My first gaming PC- Updated

[Wumkin]

Pcpartpickeruk link: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qBzqwV

 

Hello people. I stumbled across Linus' videos a few months back, and ever since have been planning my PC. My original budget was £850 but I managed to keep it under £800.

 

Please note that I plan to add another RX480 for crossfire.

 

Feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

 

Should have said, I'm looking to run Arma 3 and Squad on this

 

Going off of a suggested list, here's another one https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/fJdKNN

Edited January 17, 2017 by Wumkin

[Guest]

Yeah don't get that PSU. Everything else is fine

[stconquest]

Why the reference RX 480?

 

The PSU is kind of crappy.

 

That motherboard supports faster RAM, why not?

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Jorgen297 said:

but it's corsair 

So? What does that mean?

 

[Megah3rtz]

1 minute ago, Jorgen297 said:

but it's corsair 

but it's terrible 

[Augmentum]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yeah don't get that PSU. Everything else is fine

Seconded, also maybe get a 600+watt psu? If you are plan on crossfire and overclocking that cpu?  

[FanBlade]

1 minute ago, Jorgen297 said:

but it's corsair 

brand =/= quality

[NTDaws]

I mean your build is good too, but if you want something bad ass you could take a look at mine, unfortunately you cant overclock but you still won't be bottlenecked.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XHJ6KZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XHJ6KZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£79.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£87.50 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: ADATA Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.90 @ Alza) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  (£221.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.55 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £797.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[FanBlade]

can you try and squeeze in a cheap adata / sandisk 120 gb ssd? itll pay for itself from the very moment you start her up

[NTDaws]

2 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

I mean your build is good too, but if you want something bad ass you could take a look at mine, unfortunately you cant overclock but you still won't be bottlenecked.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XHJ6KZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XHJ6KZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£79.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£87.50 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: ADATA Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.90 @ Alza) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  (£221.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.55 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £797.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 16:25 GMT+0000

it does have a black and red theme after all

[NTDaws]

5 minutes ago, Jorgen297 said:

but it's corsair 

Brands don't matter it depends on the quality of the PSU itself.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

I mean your build is good too, but if you want something bad ass you could take a look at mine, unfortunately you cant overclock but you still won't be bottlenecked.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XHJ6KZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/XHJ6KZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£79.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£87.50 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: ADATA Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.90 @ Alza) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  (£221.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.55 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £797.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 16:25 GMT+0000

HE got an 8GB RX 480, an overclockable chip though.

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

HE got an 8GB RX 480, an overclockable chip though.

I only read the brief parts, cpu ,board ,power supply and he probably won't need a 8gb one.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

I only read the brief parts, cpu ,board ,power supply and he probably won't need a 8gb one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£228.98 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£33.71 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.98 @ Eclipse Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB RS Video Card  (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.73 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (£25.00)
Total: £792.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£228.98 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£33.71 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£109.98 @ Eclipse Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB RS Video Card  (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£52.73 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  (£25.00)
Total: £792.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 16:31 GMT+0000

id me worried about the power delivery to the board, seems cheap.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

id me worried about the power delivery to the board, seems cheap.

But your board is not available and what do you maen cheap?

[NTDaws]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

But your board is not available and what do you maen cheap?

I mean cheap as in bad power delivery, meaning not exactly strong overclocks. End up blue screening with bad cpu power management or whatever its called.

[NTDaws]

Forgot the hard drive

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ckR2zM
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ckR2zM/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£79.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£87.50 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: ADATA Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£83.90 @ Alza) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£64.80 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  (£221.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.55 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£78.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £862.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 16:40 GMT+0000

[stconquest]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£190.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.31 @ Amazon UK) <<can drop this to save
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£77.14 @ Amazon UK) <<Crossfire capable
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£48.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Plextor M7V 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  (£259.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£3.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£3.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £782.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 17:07 GMT+0000

 

Your better off having a GPU that overclocks well.  The 7500 is fast enough.

[Wumkin]

Should have said, I'm looking to run Arma 3 and Squad on this

[Wumkin]

1 hour ago, stconquest said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£190.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.31 @ Amazon UK) <<can drop this to save
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£77.14 @ Amazon UK) <<Crossfire capable
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£48.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Plextor M7V 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  (£259.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: BitFenix Neos White/Silver ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£3.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC Arctic F12 74.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£3.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £782.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-17 17:07 GMT+0000

 

Your better off having a GPU that overclocks well.  The 7500 is fast enough.

 

So, this will be good for crossfire too?

[stconquest]

8 minutes ago, Wumkin said:

So, this will be good for crossfire too?

Yeah, I added tho mobo and PSU to support two 480s.  Without crossfire support, I can knock off about 30 pounds.

[Wumkin]

1 minute ago, stconquest said:

Yeah, I added tho mobo and PSU to support two 480s.

Sorry, for the questions lol, but Arma 3 will run smooth on this then?

[stconquest]

7 minutes ago, Wumkin said:

Sorry, for the questions lol, but Arma 3 will run smooth on this then?

ARMA 3 is a CPU hog I believe; it is more like a poor user of the available CPU.  No matter the CPU, even an i7 7700K, there might be issues.  A faster CPU will be better for that game, but I can't say how much faster.

 

http://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/arma-3-pc-performance-analysis/

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/712-arma-3-benchmarks/page5.html

 

You should not have a problem hitting 60FPs if your display is 1920x1080.  Tweaking will be needed, but no matter the PC that will be the case.

[Wumkin]

7 minutes ago, stconquest said:

ARMA 3 is a CPU hog I believe; it is more like a poor user of the available CPU.  No matter the CPU, even an i7 7700K, there might be issues.  A faster CPU will be better for that game, but I can't say how much faster.

 

http://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/arma-3-pc-performance-analysis/

 

http://www.techspot.com/review/712-arma-3-benchmarks/page5.html

 

You should not have a problem hitting 60FPs if your display is 1920x1080.  Tweaking will be needed, but no matter the PC that will be the case.

 

Ok thanks a bunch!