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So here it goes, please tell me about any problems or upgrades 

Motherboard Z97 gaming 5 

CPU: Intel Pentium dual core g3258 

RAM: Geil Evo two 8gb ddr3 

Power: Corsair rm 650 

Graphics: GTX 950 evga 

Case: Factual Core 3500 

Optical drive Asus bc 12b1st 

hard drive: WB black 1tb sata 

please bear in mind i have no experience with custom pc builds 

the total i came to is about 600 pounds or 850 dollars 

 

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So here it goes, please tell me about any problems or upgrades 

Motherboard Z97 gaming 5 

CPU: Intel Pentium dual core g3258 

RAM: Geil Evo two 8gb ddr3 

Power: Corsair rm 650 

Graphics: GTX 950 evga 

Case: Factual Core 3500 

Optical drive Asus bc 12b1st 

hard drive: WB black 1tb sata 

please bear in mind i have no experience with custom pc builds 

the total i came to is about 600 pounds or 850 dollars 

 

Overkill and overpriced PSU, other than that, it's fine.

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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2 minutes ago, Tom147 said:

So here it goes, please tell me about any problems or upgrades 

Motherboard Z97 gaming 5 

CPU: Intel Pentium dual core g3258 

RAM: Geil Evo two 8gb ddr3 

Power: Corsair rm 650 

Graphics: GTX 950 evga 

Case: Factual Core 3500 

Optical drive Asus bc 12b1st 

hard drive: WB black 1tb sata 

please bear in mind i have no experience with custom pc builds 

the total i came to is about 600 pounds or 850 dollars 

 

You'd be better off getting something like an i5-4460/i5-6500 and a 380/x.

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So here it goes, please tell me about any problems or upgrades 

Motherboard Z97 gaming 5 

CPU: Intel Pentium dual core g3258 

RAM: Geil Evo two 8gb ddr3 

Power: Corsair rm 650 

Graphics: GTX 950 evga 

Case: Factual Core 3500 

Optical drive Asus bc 12b1st 

hard drive: WB black 1tb sata 

please bear in mind i have no experience with custom pc builds 

the total i came to is about 600 pounds or 850 dollars 

 

I'd rather get a core i3 6100 with a cheaper board, two cores without hyper threading are simply not enough for many games.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£172.79 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£43.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£24.48 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  (£208.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £583.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 21:07 GMT+0000

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£29.52 @ More Computers) 
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  (£40.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£184.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £585.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 21:07 GMT+0000

 

I would get something like this instead 

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£29.52 @ More Computers) 
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  (£40.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£184.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £585.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 21:07 GMT+0000

 

I would get something like this instead 

seems interesting, what sort of games would I be able to look at running?

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1 minute ago, Tom147 said:

seems interesting, what sort of games would I be able to look at running?

all of them. I mean itll run way better then your original build so... whatever you have times like 3 

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Mohenjo said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£149.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£29.52 @ More Computers) 
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  (£40.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£184.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £585.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 21:07 GMT+0000

 

I would get something like this instead 

what about an optical drive?

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what about an optical drive?

oh yea, just add one, they dont matter that much 

just like pick this up https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh118cbbebe

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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