Help On My 1st Gaming Build

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Hi all, im new to the forum and looking for some help and guidance, ive read a few posts and looked over a few gaming builds to get a rough idea of what i need but there seems to be way to much out there for me to get my head around.

Im after a decent gaming machine but on a budget of £500 or under if possible but i can strech if its worth it. I play quite a lot of games and genres.
Im looking at a machine that can run the likes of battlefield, dying light, assasins creed the witcher 3 need for speed etc on high at 1080p.

I did have 2 parts in mind i5 4690 and a 970 but with those 2 components the budget looks to be in the region of £700 when its all built unless it can be done cheaper with those parts ?? I was looking at the raven Z02E as the case but any sitting room friendly cube or mini ITX case would be looked at.

I dont need storage but i dont have a SSD which i hear is the best way to go these days. Im using my tv as the monitor and have keyboard and mouse. Dont need OS either. Will be building it myself too.

My budget is as low as possible but with gaming at high at 1080p. i may not be able to buy it all at once so i maybe buying parts each month to build it.

All help is really appreciated :)
 
Is this anygood ? Could someone help make it cheaper or better for around the same price ? Competitor names and prices etc in link.
 
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Thanx for those builds mate, this one i made is way above my budget, but is it any good ? getting some components elsewhere make it a lot cheaper.

I know im missing a fan but dunno what to get.

Can this be made any better keeping the price the same or made cheaper with the same decent performance ?


Also the case has gone back to full price :(

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £187.99
1 x Asus H97I-Plus Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus M Mini ITX - Black £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £44.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £38.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £36.95
Total : £761.99 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).

 
Thanx man some food for thought, i used to kinda know my stuff years ago but the scene has well changed since then ha appreciate the reply :)
 
Thanx for all the help guys ive started building now looks like i have to strech my budget a tad but managed to get a few bargains today.
 
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