$1200 gaming PC (£800)

[popcorn]

Hey guys. I'm looking for some opinions on my build which I'm planning to assemble next month. I'm not going to overclock or crossfire, although I will upgrade to an 8970 in the future when it is eventually released. I already have a brand new monitor so I won't be needing that. One thing I definitely won't change will be the case because I love it. Anyway here it is.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Iny0

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Iny0/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Iny0/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£146.39 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£74.69 @ Dabs)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.81 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.55 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£212.99 @ Aria PC)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.99 @ Aria PC)

Power Supply: OCZ ZT 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£71.99 @ Dabs)

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.45 @ Amazon UK)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.19 @ Aria PC)

Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 (UK Layout) Wired Standard Keyboard (£32.99 @ Novatech)

Total: £798.04

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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[Helltech]

Looks pretty good man.

[Willson94]

like the part selection love the R4 you're going to want to pick up an SSD when you can

[christoi]

I'd recommend dropping the CPU to an FX6300 if it's for gaming, you really won't see much benefit from the extra cores anytime soon. If you want a performance increase, overclocking would probably be a better choice (I know you said you don't want to, but it's really worth considering given how well those things overclock).

Also these are minor comments, but if you don't need the power supply to be fully modular, this unit[/url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650xxxb9] is of notably better quality for around the same price. You could also save a bit of money on a cheaper HDD[/url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003] and memory[/url=http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/patriot-memory-pvi38g160c9k] too.