£1200 full setup for gaming and CAD

[h_piper]

Hi all, I want to build my first PC. I have done quite a lot of research but wanted to get the opinion of people who know far more than me. Thanks in advance.

 

1. Budget & Location

£1200-£1250 GBP for a complete build with monitor and peripherals. If increasing the budget allows me to dramatically increase performance i can by £50 but I would prefer not to.

2. Aim

I am at Uni doing engineering and this will be mainly be used for watching media, work and gaming although it will also be used for CAD (SolidEdge and Solidworks). Since i am at uni i am moving around a fair amount so a smaller form factor could be useful but not really that important. The games I will be mainly playing on it are GTA5, Fallout 4 and battlefield sort of games. I would like to do a slight overclock and i think 16Gb of ram would be useful. I also need a wireless card.

3. Monitors

I would like to have one larger monitor around 28'' as it would be useful for work and watching movies on. I would like it to be 1440p. All suggestions would be useful.

4. Peripherals

I currently don't have any peripherals so suggestions would be useful within budget. I will be requiring an OS as well but i hear you can get windows keys for around £20 so would do that probably.

 

I have made a parts list but I'm sure it can be improved. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XMhYyc. Graphics card wise, if I can afford a better one like the gtx 980 rather than the r9 390 that would be good but i would prefer a better monitor for the money. thanks

 

[UnlimitedTMD]

wrong link, use the one given on PCpartpicker

[h_piper]

Just changed it. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XMhYyc

[HPWebcamAble]

Changed PSU and added monitor:

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

(This PSU is slightly better)

 

In terms of peripherals, do you want a mechanical keyboard? Should it have a backlight? Any specific color?

Do you need speakers and/or headphones?

 

How does this mouse look: http://www.amazon.com/Perixx-MX-2000-Programmable-Gaming-Laser/dp/B0083H4NG4

(Been using it myself for a while, it's awesome for the price)

[Moonzy]

10 minutes ago, h_piper said:

 

a little over budget...

i added a little twist to make it portable

also, cant get a good 1440p screen with this budget so i just left it with a 1080p
the 390 is a better card for 1080p gaming than 1440p anyway

but you can change it to 1440p panel if you'd like

Spoiler

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RR763C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RR763C/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.96 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£128.19 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£269.98 @ Dabs) 
Case: Corsair 380T Mini ITX Tower Case  (£117.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£20.00) 
Monitor: Asus VN289H 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£227.32 @ Dabs) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£22.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1343.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 17:37 GMT+0000

 

[h_piper]

3 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Changed PSU and added monitor:

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

(This PSU is slightly better)

 

In terms of peripherals, do you want a mechanical keyboard? Should it have a backlight? Any specific color?

Do you need speakers and/or headphones?

 

How does this mouse look: http://www.amazon.com/Perixx-MX-2000-Programmable-Gaming-Laser/dp/B0083H4NG4

(Been using it myself for a while, it's awesome for the price)

The monitor looks good and thank you for the PSU that looks better. is the motherboard a good choice? I'm not overly fussed about having a mechanical keyboard, i would prefer it to be backlit. I'm not worried about colours. is there a good wireless mouse? A pair of headphones would also be useful.

[HPWebcamAble]

18 minutes ago, h_piper said:

The monitor looks good and thank you for the PSU that looks better. is the motherboard a good choice? I'm not overly fussed about having a mechanical keyboard, i would prefer it to be backlit. I'm not worried about colours. is there a good wireless mouse? A pair of headphones would also be useful.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yY3sRB

 

Added headset, keyboard, mouse, and windows copy. All wired, but with my last wireless mouse, I had to change the batteries about 100 million times, now that I've got a wired one I'll never go back

[h_piper]

41 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

a little over budget...

i added a little twist to make it portable

also, cant get a good 1440p screen with this budget so i just left it with a 1080p
the 390 is a better card for 1080p gaming than 1440p anyway

but you can change it to 1440p panel if you'd like

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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RR763C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RR763C/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.96 @ More Computers) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£128.19 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£269.98 @ Dabs) 
Case: Corsair 380T Mini ITX Tower Case  (£117.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£20.00) 
Monitor: Asus VN289H 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  (£227.32 @ Dabs) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£22.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1343.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 17:37 GMT+0000

 

This looks good although i was looking for a slightly better monitor as i feel it may get a little pixilated at 28'' and 1080p. is liquid cooling necessary because i feel it would be better to spend the £100 for the liquid cooler for an i7 instead. the case is cool though. Thanks.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, h_piper said:

This looks good although i was looking for a slightly better monitor as i feel it may get a little pixilated at 28'' and 1080p. is liquid cooling necessary because i feel it would be better to spend the £100 for the liquid cooler for an i7 instead. the case is cool though. Thanks.

well liquid cooling does get you to squeeze more performance out of your cpu, but yea an i7 would be great

here's the upgraded list

the monitor is 27 inch though, not much monitor thats 28 inch tbh lol

Spoiler

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7xLbNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7xLbNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£289.98 @ Ebuyer) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 37.8 CFM CPU Cooler  (£38.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£128.19 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£67.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£269.98 @ Dabs) 
Case: Corsair 380T Mini ITX Tower Case  (£117.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  (£20.00) 
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£214.96 @ More Computers) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£22.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1360.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 19:07 GMT+0000

 

[brob]

This is a slightly different take. Small and portable system unit. Trade storage capacity for faster, cooler and quieter operation.

 

Microsoft typically offers an educational license for its products. You may be able to save a bit there.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.17 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£86.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£63.59 @ More Computers)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£102.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  (£269.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 380T Mini ITX Tower Case  (£99.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.28 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£275.00 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£22.02 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1191.99
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 19:09 GMT+0000