First Build

[Ottermad]

Sorry for posting quite so many possible builds. Currently, I have £340 in CeX vouchers (uk.webuy.com) and £270 in cash for a build to game at 1440p. This is my current idea for a build: 

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

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£100.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£44.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£26.01 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£26.01 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Intel 520 Series Cherryville 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£50.00) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card  (£190.00) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.15 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £569.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-03 21:32 BST+0100

 

I am aware the RX 480 comes out at the end of the month and the gtx 1070 comes out in a week and they would be my best bet but I would like to go by what is currently on the market. 

[rafazafar]

Looks like an alright build. But yeah, waiting for the rx480 would be highy recommended.
 

[rafazafar]

16 minutes ago, Ottermad said:

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what do you think of this?
I think its more future upgrade friendly.
Its not flashy or anything but it will work well, and quiet.
i5 6500 is highly recommended if u can afford the 20quid extra

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£164.28 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£41.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£49.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.82 @ More Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£190.00) 
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £585.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-03 21:49 BST+0100


List Updated.

Edited June 3, 2016 by rafazafar

[Ottermad]

25 minutes ago, rafazafar said:

what do you think of this?
I think its more future upgrade friendly.
Its not flashy or anything but it will work well, and quiet.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£147.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£41.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£49.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£51.34 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£190.00) 
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £573.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-03 21:43 BST+0100

 

 

 

 

Looks nice. I got the price of a 290 wrong it should be 170. I would prefer to use a board with a z170 chipset so I can overclock in the future and I may possibly go up to i5 6600k so I can overclock. My alternative is this (note this does push me £15 to £20 over budget):

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£84.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£27.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£30.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£170.00) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.62) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£75.00) 
Total: £624.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-03 22:08 BST+0100

 

I have gone down to 1 stick of RAM as it is the easiest thing upgrade when I get a little more money.

Edited June 3, 2016 by Ottermad

[rafazafar]

1 minute ago, Ottermad said:

Looks nice. I got the price of a 290 wrong it should be 170. I would prefer to use a board with a z170 chipset so I can overclock in the future and I may possibly go up to i5 6600k so I can overclock. My alternative is this (note this does push me £15 to £20 over budget):

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£84.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£27.26 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£30.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  (£170.00) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.62) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£75.00) 
Total: £624.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-03 22:08 BST+0100

Overclocking is nice an all. But you should know it brings very little performance gains. and in general if you can afford to overclock, just go get a higher tier CPU. i7, xeons ect2...

As for the PSU, seems alright, even for SLI/Crossfire (not that its recommended) 
But saving 30quid on the psu might allow u to get better components elsewhere, like another stick of ram. ofcourse u still need a decent psu. Just saying that newer cards are requiring less and less power.

just my opinion as someone who stopped doing 2-3 way crossfire and heavy overclocking.
CPU OC is still useful in certain workloads, but in gaming, its almost pointless.

If it was me, i would get a 6500/6700 and a simple board and a simple decent psu, and dump that cash elsewhere.
BUT i do know OC is alot of fun.. so... haha..

[Ottermad]

10 hours ago, rafazafar said:

Overclocking is nice an all. But you should know it brings very little performance gains. and in general if you can afford to overclock, just go get a higher tier CPU. i7, xeons ect2...

As for the PSU, seems alright, even for SLI/Crossfire (not that its recommended) 
But saving 30quid on the psu might allow u to get better components elsewhere, like another stick of ram. ofcourse u still need a decent psu. Just saying that newer cards are requiring less and less power.

just my opinion as someone who stopped doing 2-3 way crossfire and heavy overclocking.
CPU OC is still useful in certain workloads, but in gaming, its almost pointless.

If it was me, i would get a 6500/6700 and a simple board and a simple decent psu, and dump that cash elsewhere.
BUT i do know OC is alot of fun.. so... haha..

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll look for alternative PSUs. This is my first build so I never overclocked before but I would like to try it. Given I should wait for the RX 480 I may use the money for a GPU to go an i7 6700k as well as increase SSD capacity and amount of RAM and just saving up for a GPU at a later date.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/sc7V3F
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/sc7V3F/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£250.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£81.42 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Sandisk Extreme 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£80.00) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.62) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£75.00) 
Total: £593.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-04 08:52 BST+0100

[rafazafar]

16 hours ago, Ottermad said:

Thanks for the advice. I'll look for alternative PSUs. This is my first build so I never overclocked before but I would like to try it. Given I should wait for the RX 480 I may use the money for a GPU to go an i7 6700k as well as increase SSD capacity and amount of RAM and just saving up for a GPU at a later date.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/sc7V3F
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/sc7V3F/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£250.00) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£81.42 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Sandisk Extreme 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£80.00) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.62) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£75.00) 
Total: £593.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-04 08:52 BST+0100

If gaming is what you are doing, i think the 6600k is a better choice. 6700k wont give u much if any performance gains in most games. And you can still practice overclocking and such.
A used watercooler like the seidon 120v/corsair h50i(or whatever the new name is) might also be a good idea if you want to play around with even higher voltage overclocks. Just an idea, the 212 is great too.

Good luck and have fun building

 

[Ottermad]

8 hours ago, rafazafar said:

If gaming is what you are doing, i think the 6600k is a better choice. 6700k wont give u much if any performance gains in most games. And you can still practice overclocking and such.
A used watercooler like the seidon 120v/corsair h50i(or whatever the new name is) might also be a good idea if you want to play around with even higher voltage overclocks. Just an idea, the 212 is great too.

Good luck and have fun building

 

 

Thanks :). I'll take a look at a used water cooler but may be something I upgrade over time. I agree with you about the 6600k but I have CeX vouchers I need to use and the only two parts I can get from them is processor and SSD so I might as well use them. Thank you so much for your advice.