First PC Build

[Matthew_EWaring]

Im making my first Pc in a few days or weeks and I just want to check if everything is all good. I defiantly want to keep the gtx 970 

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XB2YMp

[Vercii]

Recommend getting a SSD.

[stealth80]

I don't know what your max budget is, but if starting from scratch please try and go skyline, aka 6600K and Z170. Also swap that PSU

[Starelementpoke]

Im making my first Pc in a few days or weeks and I just want to check if everything is all good. I defiantly want to keep the gtx 970 

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XB2YMp

Budget? Why do you want to keep that 970? Not that psu.

[Numbafieve]

Dont forget an OS!

[Starelementpoke]

Dont forget an OS!

Psh, no one ever factors that into prices.

[Matias_Chambers]

What is your budget?

[Aereldor]

You don't need 16 GB of RAM for gaming, and that power supply has been known to fail in demanding scenarios. Also, you'll probably want an SSD. If you're short on funds, my advice is to stick with just an SSD for now and get a Hard Drive later.

Also, you need not worry about a 4690k and Z97 board- an i5 4460 and a locked board will back your 970 just fine. Also, if you really want to overclock, you'll need a cooler. I recommend using the 4460 instead.
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£45.07 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£30.95 @ More Computers) 

Storage: Crucial BX200 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£99.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£272.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£51.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £720.74

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 16:11 GMT+0000

[Matthew_EWaring]

budget is around £700 to £800, I can get the OS for like £20 anyway.

I want to keep the 970 due to the use of shadowplay.

[manikyath]

 

You don't need 16 GB of RAM for gaming, and that power supply has been known to fail in demanding scenarios. Also, you'll probably want an SSD. If you're short on funds, my advice is to stick with just an SSD for now and get a Hard Drive later.

Also, you need not worry about a 4690k and Z97 board- an i5 4460 and a locked board will back your 970 just fine. Also, if you really want to overclock, you'll need a cooler. I recommend using the 4460 instead.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£45.07 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£30.95 @ More Computers) 

Storage: Crucial BX200 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£99.95 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£272.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.81 @ Amazon UK) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£51.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £720.74

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 16:11 GMT+0000

 

you just literally got the one EVGA power supply you should never replace a CX with...

 

on topic, my take:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.65 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.91 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£272.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£64.27 @ Amazon UK) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£28.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £773.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 16:15 GMT+0000

i stuck mostly to what OP had, although, you're gonna want to toss an aftermarket cooler on there at some point (maybe get 8GB ram, and use the spare change for a cooler)

switched to the Z97 pc mate, its one of my "go-to" boards because its cheap and has all the features most people need (aside fro SLI, for which you'll want to swap to the krait instead)

added in a small SSD, its mostly just there to reduce seek times to let your OS be a bit more snappy.

GTX970 as requested.

case as it was

seasonic power supply, its cheaper than what you had, has magrinally more wattage, and is MUCH better quality.

one often forgotten: the wifi card has an antenna on a wire, this is vastly superior to the antennas straight in the back of your pc, as we all know its a bad idea to put anything wireless next to whats basicly a grounded farraday cage.

[Matthew_EWaring]

 

you just literally got the one EVGA power supply you should never replace a CX with...

 

on topic, my take:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.65 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.91 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£272.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£64.27 @ Amazon UK) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£28.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £773.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 16:15 GMT+0000

i stuck mostly to what OP had, although, you're gonna want to toss an aftermarket cooler on there at some point (maybe get 8GB ram, and use the spare change for a cooler)

switched to the Z97 pc mate, its one of my "go-to" boards because its cheap and has all the features most people need (aside fro SLI, for which you'll want to swap to the krait instead)

added in a small SSD, its mostly just there to reduce seek times to let your OS be a bit more snappy.

GTX970 as requested.

case as it was

seasonic power supply, its cheaper than what you had, has magrinally more wattage, and is MUCH better quality.

one often forgotten: the wifi card has an antenna on a wire, this is vastly superior to the antennas straight in the back of your pc, as we all know its a bad idea to put anything wireless next to whats basicly a grounded farraday cage.

 

Thanks for the Advise on the wifi card, just curious on swapping the 970 with a r9 sapphire. Thoughts?

[TheRandomness]

Thanks for the Advise on the wifi card, just curious on swapping the 970 with a r9 sapphire. Thoughts?

The 390 is superior to the 970 in the way that it has double the VRAM and performs slightly better in most games. It also usually costs less. Also, have a list:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.65 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.89 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£68.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.91 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£37.93 @ More Computers) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.14 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£253.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: BitFenix Neos White/Red ATX Mid Tower Case  (£32.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£52.80 @ Aria PC) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£51.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £797.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-17 16:30 GMT+0000

 

It's most expensive than the other ones due to the fact that it has an SSD and aftermarket cooler for overclocking. Also, the PSU I selected is much better than the CX600.

[manikyath]

Thanks for the Advise on the wifi card, just curious on swapping the 970 with a r9 sapphire. Thoughts?

you mentioned shadowplay, are there any other reasons you'd go with a 970?

since shadowplay is kinda the most replacable feature.

 

however i'm not too convinced on the sapphire cards, they look overly big, and i'm not sure how that extra size translates in performance gains over something like the MSI models.

[kelvindeschutter]

you mentioned shadowplay, are there any other reasons you'd go with a 970?

since shadowplay is kinda the most replacable feature.

 

however i'm not too convinced on the sapphire cards, they look overly big, and i'm not sure how that extra size translates in performance gains over something like the MSI models.

from what i have heard they are cooler (as in temp) and quiet then other brands

[ZestyJalapeno]

 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T9E 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£51.48 @ Amazon UK) 

 

 

 

Mate, £50 for a wireless adapter? The £25 one which I have is perfectly good for the job.

[manikyath]

from what i have heard they are cooler (as in temp) and quiet then other brands

i also heard that about gigabyte. i also heard about gigabyte they are jet engines.

 

see where my issue is?

[TheRandomness]

Mate, £50 for a wireless adapter? The £25 one which I have is perfectly good for the job.

I was just editing a list another guy made and didn't both to change that.

[TheRandomness]

you mentioned shadowplay, are there any other reasons you'd go with a 970?

since shadowplay is kinda the most replacable feature.

 

however i'm not too convinced on the sapphire cards, they look overly big, and i'm not sure how that extra size translates in performance gains over something like the MSI models.

Overly large heatsink coupled with 3 fans means they have to spin less therefore are quieter. Sapphire have the best cooling, MSI have the best overclockers iirc.

[Matthew_EWaring]

Yeah this build was taken off a pc build list and I actually didn't see the wireless card until it was pointed out

[ZestyJalapeno]

I was just editing a list another guy made and didn't both to change that.

Ah, I see. 

 

Well that original guy needs to change that, even the dual antennae £15 ones are fit for purpose. Hell, if you want just get a 20m ethernet cable for £10 and have superior performance...

[Matthew_EWaring]

Build

 

Took the other wifi card but im struggling to choose either a hard drive or ssd. My games will take up way more than 480gb and I do not want to buy another ssd. Then there is the case of GPU, I made a awful thread in the GPU section and its a large argument but I dont know if I should use the 970 or r9 390.  

[JustTheTip]

i also heard that about gigabyte. i also heard about gigabyte they are jet engines.

 

see where my issue is?

Nah mate i use a G1 Gaming 970 and the thing is as quiet as a mouse even at full power its quite quiet

[JustTheTip]

Build

 

Took the other wifi card but im struggling to choose either a hard drive or ssd. My games will take up way more than 480gb and I do not want to buy another ssd. Then there is the case of GPU, I made a awful thread in the GPU section and its a large argument but I dont know if I should use the 970 or r9 390.  

I have had very good experiences with the 970 i say go for that, its been proven to be a good card, I also say get the SSD and and chuck a cheapo hard drive in the mix you can get a Seatgate Barracuda for £30 if you look hard enough. 

[N_Bot]

budget is around £700 to £800, I can get the OS for like £20 anyway.

I want to keep the 970 due to the use of shadowplay.

There is plenty of software available to replace programs like Shadowplay. That shouldn't be your #1 concern when buying a GPU imo.

[Matthew_EWaring]

Im going to go with the 970 and I think that I may aswell replace the ssd with a hard drive since I don't really think that I will be bothered with it. Ive never used one before and its not of up most importance.

 

EDIT: Since updating the part list it seems that if I swap to a 970 and add a 1TB hard drive it comes out at £748 which is fine for me. So whatever I will keep the ssd then