Please Help Me

[idkwhatimdoing]

I'm thinking of building my first PC, I have two options, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZRHQjX or http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BtGwMp is there anything I can improve for cheaper? I'm trying to keep it a blue and black theme.

[INeedHelpASAP]

2 minutes ago, idkwhatimdoing said:

I'm thinking of building my first PC, I have two options, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZRHQjX or http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BtGwMp is there anything I can improve for cheaper? I'm trying to keep it a blue and black theme.

erhm well I am not really a computer expert but I think they can agree on me with this:

get a 120 GB SSD(solid state drive) and 1 TB HDD (hard drive) a 1TB SSD is pretty expensive you might aswell get a 120 GB and put your OS(operating system(windows)) on that and put all your games on the 1 TB HDD.

[Aytex]

5 minutes ago, idkwhatimdoing said:

I'm thinking of building my first PC, I have two options, http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZRHQjX or http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BtGwMp is there anything I can improve for cheaper? I'm trying to keep it a blue and black theme.

Go for a Sapphire or XFX R9 390 if you want more preformance

[GeekJump]

SSD are steadily dropping in price to align with HDDs. Getting a 1TB SDD now would be a bad investment because it can honestly be half the price next week if the trend continues. At most I would say get a 250 GB one (for OS and some games/programs) for now and a 1TB HDD for mass storage. You'll save some money that way and won't really break your performance. 

 

 

[Moonzy]

for this build:

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£115.35 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£73.67 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£228.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£268.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£84.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) 
Total: £1097.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-08 20:14 BST+0100

comments:

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1) 250gb ssd + 2tb HDD will be better, unless you need fast storage for a lot of things

2) an R9 390 will perform better than a gtx 970 in a lot of cases, especially in DX12, i highly suggest getting a 390

3) kinda high wattage for a system like this, 550W if you opt for the 970, 650W if you opt for the 390 for a ton of OC headroom

 

for this build:

Spoiler

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£273.32 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£93.02 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£55.92 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£228.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£282.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£84.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) 
Total: £1144.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-08 20:16 BST+0100

comments:

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1) if you're gaming, get skylake, and you dont need i7 for purely gaming unless you stream while you game or uses the cpu horsepower in other tasks, though DX 12 will benefit from more threads so this is a valid point, but get a skylake chip, you will benefit alot from DDR4 due to higher memory bandwidth

2) higher higher speed ram, it will help you in games when its cpu intensive

3) same ssd comment as above build

4) same gpu comment as above

5) same psu comment as above

 

if you wanna get ddr3, might wanna consider the xeon 1231 v3, its non-overclockable but its an i7 with the price tag of an i5

[DioOmicida]

I might suggest swapping to the 212 Evo. Will run a little louder the h7 but will perform better.
Look at Radeon cards as well. Also, if you can swing the I7, might as well over the I5.