First time gaming pc build

EternalDragon · 20 Aug 2015 at 00:18

Hi,

I wanna get into pc gaming and i want to build my first pc that will run games at 1080p 60fps easily, looking to spend £500-£700.

Any recommendations on some builds.

I was looking at the r9 290x but seems like the 300 series has replaced them

Danny75 · 20 Aug 2015 at 01:46

Need Windows? Anything else other than the tower - monitor, keyboard etc?

EternalDragon · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:02

I would need a keyboard, mouse and windows preferably windows 7 or 8.1.

Danny75 · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:55

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 380 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
1 x Gigabyte H81M-D2V Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX316C10FBK2/8) £37.99
1 x Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Black Edition Midi-Tower - Black/Orange £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible £14.99
1 x Sumvision Nemesis Kane Pro Gaming Keyboard & Mouse Set £13.99
Total : £703.86 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

Solid PSU so video card can comfortably be upgraded. Maybe spend a little more for the i5-4690.

EternalDragon · 20 Aug 2015 at 12:13

Nice thank you,

I also do video editing and rendering would this build be suitable for that as well.

Also would i need to get any extra fans or an external cooler for this one

Danny75 · 20 Aug 2015 at 12:40

EternalDragon said:
Nice thank you,

I also do video editing and rendering would this build be suitable for that as well.

Yes. Obviously i7 and more RAM would speed things up. But that would impact the video card and therefore gaming capability unless you stretched budget. Some software also makes use of the video card so that would help. £30 more for 16GB RAM.

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £68.99

EternalDragon said:
Also would i need to get any extra fans or an external cooler for this one

The stock CPU cooler will do the job. Recommend setting minimum RPM to around 1400 (or 50%) with max 100% set to 75C temperature, through the BIOS. You could also add a side case fan to help GPU cooling, if needed. But I'd see how it goes first. If you were going to spend extra on fans from the start it might be worth looking at alternative cases.

Wait a day or two to see if someone else can spec something better, just in case. Maybe pull trigger on a nice daily offer tomorrow (or weekend - those tend to be interesting).

Danny75 · 20 Aug 2015 at 12:53

Also need to consider if you're fine with just 250GB of fast storage to begin with?

EternalDragon · 20 Aug 2015 at 13:05

So the i7 would be too much for this graphics card?

Im not sure, my first build so i dont know a lot about whats best, so 250Gb isnt good for fast storage then?

Danny75 · 20 Aug 2015 at 13:37

EternalDragon said:
So the i7 would be too much for this graphics card?

No. The cost.

EternalDragon said:
Im not sure, my first build so i dont know a lot about whats best, so 250Gb isnt good for fast storage then?

No. It's fast, but only 250GB in size. That should be fine to begin with and you could add more storage easily later on.

If it's your first ever build, ask all the questions you need.

EternalDragon · 31 Dec 2015 at 02:00

Hi,

i know its bee ages since i last commented here.

I wanted to save some more money before i start buy my 1st pc.

Im thinking to buy 1 part a month.

The case you showed me last time is out of stock, have you got any other good recommendations for cases?

thanks