£750 1080p spec

MichaelAwkward · 2 Sep 2014 at 13:35

Hi all, been tasked by my brother to build him a new gaming PC after a few years using a laptop.

He's going to make use of my spare BitFenix Prodigy and Corsair CX600M PSU, so has £750 for all components, a monitor and keyboard.

He just wants to be able to play GTA V, The Witcher 3, MGS V at 1080p. Not going to be overclocking. He doesn't need Windows either.

Any suggestions?

stulid · 2 Sep 2014 at 13:36

Is the Prodigy the Matx or ITX varient?

MichaelAwkward · 2 Sep 2014 at 13:42

Sorry, Mini ITX.

stulid · 2 Sep 2014 at 13:46

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Mini ITX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £261.98
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
1 x Corsair Raptor K30 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000043-UK) £37.99
Total : £769.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Or ditch the SSd and get a faster 280X card or 144HZ monitor.

I think there is cashback on that cpu+board combo too.

MichaelAwkward · 2 Sep 2014 at 15:24

Any particular reason to go for a Z series board and K series CPU when he isn't overclocking or playing at demanding resolutions?

stulid · 2 Sep 2014 at 15:49

The bundle price of the CPU+board makes it similarly priced to a H97 and non K 4690

Also I can't see any cashback being offered on that cpu+board
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/msi-cashback.php

MichaelAwkward · 2 Sep 2014 at 16:02

How about a H81 board and i5-4430?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Corsair Raptor K30 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000043-UK) £37.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £807.42 (includes shipping : £17.10).

He may or may not need the DVD drive/big HDD. I've probably got one somewhere he can have. I think he'd prefer to spend more on the monitor than CPU/motherboard. He'll only be buying in a couple months, so I assume the price of the 280 will fall when the 285 is released?

stulid · 2 Sep 2014 at 17:03

I think that board is limited to a max RAM speed of 1600MHz, there is a black 8Gb kit on sale at £59.99 that will save some cash.

MichaelAwkward · 2 Sep 2014 at 17:15

Yeah I saw that. But won't the ram I've got there run at CL8 at 1600Mhz? That'd be faster for the sake of £8 or whatever, plus like I say he isn't buying it yet.