First Time Gaming Build!

[MTG2008]

In a few months I shall be buying and building my first gaming PC. I've read up in the subject so I know a little about parts and compatibility etc. but nowhere near as experienced as most of you will be, to know whether the parts are good/bad for my price and needs.

So the main uses for the PC i'm building will be of course gaming. I'm not looking for anything that will play ultra settings on every game for the next 10 years on 4k but I would like to play at least the majority of the steam library on high settings and also play some current games to a degree. Basically I would like to play as many games to the highest settings but only to 720p/1080p.

This is my part list I compiled a month or two ago in preparation.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core - £155.99
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 - £97.62
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 - £58.99
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD - £53.49 Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM - £35.99
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II - £183.08
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower - £33.59
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V - £46.26
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer - £11.88
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm - £17.80
Total: £694.69

(apologize the list was made over on a different site so no fancy overclockers formatting :/)

My budget can reach to about £1000 but I want that to include monitor, OS and a little spare for extras so I'd probably go up to about £800 for the actual PC parts (Took them out since they don't improve the build but I've took them into consideration). It can be stretched a little bit if it benefits the performance greatly or if improves longevity but not too much.

Any feedback and advice would be great, any tips or advice for a first time builder would be great too!

 

[RJC]

Done some slight changes:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £189.95
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97-HD3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £87.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive Black / White Finish (KE-S32120-W) £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £980.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[MTG2008]

Thanks a lot for taking the time. Looks a lot better then mine but could you explain some of the substitutions. I would like to know why it's better so I know what to look out for in the future.
Thanks again.

 

[P4Clock]

Thanks a lot for taking the time. Looks a lot better then mine but could you explain some of the substitutions. I would like to know why it's better so I know what to look out for in the future.
Thanks again.

Z97 mother boards are much better the z87 and not really any more expensive.
Memory is a little faster and cheaper
CPU is faster
SSD is a little faster
PSU, NEVER BUY A CHEAP PSU.
case i can only think he as changed out of personal choice.

other than the cheap psu there is nothing wrong with your build.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Ill have a go at explaining some of the changes to you, lets look at both specs, obviously disregarding the monitor and OS (which are great choice).

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core - £155.99
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 - £97.62
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 - £58.99
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" SSD - £53.49 Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM - £35.99
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II - £183.08
Case: Cooler Master K380 ATX Mid Tower - £33.59
Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V - £46.26
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer - £11.88
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm - £17.80
Total: £694.69

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £189.95
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97-HD3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £87.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive Black / White Finish (KE-S32120-W) £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £980.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

CPU: The 4690k is newer Haswell (Devils Canyon) so you may aswell get the newer tech. The DC range should run cooler than standard Haswell too.

Motherboard: To match the CPU, Z97 is the newest with a few new features, it also accepts Broadwell (when it arrives).

GPU: The 760 is one of those 'nearly' cards. If it were around £150 it would be great value but at around £180-£200 its beaten by many other cards, most notably the R9 280 and R9 280X. The 280X is around GTX 770 range (actually a bit better than the 770). Great value for money.

RAM: The vengeance range isn't the best memory around anymore, especially as you can get faster (2133/2400) RAM for the same price. This will help with system responsiveness.

SSD: well personally I'd go for EVO.

PSU: Corsair units aren't as good as they once were. The top 2 makers to look out for are Seasonic and Superflower. They are also OEMS for Supernova G2's and XFX pro's. That superflower unit is solid as a rock and silent due to its fan control.

Case: well, the SPEC cases are good value but only if you like their appearance. I would personally spend £10-£15 more and get the 200R.

Cooler: A very well priced cooler, will give you low temps and a decent go at an overclock too.

Does this help?

 

[MTG2008]

Yes, helps a lot. Now I can see it's more powerful (and just a better system in general) for a little bit extra.
This will probably be the build I'd go with, at least be the basis for my final build, the only thing I will probably change is the case right now. Personally, I'd like more storage spaces, room for hard drives. Four is okay and the build does allow for a lot of USB slots for external but I'd like the flexibility of installing more internal HDDs or SSDs in the future, especially as I'm looking into dual booting. The 200R you said would be better though as it has 8, so I'll be looking into that!
Thanks again.

 

[Touie]

Really Daniel1212? My build isn't complete yet but wouldn't mind a few games if it's legit?

Ps. Sorry for jumping in and posting off topic

 

[Doomedspeed]

Yes, helps a lot. Now I can see it's more powerful (and just a better system in general) for a little bit extra.
This will probably be the build I'd go with, at least be the basis for my final build, the only thing I will probably change is the case right now. Personally, I'd like more storage spaces, room for hard drives. Four is okay and the build does allow for a lot of USB slots for external but I'd like the flexibility of installing more internal HDDs or SSDs in the future, especially as I'm looking into dual booting. The 200R you said would be better though as it has 8, so I'll be looking into that!
Thanks again.

I think thats fair.

Im glad the 200R is to your approval, it is a very good case.