59 @ Aria PC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£52.74 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£55.15 @ More Computers) 

Total: £701.59

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-13 20:56 GMT+0000

An AMD cpu has no place in a solely gaming build, end of.

I3 4150, Intel HD graphics, corsair CX750M, 4gb ram, Asus H81M-E, corsair 230T, Intel stock cooler WD Green 2TB Gigabyte 550TI

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($239.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $806.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-13 15:47 EST-0500
 
CSGO runs on a 10 year old engine and was release 3 years ago, so any GPU that came out within the past year can easily dominate it. With battlefield, I would recomend either an AMD 380 or an GTX 960. 

 

Dodgy psu, wrong currency, better of going z97 for a build of this budget and a build of this price should have an ssd.

Other than that nice build :)

An AMD cpu has no place in a solely gaming build, end of.

I3 4150, Intel HD graphics, corsair CX750M, 4gb ram, Asus H81M-E, corsair 230T, Intel stock cooler WD Green 2TB Gigabyte 550TI

Why you shouldn't trust Gpu or Cpu boss Click on this I dare you!

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($239.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $806.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-13 15:47 EST-0500
 
CSGO runs on a 10 year old engine and was release 3 years ago, so any GPU that came out within the past year can easily dominate it. With battlefield, I would recomend either an AMD 380 or an GTX 960. 

 

 

This is a great build, but if mild gaming and web browsing are going to be your only tasks, I would recommend going with AMD instead of Intel if you want to save a few.

--Gas_Mask_

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Dodgy psu, wrong currency, better of going z97 for a build of this budget and a build of this price should have an ssd.

Other than that nice build :)

OP should buy a PSU he/she is comfortable with since I am pretty sure corsair makes no "dodgy" psu's, but it all comes down to personal preference. But I do think that z97 would be a nice cheaper way to get great performance if you didn't want to buy more expensive DDR4 and Z170 boards :). And sorry about the currency, I thought that it wouldn't really matter since you can just google how much 800$ USD is in pounds :)

 

EDIT: Ooops I see what you mean XP I thought 700 pounds was about 800$ USD.... Here is a corrected build

 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($122.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($62.44 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($309.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.59 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1035.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-13 16:09 EST-0500

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Slightly over budget, but it's worth it imo.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£103.83 @ Dabs) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£245.75 @ More Computers) 
Total: £728.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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This is a great build, but if mild gaming and web browsing are going to be your only tasks, I would recommend going with AMD instead of Intel if you want to save a few.

I wouldn't consider Battlefield "mild gaming" Its pretty intensive on both the GPU and CPU. Also most of all the super graphically intensive triple A games that come out for PC's happen to be pretty hard core too, and since thats what the OP said they where interested in I would say that intel wouldn't be a bad way to go, but AMD wouldn't be a terrible decision either :)

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I wouldn't consider Battlefield "mild gaming" Its pretty intensive on both the GPU and CPU. Also most of all the super graphically intensive triple A games that come out for PC's happen to be pretty hard core too, and since thats what the OP said they where interested in I would say that intel wouldn't be a bad way to go, but AMD wouldn't be a terrible decision either :)

That is true, but i don't doubt that a good AMD processor (paired with a good AMD or nVidia GPU) can run Battlefield maxed out just fine, for a fraction of the price. To each their own. ;)

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OP uses Pounds Sterling mate, pay attention. You're using US pricing.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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