Buying first gaming PC

PhoenixUK said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £793.90
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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That's the price for skylake setup - you can probably ring up ocUK and ask if they can do it with 8gb ram and drop the price by £30. You can also get a bit cheaper GPU and save another £30-40.

That makes total of £730 to £800 depending on those choices.

Do not compromise on motherboard, case, PSU or SSD.
If you need more storage, get cheap 2nd hand HDD. It doesn't matter as it will only be used to store movies/photos/whatever else you fancy.

Any other cuts will just make it a bad setup.
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I like the look of that build. However, in your previous post you raised some excellent points. Based on the following games: Overwatch, CS:GO, league of legends and Smite. Could you build a cheaper gaming PC. I don't really want to spend above and beyond. I just want it to run those games well and be able to do all the other normal stuff computers are for me that's watching movies, YouTube and watching twitch. For my partner that's adobe illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, watching movies and listening to music. Something that could do all that well plus play the games mentioned well would be perfect. Nothing fancy just something well built.

If you were going to build a PC based on these requirements what would you build?
 
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Ok so this is what I've come up with as something more final.


Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8)
Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5
Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)
Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR)
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red

Now I have literally no idea about a good gaming case so any suggestions would be really helpful. Also if I've missed anything please let me know. Thanks!
 
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PhoenixUK said:
Nice setup, however, is there any specific reason for picking CPU from 2 generations ago rather than the newest equivalent of it for the same price (i5 6600) ? I guess the motherboards are a bit cheaper but then again, they're old and lack features. Not worth the £30 saving there and you'll be losing performance too and any kind of upgradeability because it's an old socket.

i3/i5/i7 7xx / 8xx / 9xx - 1st gen nephalem
i3/i5/i7 2xxx - 2nd gen sandybridge
i3/i5/i7 3xxx - 3rd gen ivy bridge
i3/i5/i7 4xxx - 4th gen haswell
i3/i5/i7 5xxx - 5th gen devil's canyon
i3/i5/i7 6xxx - 6th gen, newest, skylake

i3 is dual core with 4 threads
i5 is quad core with 4 threads
i7 is quad core with 8 threads or 6 core with 12.

I have to say I've tried to build something good around Z170 chipset to last a while with 6400/6500/6600 and each time I come up with a conclusion that this bundle is hard to beat:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...locked-quad-core-gaming-bundle-bu-050-as.html

You get great motherboard, 8gb of good memory, amazing high end air cooler and the CPU is exactly the same CPU as £50 more expensive i5-6600 but comes with lower factory default speed and in this bundle is overclocked AND tested already to run perfectly stable at 4.4ghz. It will come with a BIOS profile and all you'll have to do is put put it on and you're ready to go, no more messing about.

So yes, it is a bit extra cash over your setup but in my opinion it is worth every penny.
Just think about it as a 3+ year investment - over that period you're paying maybe £1.5 extra a month.

As for the case, you could try to squeeze and save another £10-15 on it but this:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phan...i-tower-case-with-window-black-ca-031-pt.html

is hard to beat at that price point, it comes with very good features and is spacious and well designed enough to allow for whatever future upgrades you might want to throw into it.
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Ok you've convinced me I'll go with the pack.
 
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