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[Arcapse]

Hello,

I've planned out a build designed for gaming and upgradability.

PCPartPicker: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2td4M

Here's some information about this build.

• The total budget is £800 including the OS.
• I don't plan on overclocking, hence why I've not went with a 'K' series processor and went with such a cheap cooler.
• I plan on using SLI, and the MOBO that I've selected is the cheapest I could find that supports SLI.
• I plan on upgrading to 4*4GB: total of 16GB and not 4*8GB: total of 32GB, as 32GB is just simply overkill and I doubt that will become the 'gaming standard' for a long time. So I went with the current 'gaming standard': 8GB.
• You are probably thinking, "Get a SSD! They are so much better than a hard drive!". The fact is, a don't care how long it takes my computer to boot up or load up programs. I care about the in-game performance. So instead of spending £100 on a SSD, I've spread that across the rest of my components.
• Now, I know upgrading the GTX 760 to a GTX 770 is a good idea, it's only an extra £60 with a large performance increase. Sadly, I couldn't fit it in to the rest of my budget.
• Probably, the first thing you saw about my case is that it is pretty expensive compared to my overall budget, the reason for this is that I really can't be arsed moving all of my components out of the case because I can't fit everything in there. So I've just decided to go with a case that will last me a long time.
• Now, I do realize that this power supply has a really low wattage, this is because the upgrade from this would be CX750. But it isn't modular! I'd like the case interior to be clean, without random cables hanging somewhere. I plan on upgrading this to something with more juice when I go 2-way SLI.

I'm looking for feedback and suggestions of this build, and possibly if anyone else has a similar rig they could benchmark it?

If you make any changes to this build, can you leave a PCPartPicker link as well as a few sentences explaining what you changed and why.

[WoodenMarker]

Why not oc?

Have you used a ssd before?

There's little point sli'ing 760's when you can go for 770's. You can fit it in your budget.

The cx600 is quite tight for a 760 sli and I wouldn't recommend it. 

[wng_kingsley7]

Sounds pretty good You know .

Might as well spend a bit more for a 770 instead of a 760.

[Giggitygoebbels]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£109.50 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: Crucial 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£44.13 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.00 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£261.32 @ Scan.co.uk)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.36 @ Aria PC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.49 @ Ebuyer)

Total: £792.43

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-31 11:58 GMT+0000)

Reasons:

It is not a good idea to go intel with such budget.

Why not have a good and cheap cooler.

The motherboard can Sli

SSDs will benefit certain games.It also make games load faster.

GTX770 successfully stuck in budget.

Power supply changed to 550w XFX,made by Seasonic,though not modular it is far more superior than CX600M which uses bad Capacitors(CapXon ones,one of the worst out there).Furthermore 550W is more than enough for single GPU solution.

[Arcapse]

If I upgrade to a GTX 770 and get a overclockable CPU with a decent cooler, it will run me over my budget. Is there anything else I should downgrade so I can get them?