£700 gaming system for the bother

Leeroy Jenkins

Leeroy Jenkins

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So my bro has asked me to spec him a pc and he will buy the parts for me to build it as he knows little about PC's. This is what i have come up with please let me know what u think or if u have any suggestions thanks.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £730.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270X "PowerBank" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £736.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).



You get some free games with this card.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £724.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Thanks guys Will probably add that Mobo to the build if he can spare the extra £20, probably ordering next week so the weekend deals expiring might run up the price more. Going to change the power supply as well then to the Superflower.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-440-GI
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-SF

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CA-003-SF_80907_600.jpg
 
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I would save on the cpu to go with gpu. A fx 8320 + a r280x will spank a Haswell with a 270x. Make no mistake, i5's are awesomely fast, but you won't need it for gaming, it will be at the gpu limit 99% of the time.

I would also go with win 8.1, with about 4 seconds of effort you can make it boot to desktop, a few "right click>open with" 's and you have the metro app's never opening(the metro picture viewer is god awful :@ ) and you basically have windows 7 + dx 11.1(or is is .2?) which realistically he's going to want for gaming. Realistically the only thing other than DX that I actually would kill for on Windows 8 is the file transfer thing, pause file transfers.... do two transfers and it puts them in the same window for easy control and what's that, accurate file transfer speed and time left...... what. I mean those should have been features since windows 95 but they are there :p

If he's a student and you can get student pricing on windows, then it's probably cheaper than win 7.

Ultimately when going relatively cheap, think the fastest gpu you can get without going insanely small on the cpu. Kaveri might actually be the best option but not exactly sure where pricing will come out on the not top version. Currently the fx8320 or a fx6300 would be great cheap but spare cores as games use them more. i3's are fast in games that don't use more than 2 threads, but get blown away in stuff like bf4.

If you can get a second hand 2500k... not quite sure what the ivybridge version was, 3550k or something, or even a second hand i5 haswell but I don't think there will be any around yet.

Though another option is save the £50 on the cpu, £20-30 on a less good mobo(he won't overclock miles, a good mobo just isn't important, good enough is key) then you can add in a 120gb ssd.

It depends a little, is he on the pc the whole time or just gaming. A small ssd means only a few games installed really and doesn't help much with many games, but in outright usability of a computer, just surfing, opening files, booting windows, ssd's make a computer so responsive they are awesome.

Bit of a bad time as the £70-80 you could save going with an FX 8320/cheaper mobo would normally get you a 280x except for recent price hikes, those prices are likely to come back down soon enough though.
 
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I would save on the cpu to go with gpu. A fx 8320 + a r280x will spank a Haswell with a 270x. Make no mistake, i5's are awesomely fast, but you won't need it for gaming, it will be at the gpu limit 99% of the time.

I would also go with win 8.1, with about 4 seconds of effort you can make it boot to desktop, a few "right click>open with" 's and you have the metro app's never opening(the metro picture viewer is god awful :@ ) and you basically have windows 7 + dx 11.1(or is is .2?) which realistically he's going to want for gaming. Realistically the only thing other than DX that I actually would kill for on Windows 8 is the file transfer thing, pause file transfers.... do two transfers and it puts them in the same window for easy control and what's that, accurate file transfer speed and time left...... what. I mean those should have been features since windows 95 but they are there :p

If he's a student and you can get student pricing on windows, then it's probably cheaper than win 7.

Ultimately when going relatively cheap, think the fastest gpu you can get without going insanely small on the cpu. Kaveri might actually be the best option but not exactly sure where pricing will come out on the not top version. Currently the fx8320 or a fx6300 would be great cheap but spare cores as games use them more. i3's are fast in games that don't use more than 2 threads, but get blown away in stuff like bf4.

If you can get a second hand 2500k... not quite sure what the ivybridge version was, 3550k or something, or even a second hand i5 haswell but I don't think there will be any around yet.

Though another option is save the £50 on the cpu, £20-30 on a less good mobo(he won't overclock miles, a good mobo just isn't important, good enough is key) then you can add in a 120gb ssd.

It depends a little, is he on the pc the whole time or just gaming. A small ssd means only a few games installed really and doesn't help much with many games, but in outright usability of a computer, just surfing, opening files, booting windows, ssd's make a computer so responsive they are awesome.

Bit of a bad time as the £70-80 you could save going with an FX 8320/cheaper mobo would normally get you a 280x except for recent price hikes, those prices are likely to come back down soon enough though.
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He doesn't know an awful lot about pc's and basically told me he wants to multi task and play games, He will mainly be playing WoW and HoN/Dota2. He said he wants it to be future proof though just in case he plays a new game and his system cant handle it, so thats why i suggested he spend about £700 pound.

Would u still recommend the same system with the info u have? Or will this i5 set up be just what he needs since i really dont think he wants to overclock and i also have no experience overclocking as i am on a buget system for the last 3 years.

I told him he can always add an SSD down the line if he wants one as £700-£750 is the most he can spend right now.

Windows 8 is rubbish right now and very confusing i'm sure it will be improved down the line to be more user friendly so that me be something i can convince him to get.
 
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