Posted April 26, 2016 I want to build my first gaming PC which will be capable of running current gen titles (GTA V, Wicher 3, Just cause 3, etc...) at max/high settings in 1080p (no intent to move to higher resolutions in the lifetime of this pc) and to be able to overclock (but not heavily) down the line. Im new to this so i realise that this parts list might not be the best choice! As a budget I dont really want to break £700 Motherboard: MSI 970 CPU: AMD 8370 RAM: Corsair Pro Vengance 2x8GB GPU: Saphire Nitro R9 380 4GB CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Storage: Kingston V300 240GB SSD & Seagate Barracuda 1TB Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400C PSU: EVGA 600W PC part picker list is here: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/7KgNkL Thanks for any suggestions as I find reading up on all of this amazingly confusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, amgw said: You're going to want an i5, and it's not worth paying extra to OC your CPU for 60hz gaming PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WdW7D3 Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WdW7D3/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£46.49 @ Ebuyer) Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£37.84 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£156.98 @ Novatech) Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.50 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.95 @ Amazon UK) Total: £542.65 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 20:11 BST+0100 I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly... Spoiler What is your budget/country for your new PC? what monitor resolution/refresh rate? What games or other software do you need to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 Somebody get this man to PcPartPicker! 1) Just drop the V300 ssd, plagued with issues and drama. 2) Drop the HDD as well, Seagate's are notoriously unreliable, get a WD blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Streetguru said: You're going to want an i5, and it's not worth paying extra to OC your CPU for 60hz gaming PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WdW7D3 Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WdW7D3/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£46.49 @ Ebuyer) Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£37.84 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.90 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£156.98 @ Novatech) Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.50 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.95 @ Amazon UK) Total: £542.65 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 20:11 BST+0100 A 500w would probably just suffice if the budget is that tight. !Visit my blog HERE! Latest Post: How to give back for free this Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 something like this Spoiler PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fN7gdC Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fN7gdC/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.68 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.45 @ Ebuyer) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.99 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card (£169.99 @ Novatech) Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case (£72.99 @ Ebuyer) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) Total: £675.04 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 20:14 BST+0100 -sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Thetechnoman1 said: A 500w would probably just suffice if the budget is that tight. still 160 pounds left in the budget I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly... Spoiler What is your budget/country for your new PC? what monitor resolution/refresh rate? What games or other software do you need to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Streetguru said: still 160 pounds left in the budget Good point, but if money is needed to be saved, its an option !Visit my blog HERE! Latest Post: How to give back for free this Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, Moonzy said: something like this Reveal hidden contents PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fN7gdC Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/fN7gdC/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.99 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.68 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.45 @ Ebuyer) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.99 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB NITRO Dual-X OC Video Card (£169.99 @ Novatech) Case: Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case (£72.99 @ Ebuyer) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) Total: £675.04 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-26 20:14 BST+0100 Nailed it, use this build @amgw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 Just now, positivePXL said: Nailed it, use this build @amgw i wouldnt call it a great budget build i would personally drop the SSD and get an r9 390 instead of 380 and then get an SSD later, but i only put an SSD in since op wants an ssd (based on his build) -sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 Author Thanks for the fast responses! For what im wanting to use it for im guessing that single core performance more important than multiple cores, hence going to i5? And with the space in the budget would there be any advantage to going to the i5 6600? And is the r9 380 a good choice for a price/performance GPU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 1 minute ago, amgw said: Thanks for the fast responses! For what im wanting to use it for im guessing that single core performance more important than multiple cores, hence going to i5? And with the space in the budget would there be any advantage to going to the i5 6600? And is the r9 380 a good choice for a price/performance GPU? AMD is famously good price/performance at the expense of build quality and cooling performance. The AMD chips aren't always true multi-core cpu's, so even when they advertise '8-core', it really doesn't perform like double a quad-core. You could get the 6600, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 17 minutes ago, amgw said: Thanks for the fast responses! For what im wanting to use it for im guessing that single core performance more important than multiple cores, hence going to i5? And with the space in the budget would there be any advantage to going to the i5 6600? And is the r9 380 a good choice for a price/performance GPU? Just about the best, unless the 380X is on sale for only a bit more or somethinghttp://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2015/08/03/amds-radeon-380-replaces-nvidia-gtx-960-as-the-new-1080p-champ/#5519c6066de7 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2980028/components-graphics/amd-radeon-r9-380-review-the-best-200-graphics-card-you-can-buy-for-1080p-gaming.html?page=2 I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly... Spoiler What is your budget/country for your new PC? what monitor resolution/refresh rate? What games or other software do you need to run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 Author 30 minutes ago, Moonzy said: i wouldnt call it a great budget build i would personally drop the SSD and get an r9 390 instead of 380 and then get an SSD later, but i only put an SSD in since op wants an ssd (based on his build) If i ditched the ssd then would you say r9 390 or GTX 970? But as a general question, is it worth having an SSD to improve bootup speeds and the running of some games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 Just now, amgw said: If i ditched the ssd then would you say r9 390 or GTX 970? But as a general question, is it worth having an SSD to improve bootup speeds and the running of some games? SSD is a good to have thing, but not a must, it will improve boot time and make your system snappier, but it wont improve gaming experience much (maybe lower load times, but not fps increase) to me, an SSD is a luxury item, if you can improve your core components by not getting an SSD, dont get one between gtx 970 and r9 390, for i5 6500, the r9 390 is the better choice i've gotten an SSD once, and i must admit that i will feel impatient using a system without one now lol -sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 39 minutes ago, amgw said: For what im wanting to use it for im guessing that single core performance more important than multiple cores, hence going to i5? And with the space in the budget would there be any advantage to going to the i5 6600? And is the r9 380 a good choice for a price/performance GPU? for games, having 4 core and thread is the best balance between balance and cost, increasing core/thread count further will only improve fps slightly and of course having the four most important cores to be faster is a plus, thats why i5 i5 6600 is just 100mhz faster than the i5 6500, its not worth the price jump imo the r9 380 is a good performance per dollar compared to the gpu in the same tier (GTX 960) the r9 380 have higher raw gpu horsepower, the only downside is that AMD cards have higher cpu overhead, so weaker cpu might struggle with it (as well as power draw but not much people care about it anyway) but the i5 6500 can handle it well, so r9 380 over gtx 960 -sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 26, 2016 Author Sticking with a r9 380 and a 6500 then, whats the difference between a H110 and an H170? I realise Z-series isnt needed here as no overclocking but thats about all I know on motherboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 27, 2016 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.97 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£58.68 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£26.49 @ Ebuyer) Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.77 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£258.00 @ Ebuyer) Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Novatech) Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.95 @ Amazon UK) Total: £680.83Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-27 09:04 BST+0100 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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