FM 2014 build

sb89

sb89

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Hi,

My brother's laptop broke and I suggested he should build a PC instead of get another laptop. He mainly plays the football manager games so it would be a build around that.

I'm not too clued up about the latest processors/motherboards just now (been a while since I built my current pc), so any help would be appreciated.

He shouldn't need a graphics cards as I'll give him my old 580 and shouldn't need an os as i'll provide him with one. The main requirement would be a good processor as I believe thats what FM 2014 will require more than anything else.

Budget is around £800.

Any ideas?
 
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Dont buy a 1 year warranty HDD!

I had my WDEAR20 2TB drive, it started playing up recently, lost my stuff but got it RMAd and have a nice new 2TB. My 3 year warranty was almost over. I'd happily pay for a WD Red drive with express warranty (additional £15) for an additional year warranty making it 4 years!
 
masscrazy said:
Dont buy a 1 year warranty HDD!

I had my WDEAR20 2TB drive, it started playing up recently, lost my stuff but got it RMAd and have a nice new 2TB. My 3 year warranty was almost over. I'd happily pay for a WD Red drive with express warranty (additional £15) for an additional year warranty making it 4 years!
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Nice advice.. but not a deal breaker

My drive had a 1 year warranty.. My mate had it (it was his originally, as a backup drive) from Dec 2009 (i think).. I took it in 2010.. Been up and down the country in cars and hasn't skipped a beat..

Still going strong today. :)
 
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1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87 GRYPHON Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £116.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
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1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
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1 x BitFenix 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved gold/black £7.99
1 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £6.98
1 x BitFenix 6-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £6.49
1 x BitFenix 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £4.99
1 x Akasa AK-CB001 Single PSU 4-pin Molex to 4 Fans (AK-CB001) £2.99
Total : £753.55 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Overkill for FM... but below budget! :p

5 year warranty on mobo.
 
Danny75 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87 GRYPHON Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £116.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming Gold Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 12cm £9.29
1 x BitFenix 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved gold/black £7.99
1 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £6.98
1 x BitFenix 6-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £6.49
1 x BitFenix 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved gold/black £4.99
1 x Akasa AK-CB001 Single PSU 4-pin Molex to 4 Fans (AK-CB001) £2.99
Total : £753.55 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Overkill for FM... but below budget! :p

5 year warranty on mobo.
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Go for a 120gb SSD for better loading times (for when he saves before a big match then reloads when he doesn't win). Not that anyone would use such nefarious tactics..
 
Football manager supports as many cores as you can throw at itso perhaps consider a CPU with hyper threading if that's his main game
 
I have gone for a OC'd bundle with an i7... blew the budget slightly... but its a pretty nice build...

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Spectra M5" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Haswell Micro ATX Gaming Bundle £589.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming Black Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £71.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
Total : £875.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
£800 for a gaming PC for FM 2014 without a GPU? Slightly over-kill, I would have thought!

My 5-6 year old (minus the 3 year old, £120 GPU) £500 PC manages 2013 just fine, and 2014 isn't looking to be significantly more resource hungry. FM really isn't that intensive.

An i5 with 16GB RAM and a fast-ish SSD and your 580 GPU (plus mid-level case, PSU etc) should be plenty, and cost a fair chunk lesss than £800
 
From that perspective... 16GB RAM seems like a bit of an overkill as well... My build may be slightly over budget... but all it would need is a new GPU and you could run any GPU (this gen) and it would run most games on high...
 
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