FFXIV Build (Budget £600)

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I'm wanting to build a new PC for FFXIV, mainly for when Heavensward comes out. £600 is to allow me to also buy this screen (isn't included with the £600, just so you know what kind of resolution I may like to play games at): https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-204-SA&groupid=17&catid=1895

What is the best PC build I can get for £600?

Preferences:
NZXT Phantom styled cases.. or similar.
Intel CPU
Nvidia GPU
Windows 7
No water cooling.
 
You will not build a PC for £600 that can run modern games at the 4K resolution of that monitor.

How about balancing it out a bit and getting a 1080P or 1440P screen which will be cheaper and then having a better PC that can run games at those resolutions?
 
stulid said:
You will not build a PC for £600 that can run modern games at the 4K resolution of that monitor.

How about balancing it out a bit and getting a 1080P or 1440P screen which will be cheaper and then having a better PC that can run games at those resolutions?
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Okay, I might go with a 1440P screen, I think this one looks good: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-079-AS&groupid=17&catid=510, but if you can recommend a cheaper one that is just as good as an ASUS one, then that be good and I'll probably be able to go a bit higher of a budget, I think with this screen I can go for £700 anyways.
 
It might be easier for me to know the total budget for everything, is it £1200 or £1000 etc.

What parts do you need, OS, keyboard, mouse, speakers or is it just the tower+screen.
 
stulid said:
It might be easier for me to know the total budget for everything, is it £1200 or £1000 etc.

What parts do you need, OS, keyboard, mouse, speakers or is it just the tower+screen.
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£1000 with tower/screen. Nope, just the screen/tower, I have everything else and they can all be updated at another time if I ever feel like I need to.. Wifi isn't even an issue either as I have a USB one that works fine for me.
 
Dont think you can get a 1440P and a decent GFX card able to run that resolution.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,078.93 (includes shipping : £20.10 Ex.VAT).



You get two free games with GTX970+980 cards.


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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £986.77 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




Or there are some bgrade cards - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-001-GX&groupid=595&catid=683 - they've been on ETA since they appeared, ask customer services if you want one, maybe they can tell you whats happening with them.


You are confident in building a PC? you dont need it built for you?
 
stulid said:
Dont think you can get a 1440P and a decent GFX card able to run that resolution.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,078.93 (includes shipping : £20.10 Ex.VAT).



You get two free games with GTX970+980 cards.


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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £986.77 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




Or there are some bgrade cards - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-001-GX&groupid=595&catid=683 - they've been on ETA since they appeared, ask customer services if you want one, maybe they can tell you whats happening with them.


You are confident in building a PC? you dont need it built for you?
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No, I shouldn't need it built for me, I have looked at the prebuild deals but I can't really see any that will allow me to get a screen with them for below £1000, unless you can link me one, it will be handy as there are some bits I don't really like going near when it comes to building them. I like the second build. I don't really need the 250GB + 1TB, 120GB + 1TB would probably do me fine.. I only do play one game. I'm probably not so keen in the screen as it is similar to what I have at the moment.

Also, might add I never really play games full screen, I play them windowed as I do other things or have other pages open up for like quick locations of gathering items/raid loot/teamspeak etc.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2515H 25" QHD IPS Professional Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £269.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,036.78 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




Thats a 25" 1440P screen.
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2515H 25" QHD IPS Professional Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £269.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,036.78 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




Thats a 25" 1440P screen.
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That should do. :) Thanks for the help.
 
The CPU has two notches in its side so only fits in the socket one way (and theres a tiny triangle in the corner to line up with another triangle on the socket.

Lfift the socket lever and carefully place the cpu into the socket straight down and flat.

Some people take the socket cover off first or then lower the bracket and close the lever on the side and this pops the cover off for you.

There is always a crunching sound whenever a socket like this is used for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvNnv7nh2Es - about a minute in, she manages to do it just fine.
 
I built my PC for the same reason, so Heavensward looks pretty :) All of stulids suggestions are great (as usual!)

I went with:
i5-4690k
Z97X motherboard
Sapphire 290 TRI-X gpu
NZXT S340 case
upgraded to 240gb ssd
kept my 1tb hdd and 8gb ram

I got over 9000 (no pun intended) on the benchmark using direct x 11
 
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