hows this pc?

[helijoe123]

how is this pc !http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/kQmrGf have i done anything wrong

[Guest]

Yes. You paired a K cpu with a h motherboard

Go with skylake 6700k and a z170 mobo

that gpu is weak and not suitable for gaming but if you dont have more money then fine.

rx 480 or i3 6100

 

[pcshme33]

are you buying these parts new or used? Because if you want to overclock that cpu, you don't have a motherboard capable of overclocking.

[CosmicButterGuy]

What is your budget?

[SnowyMus]

34 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

Yes. You paired a K cpu with a h motherboard

Go with skylake 6700k and a z170 mobo

that gpu is weak and not suitable for gaming but if you dont have more money then fine.

rx 480 or i3 6100

I don't see what's wrong with pairing a 4790K on an H motherboard if the price to performance is actually better than the locked processor, as it does still come with a cooler. Even if it does have features that aren't being taken advantage of, you are still getting better value.

 

Multi-core performance (at base speed):

i7-4790K - £299 / 4.0 GHz = £74.75 per gigahertz

i7-4790 - £272.34 / 3.6 GHz = £77.59 per gigahertz

 

Single-core performance (with turbo boost):

i7-4790K - £299 / 4.4 GHz = £67.95 per gigahertz

i7-4790 - £272.34 / 4.0 GHz = £68.08 per gigahertz

 

These are prices from PCPartPicker, by the way.

 

That said, the OP can go Skylake. Also, budget Z87/Z97/Z170 boards aren't that much more expensive if one is willing to test the waters of overclocking and get even more value.

[helijoe123]

my budget is £610

[helijoe123]

36 minutes ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

are you buying these parts new or used? Because if you want to overclock that cpu, you don't have a motherboard capable of overclocking.

new

[SnowyMus]

15 minutes ago, helijoe123 said:

my budget is £610

Here's something you could work off of:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£98.60 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£37.94 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB Video Card  (£169.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.98 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.17 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £605.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-09 19:56 BST+0100

 

You shouldn't have to compromise your graphics performance so drastically just to get an i7, as it won't do you any good. I managed to fit an i5-6500 into this build which should get you going for a bit.

 

I also managed to fit an RX 470 into this build as well. It's a blower-style card and only has 4 GB of VRAM, though, but it's vastly superior to the GTX 750. If you're willing to stretch your budget and get a card with better cooling or more VRAM, do so.

 

Do you actually plan on using that optical drive? If not, delete it and get a slightly better RX 470.

 

I kept most of everything else the same, though. You are using 8 GB of DDR4 memory instead of DDR3, but it costs the same.

Edited October 9, 2016 by Kavawuvi
slightly cheaper RAM added

[helijoe123]

24 minutes ago, CosmicButterGuy said:

What is your budget?

£610

[helijoe123]

4 minutes ago, Kavawuvi said:

Here's something you could work off of:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£98.60 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£43.96 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4GB Video Card  (£169.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.98 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.17 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £611.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-09 19:51 BST+0100

 

You shouldn't have to compromise your graphics performance so drastically just to get an i7, as it won't do you any good. I managed to fit an i5-6500 into this build which should get you going for a bit.

 

I also managed to fit an RX 470 into this build as well. It's a blower-style card and only has 4 GB of VRAM, though. If you're willing to stretch your budget and get a card with better cooling or more VRAM, do so.

 

Do you actually plan on using that optical drive? If not, delete it and get a slightly better RX 470.

 

I kept most of everything else the same, though.

iam going to use this pc on a game called fsx. this uses more cpu power than gpu

[CosmicButterGuy]

12 minutes ago, helijoe123 said:

iam going to use this pc on a game called fsx. this uses more cpu power than gpu

That game is 10 years old. Nearly everything should be able to handle it.

[CosmicButterGuy]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£165.26 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£77.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£39.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£35.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 470 4GB Triple X Video Card  (£179.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  (£33.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £623.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-09 20:07 BST+0100

It is £13 more than your budget. But if you insist on staying in that range, you can drop the SSD.

[helijoe123]

3 minutes ago, CosmicButterGuy said:

That game is 10 years old. Nearly everything should be able to handle it.

ye but with addons, dude research u need a good pc to run with really good realistic addons

 

[SnowyMus]

27 minutes ago, helijoe123 said:

iam going to use this pc on a game called fsx. this uses more cpu power than gpu

From looking at online benchmarks, it doesn't benefit much, if at all from hyperthreading, so you aren't going to get even nearly as good of a value from getting an i7 over an i5. If you want a cheaper 4 GHz Intel processor, you should get an i5-6600K/Z170 or i5-4670K/Z97 board and overclock. There just isn't a reason to spend an extra £100 on an i7 that won't actually give much, if any improvements in performance.

 

14 minutes ago, helijoe123 said:

ye but with addons, dude research u need a good pc to run with really good realistic addons

I did and my opinion has not changed. If you're dead set on getting an i7, then get one, but I'm confident that an i5 will not hold anything back. You will end up having to get a cheaper GPU as a result, and I'm not sure this compromise is worth making.