My First Gaming Pc Build

[zzvy]

I'm looking to order all the components for my first PC build as soon as possible but before i did i thought it may be a good idea to post the build here and see if anyone has any tips for me and if anyone knows then to see if all the parts are compatible.

 

-  AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor

- Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard

- Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

- Hynix SL301 250GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card

- CiT Dragon 3 Midi Case

- PSU I'm not sure of 

 

Total cost is £289.92 + cost of PSU (im trying to keep the build under £320

 

Here are the websites, not all the components were on pcpartspicker

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/K2rtcf

http://www.ebuyer.com/740069-cit-dragon-midi-black-case-with-12cm-red-led-fans-side-cscitdragon3blackwin

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/ssdsolidstate/240gbto400gb/hfs250g32tnd-3112a.html

 

Thanks!

[Moonzy]

what games are you going to play on your pc?
at this price you can only afford low end gears im afraid...

[zzvy]

I was thinking of trying out some of the old cod gaming like mw2 but I've not been gaming for a few years so I'm not up to date with many of the new games. what would be the best way to improve the games I could play on it?

[Moonzy]

hmm... i really woudnt recommend buying a full desktop at this price... all your can afford are low end stuffs that doesnt make sense

perhaps try saving up, a pc that cost $800 or 900 would be more worth the money to buy

[Xenift]

8 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

hmm... i really woudnt recommend buying a full desktop at this price... all your can afford are low end stuffs that doesnt make sense

perhaps try saving up, a pc that cost $800 or 900 would be more worth the money to buy

No that build is okay for casual games like cs:go and league.

Nothing fancy but will get the job done at a stable fps once he drops some settings.

Not as much as a potato as you imagined.

[zzvy]

Thanks guys! depending on how much i get into gaming on this i may end up eventually upgrading to play higher end games (whenever i save up the money for that). do you have any recomendations about a PSU that i could use with it?

[Soumyangel]

dont get the 750ti....get something higher bro...750ti is a bit old now...no offence..

[Soumyangel]

psu get a cooler master or corsair...

[Soumyangel]

dont get an amd x4 dude....x6 minimum!!

[zzvy]

Ill have a look at them psu's now, any recommendations for a the processor or graphics card?

[Soumyangel]

if budget low-gtx 950 or 960...processor us shld get x6 or i5 bro for gaming...

[Moonzy]

15 minutes ago, Soumyangel said:

if budget low-gtx 950 or 960...processor us shld get x6 or i5 bro for gaming...

a 950 or 960 is about 50% of his budget...

[Soumyangel]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

a 950 or 960 is about 50% of his budget...

yeah damn i just realized it.....:( dude 

[zzvy]

would a EVGA 430 80+ be good to run this? I've found a 950 for £125 and the 750ti is £95. is there much of a difference in performance between the two of them?

thanks for the help guys btw

[Soumyangel]

Just now, zzvy said:

would a EVGA 430 80+ be good to run this? I've found a 950 for £125 and the 750ti is £95. is there much of a difference in performance between the two of them?

thanks for the help guys btw

yes....drct x 12,1080p gaming....

[Soumyangel]

Just now, Soumyangel said:

yes....drct x 12,1080p gaming....

get atleast a 500w power supply

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, zzvy said:

would a EVGA 430 80+ be good to run this? I've found a 950 for £125 and the 750ti is £95. is there much of a difference in performance between the two of them?

thanks for the help guys btw

a 950 is 50% faster than the 750ti, so yes thats a huge gap
also the 950 supports more features

 

i really wouldnt recommend anything below 750ti, even for low end

might as well get a powerful processor and run onboard graphics until u can afford better gpu

[Soumyangel]

wait a bit and buy the grphcs card bro...a good processor is primary then comes a good graphics card...wait and buy

[zzvy]

so should i get the EVGA 500w and the Gigabyte GTX 950 OC? it'll be a little over what i planned to spend but I'd be alright with that if its improves it a lot 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, zzvy said:

so should i get the EVGA 500w and the Gigabyte GTX 950 OC? it'll be a little over what i planned to spend but I'd be alright with that if its improves it a lot 

well MY minimum spec would be a 4th gen i3, a 750ti or 950, a normal motherboard, a tier 3 or 4 psu, and any case that fits my system
as well as a small hard disk (can expand when u have the cash)

[zzvy]

ill have a look at them, cheers

[TheCaptain53]

Hey OP,

The build looks generally good. Depending on the games you want to run, you shouldn't have any problems as long as you're realistic about the graphical settings you will run.

I've made a couple of changes, mainly the motherboard and adding a PSU. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/8TjbFT

If you're getting this processor, I would look at also buying a better CPU cooler and overclocking it. The new motherboard will also help with this. 

47 minutes ago, Soumyangel said:

dont get the 750ti....get something higher bro...750ti is a bit old now...no offence..

wut? 750 Ti is a great card for the price.
 

48 minutes ago, Soumyangel said:

dont get an amd x4 dude....x6 minimum!!

duble wut? X4 860k is a great chip.

[zzvy]

thanks. im pretty new here, is it very complicated to overclock? ive done a little research on it but ive not tried it out personally