First build advice

jesuswillis · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:18

Building my first gaming PC and would like some thought on specs. It is mainly for games and movies.

Removed the links as it had competitor names and prices.

RJC · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:22

Hello and welcome to the forum

If you click the link under my sig you can post a Ocuk build or let us know a budget

jesuswillis · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:36

Parts list

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card

Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power

£841

Thanks

ExtremeIC3cream · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:46

I would say something like this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £101.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £828.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

jesuswillis · 2 Apr 2014 at 21:21

Thanks, what is the benefit of having the 120gb ssd?

Another person also mentioned this build

CPU Intel Core i7-4771 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Power Supply SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Zalman T4

Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) HyperX Predator DDR3 2133MHz

Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Asus GeForce GTX 780 941MHz 3GB
£814.28

RJC · 2 Apr 2014 at 21:25

Faster boot times - put the operating system on the SSD and common used programs and then the hard drive for storage and other programs.

I would never go back to a mechanical drive for the operating system.

The 4771 is not overclockable and in most instances the 4670k is ample.