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dave2kdh

dave2kdh

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Hello,
I am looking at building a new PC. I've been looking at various combinations over the past few days but i cannot seem to find a fit that i am happy with and i really could use some advice.

Budget: 550 (Maybe squeeze +10/15% for the right combination)
Used for: 1080p gaming such as BF4
Would like: Intel processor (though open to suggestions for AMD), It to be as small as possible with the potential for upgrading. Also i do not need an optical drive.


I have the following:
OS
Keyboard / Mouse
Monitor
SSD

Thank you in advance!

Dave.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £154.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 960 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N960-1DDV-E5CNX) £149.99
1 x Antec ISK600M mATX Cube Case - Black £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £41.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-D2V Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
Total : £555.98 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).




YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 770 "NVIDIA Reference" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £154.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus M Mini ITX - Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £574.39 (includes shipping : £17.10 Ex.VAT).



This case is on today only deal.
 
Thanks for the info Dave.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 960 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N960-1DDV-E5CNX) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £74.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £44.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £41.99
1 x Zalman T3 Micro -ATX Case USB 3.0 - Black £15.95
2 x Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PL1 Fan - 120mm (900rpm) £9.98 (£19.96)
Total : £627.41 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 960 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N960-1DDV-E5CNX) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x Xigmatek Gigas Micro ATX Cube Case - Silver £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £44.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £41.99
Total : £631.88 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).



These provide better future options i.e overclocking if you get yourself a decent cooler :)
 
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Thank you both for the replies :-) I shall review once I get home. Any reason to haswell instead of devils canyon or vice versa?
 
Devils canyon is Haswell.

Its still the Haswell architecture, just with an improved thermal material between the core and IHS, the 4690K is like 100Mhz than the 4670K and the 4790K is 500Mhz faster than the 4770K (base clocks).

If an i5 4670K and 4690K were both at 4Ghz then they give the same performance.
 
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