Need help with gaming PC £500++

cheezecheeze · 19 Jun 2013 at 15:32

I have only mouse + keyboard. and Im new to build pc.
I need a pc to do photoshop and image editing + online game and some game like Assassin's creed latest etc.

Is it good to buy pre-build pc from overclockers or buy parts and build it myself. thank you :rolleyes:

snips86x · 19 Jun 2013 at 16:13

It would be cheaper to build yourself. Are you confident enough to build?

cheezecheeze · 19 Jun 2013 at 16:20

yeah. i'm willing to build myself though..as i was browsing the website so im not sure if building it myself it would be cheaper

cheezecheeze · 20 Jun 2013 at 11:16

:3 can i have some spec please. anyone o.O?

mickyflinn · 20 Jun 2013 at 11:25

Can you give me max budget ?

cheezecheeze · 20 Jun 2013 at 11:26

i can stretch it to £700 or £800

mickyflinn · 20 Jun 2013 at 11:31

How much editing and gaming do you do ? I have speced a I-7 alternativley you could get an i-5 or go amd .

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £249.95
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72
1 x MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £803.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

cheezecheeze · 20 Jun 2013 at 11:52

i don't have a monitor yet. and i already have windows 7. I'm planning to use this for the next 3 years or so. its better to go with i7 or i5? I will be doing work mainly on photoshop and lightroom. and some online game.

cheezecheeze · 20 Jun 2013 at 12:35

another question. if i follow this build. do i need to other extra cable or whatever? or i just need to order everything in the list and i will be able to make a pc up and running? sorry im new

snips86x · 20 Jun 2013 at 12:36

mickyflinn said:
How much editing and gaming do you do ? I have speced a I-7 alternativley you could get an i-5 or go amd .

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £249.95
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £72
1 x MSI 970A-G46 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £803.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

I take if you didn't mean to spec the 4770 with a 970 AM3 board?

Doomedspeed · 20 Jun 2013 at 12:43

cheezecheeze said:
i don't have a monitor yet. and i already have windows 7. I'm planning to use this for the next 3 years or so. its better to go with i7 or i5? I will be doing work mainly on photoshop and lightroom. and some online game.

Depends how much work you do on photohop/lightroom. Some parts of the applications are multi-threaded which would benifit from the i7 but if it's just light use (not mega heavy multitasking) the i5 will easily pull its wieght.

cheezecheeze said:
another question. if i follow this build. do i need to other extra cable or whatever? or i just need to order everything in the list and i will be able to make a pc up and running? sorry im new

Internally, no.

Externally, you normally get a kettle lead with the PSU, though you will need a DVI/VGA/HMDI caable for your monitor.

snips86x said:
I take if you didn't mean to spec the 4770 with a 970 AM3 board?

I think i see what he was doing. He was trying to spec an intel build with a.......... Silly boy..

mickyflinn · 20 Jun 2013 at 12:53

It will help in video editing , but take a look at this .

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4835232

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £249.95
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
1 x Samsung S24B150BL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £119.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £787.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

cheezecheeze · 20 Jun 2013 at 12:55

thank you very much. u guys are fast.

cheezecheeze · 20 Jun 2013 at 13:02

what do you mean by "I take if you didn't mean to spec the 4770 with a 970 AM3 board?" ?