Building my first PC

[Nick Erridge]

I'm looking to build my first pc after being with Xbox for 9 years and their customer service di* king me over.

My budget is £650 ($1200CAD $990USD)

I have two lines of thought.

Either an i5 7500 build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/erridge92/saved/C9DMpg    total price £432.12 ($791.60CAD $655.52USD)

Or an i5 7600K build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/erridge92/saved/Fb6P6h       total price £496.35 ($909.26CAD $752.95USD)

That leaves me with £215 ($394CAD $326USD) For a GPU on the 7500 build or £154 ($282CAD $234USD) For the GPU with the 7600K [I can go £20 {$35CAD $30USD} extra for an amazing GPU]

I have no room for a monitor so I'd be using my 43" 4K Samsung TV over HDMI as my screen. Ideally I'd like the closest resolution to 4K for gaming as possible and I'm ok with 60fps. I also want to be able to watch 4K Netflix/Amazon Prime/YouTube but that could probably be handled via on board graphics.

Also I have a 320GB HDD I can use from my old laptop for extra storage plus an external 1TB HDD I can reuse from my Xbox.

 

Any suggestions on a suitable graphics card would be greatly appreciated.

Also if you know of a reasonable mouse/keyboard (does not have to be RBG at all) that would be really cool too.

 

{Prices and exchange rate correct at time of posting}

[QuantumBit]

Go for the 7500, get a rx 480, and don't buy a aftermarket cooler. Also I doubt these cards cam run 4k@60

Edited March 7, 2017 by QuantumBit

[cj09beira]

in that price range look for a rx 470 or rx480, on overclockers the 4gb rx480 is on sale right now

[pelark]

Theres essentially almost no way you can run demanding games @ 4k with a 200$ card, so i would suggest turning the resolution down to 1080 or 1440p when gaming.

[pelark]

Though you will have no problem with media consumption at 4k, gaming will definately be a problem unless you plan on playing very low spec games 

[cj09beira]

rx 480 dual for 150 bucks for the 4gb version and 180 for the 8gb version

[UMxMarky94]

look if you can find a used PC from CEX or Ebay then used to rest of the money to upgrade the PSU and GPU

[cj09beira]

Just now, UMxMarky94 said:

look if you can find a used PC from CEX or Ebay then used to rest of the money to upgrade the PSU and GPU

you never know what you are getting into with used parts, as a first pc i would not advise it

 

[UMxMarky94]

Just now, cj09beira said:

you never know what you are getting into with used parts, as a first pc i would not advise it

 

however if he wants 4k gaming on a £650 limit no much you can do Plus if something doesn't have a moving part it can last soo much longer

[Starelementpoke]

20 minutes ago, Nick Erridge said:

I'm looking to build my first pc after being with Xbox for 9 years and their customer service di* king me over.

My budget is £650 ($1200CAD $990USD)

I have two lines of thought.

Either an i5 7500 build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/erridge92/saved/C9DMpg    total price £432.12 ($791.60CAD $655.52USD)

Or an i5 7600K build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/erridge92/saved/Fb6P6h       total price £496.35 ($909.26CAD $752.95USD)

That leaves me with £215 ($394CAD $326USD) For a GPU on the 7500 build or £154 ($282CAD $234USD) For the GPU with the 7600K [I can go £20 {$35CAD $30USD} extra for an amazing GPU]

I have no room for a monitor so I'd be using my 43" 4K Samsung TV over HDMI as my screen. Ideally I'd like the closest resolution to 4K for gaming as possible and I'm ok with 60fps. I also want to be able to watch 4K Netflix/Amazon Prime/YouTube but that could probably be handled via on board graphics.

Also I have a 320GB HDD I can use from my old laptop for extra storage plus an external 1TB HDD I can reuse from my Xbox.

 

Any suggestions on a suitable graphics card would be greatly appreciated.

Also if you know of a reasonable mouse/keyboard (does not have to be RBG at all) that would be really cool too.

 

{Prices and exchange rate correct at time of posting}

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7dKTD8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7dKTD8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£187.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£42.30 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£47.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.54 @ PC World Business) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£41.39 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.95 @ Ebuyer) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  (£26.52 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £593.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-07 12:12 GMT+0000

There.

[cj09beira]

3 minutes ago, UMxMarky94 said:

however if he wants 4k gaming on a £650 limit no much you can do Plus if something doesn't have a moving part it can last soo much longer

its a tv it doesnt matter if its 4k or not,

the lagg is so bad he wont notice if its below or above 30 fps (even  at 4k)

[Guest]

This is probably your best option for sub £200 for the gpu.

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-radeon-rx-480-dual-oc-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-40v-as.html

 

Or the 4GB version for £30 less.

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-radeon-rx-480-dual-oc-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-40x-as.html

 

You are not going to get 60fps at 4K though.

[Herman Mcpootis]

if you're willing to skip out on the ssd and can spend abit extra:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£42.30 @ Novatech) find out if the bios supports kabylake.
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£47.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  (£334.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£23.04 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.95 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £666.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-07 12:35 GMT+0000