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[h_piper]

I've put together this parts list http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XLf4RB just wondering if it can be I'm proved. will the PSU be sufficient. is there a better keyboard and mouse that you can recommend for around £50. is the monitor a good choice. i can't afford to increase the budget much but if it would make a big difference an extra £50 is possible. I'll be buying it all from amazon as i have a voucher. Thank you.

[h_piper]

Original post was:

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.

 

 

 

[Streetguru]

3 hours ago, h_piper said:

I've put together this parts list http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XLf4RB just wondering if it can be I'm proved. will the PSU be sufficient. is there a better keyboard and mouse that you can recommend for around £50. is the monitor a good choice. i can't afford to increase the budget much but if it would make a big difference an extra £50 is possible. I'll be buying it all from amazon as i have a voucher. Thank you.

Um ya, way better, overclocking generally isn't going to be worth paying extra for at this point

 

This includes a 4k IPS free-sync display, though 32"+ would be better for productivity, you can game at 1080p and it'll scale perfectly

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/846VrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/846VrH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£260.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£58.14 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£249.95 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£36.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.22 @ More Computers)
Monitor: LG 27MU67 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£359.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1172.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 03:45 GMT+0000

[h_piper]

6 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Um ya, way better, overclocking generally isn't going to be worth paying extra for at this point

 

This includes a 4k IPS free-sync display, though 32"+ would be better for productivity, you can game at 1080p and it'll scale perfectly

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/846VrH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/846VrH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£260.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£58.14 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£53.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£249.95 @ More Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£36.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£48.22 @ More Computers)
Monitor: LG 27MU67 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  (£359.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1172.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 03:45 GMT+0000

That monitor looks really good and overall this looks like a much better value build! What's the powercolor graphics card like I haven't heard of that make and also with this case part picker says I'll have to remove the hard drive tray to fit it in? Thanks  a lot. 

[Streetguru]

4 hours ago, h_piper said:

That monitor looks really good and overall this looks like a much better value build! What's the powercolor graphics card like I haven't heard of that make and also with this case part picker says I'll have to remove the hard drive tray to fit it in? Thanks  a lot. 

Still some room in the budget to spend a bit more on a case you like, that's just a decent value case