Gaming rig - £650-700 budget - possibly £800 max

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 08:18

Hi

Looking for some advice/help.....

Not a big gamer but fancy playing some of these new games out, and some slightly older.......GTA V, Watch Dogs 2, Sleeping Dogs, Batman Games etc etc

Main game ill play will be Football Manager 2017 and so on.

I was thinking of the following -

Core i5-6600K - Open to suggestions but want a very fast processor for Football Manager series, something that can breeze through it and other cpu intensive games and software!
16GB RAM - What RAM is best i.e. what frequency is best for games and what make? Corsair, Kingston etc
AMD RX 480 - Want something that can handle the graphics intensive games and look good with high Frame rate. If this card then what make and model of this one? If not then Suggestions welcome on others!!
1TB SSHD - thinking a hybrid gives speed and space!?
*Not sure what Motherboard so would like help and suggestions.
*Not sure what CPU cooler so again, suggestions!! Need to power it well but stay on budget
*Not sure what PSU - thinking a 500w one but not sure of best make to go with - and bronze, silver, gold??
*OS - Not needed!

Any other bits ive missed out too, feel free to mention. Im really open to suggestions and advice so please go ahead! I know a bit about computers etc but nowhere near as much as some on here so happy to take onboard others experience and knowledge.

Happy to buy a pre-built or build it myself, either way doesnt matter. I know my budget of £650 - 700 is really pushing it (nigh impossible for what ive asked) but again, happy to by refurbished or used if needs be and £800 is my absolute max.

Thanks so much in advance for any help given!

Ben

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 08:26

Roverno - No no, got Windows 7 so thats fine. I have a 24 inch monitor that is fine for now. Mouse and Keyboard can be bought cheaply so fine with that too thank you!

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 09:17

Thanks Roverno for suggestions!!

How do you think either of those setups will do gaming wise??

In regards to the processors, what do you think is the performance gap speed wise??

I no little about overclocking so wouldnt bother unless it came recommended of course!!

Im liking the first setup a lot but also want something future proofed for a few years or that can be upgraded if possible?! Is that graphics card a good choice? I was thinking so but of course its pricey so if any others can do as a good as, or almost as, a job then im interested in ideas!

Thanks so much again for the help!

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 10:07

Thanks Armageus, now i like a combo of your suggestions and Roverno's 2nd suggestion lol damn!
Im quite happy to Overclock thinking about it, would just need to read up on it first.

Monitor is 1080p yes. Will the rx 470 stand up to most games on a decent setting?

I think with the £20 difference id rather go with the 6600k i5 processor! Definitely think you are both right in regards to having an SSD and HDD instead of SSHD.

Is there a cheaper and decent motherboard that can overclock well for the 6600K? I like your choices in case and psu, think thats definitely what i would go with. Looks like i could be looking at the £800 mark lol

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 12:57

Thanks so much for your help guys, all great suggestions, now got to make some decisions. Going to have a quick look at the pre built machines just incase any of them contain the majority of all this for the same price, otherwise happy to build it all myself!

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 14:41

Ill be placing an order later for the parts. I did it through your link Roverno as a thanks for the help!!!

Ive ordered Thermal Paste and 1x140mm and 1x120mm fan. Is there anything else i would need on top of that?? Like cables etc?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asus Z170-P D3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR3 ATX Motherboard= £94.99
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £229.99
1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £57.95
1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £42.95
1 x Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £59.99
1 x Kolink KL-500 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £32.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express RGB Graphics Card= £185.99
1 x Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler= £17.99
1 x Team Group Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16D= £59.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £5.99
1 x Noiseblocker BlackSilent Fan XK2 - 140mm (1100rpm)= £8.99
1 x Akasa 120mm Piranha high performance PWM air ripper blade fan= £5.99
1 x Corsair ML120 Pro 120mm Premium Magnetic Levitation Fan= £18.95

Total: £822.75
(includes shipping: £0.00)

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 14:42

Should be just over 800, ive taken off the magnetic fan as that was just a fancy add on!

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 15:07

All ordered. With 2 extra fans (same), the OEM CPU, cable ties and thermal paste as extras. Came to £782!

Thanks to Roverno and Armageus for your help!

flogside · 28 Sep 2016 at 15:20

Im sure at some point, when its nearly been thrown through the window, ill be back to ask for some advice/help on what im doing wrong and why it doesnt work haha

flogside · 11 Oct 2016 at 18:57

Hi guys

So i ordered everything and finally got round to building it but the ram doesnt fit the motherboard! Any ideas?

Ben

flogside · 15 Oct 2016 at 09:40

Hi guys, changed the motherboard to a z170-e but I'm stuck at getting the computer to start. If I post some pics of the inside would you mind taking a look and seeing if you can spot where I've gone wrong please? On my phone and not sure how to post pics though haha

flogside · 15 Oct 2016 at 15:12

All sorted. But one question, ive got an ssd and hdd mounted in this case but how and where would i go about mounting a 3rd ssd that i have? Also, psu came with a broken sata cable, would i need to get a molex to sata now to work around this?

flogside · 15 Oct 2016 at 17:35

Danny75 said:
Can do. Or 1xSATA to 4xSATA, depending on whether the PSU has another SATA cable available:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Silverstone 4-pin Molex to 4x SATA 30cm Extension - Black= £8.99

1 x Silverstone SST-CP06-E4 Flexible SATA Power Cable 4x Connectors with Capacitors= £6.95

Total: £21.96
(includes shipping: £6.02)

Thanks Mate, ive managed to sort it, had another sata lead i didnt notice and the data cable is fine.