gaming build £800 budget

dan22

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Hey guys in the next couple of days i will order a new gaming build for battlefield 4.

I have fallen out of the loop on amd vs Intel and nvidia vs radeon but assume intel/nvidia build would be standard ?

I need basically all tower components(i have monitors etc)

Also for some reason no matter how much i hoover my pc is a magnet for dust so maybe a case with built in dust filters would be a good idea ?

I would be greatful for any input :) thanks
 
if its mainly for bf4 you might see some AMD builds incoming :)
you might want see how they compare in other games you like to tho
 
Ah really ? That's fine :) other games i play are dota2 and eve online :)

Also i forgot to mention, no water cooling heatsinks please :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £49.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
2 x Silverstone 120mm Magentic Fan Filter in Black £3.98 (£7.96)
Total : £799.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
wow pretty nice build with bf4 included
personally id go nas or sshd as my 2nd drive but i wouldnt be in budget :(
 
Thanks mate looks good, are seasonic psu's good? Seen a few posts about them failing recently and they are a new brand to me ?
 
I'd replace the cooler above - it's not really up to an overclocked 8320. There are a few around £25-£30 that are good for 4.5-4.8GHz.

Seasonic PSUs are brilliant, yep. Be Quiet too.
 
If you decide to go down the Intel route, these are the components that I purchased last night to make up my new rig. This was copied directly out of my thread and I've not included any storage or optical drives as I already have some in my possession. Also bear in mind this Gigabyte board comes with a free Prolimatech CPU cooler and the GPU comes with BF4 for free as well ;) If you include new storage & optical drives it will go over budget, but in my opinion it will be worth it!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £773.89



Liam
 
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teppic said:
I'd replace the cooler above - it's not really up to an overclocked 8320. There are a few around £25-£30 that are good for 4.5-4.8GHz.
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Good advice if overclocking is your thang :D

Whatever you choose be sure to replace the stock cooler as it's louder than a loud thing
 
To be honest with you ill probably keep it stock and if i was to overclock it would be very small :)

WIth the amd build if i upgrade to the 8350 4ghz would i be ok with the 550w psu and would it be ok with motherboard etc etc?

thanks
 
hey guys, sorry to be a pain in the ass, i put together this intel build as i was going to get the fx-8350 but has now gone out of stock :(

So how does this look?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £875.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).





(mobo comes with a cooler)

its kinda more than i wanted to pay but if it will last a bit longer in the long run im willing to pay it :)
 
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So bought the spec i last linked and the parts came today, so just to be 100% sure, the 550w psu is enough? as i have been reading around and it seems that 600-650 is recommended for the gfx card?
 
ok thanks! i looked on the manufactures website and it states 750w! i know thats overboard but made me worried haha :).
 
They state that usually so that people don't try that gfx card with a low end psu that won't support the amps on the +12v rails. You can't go wrong with a Seasonic :)
 
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