Need help with new pc build!

ANDYSUCCAMO · 20 Apr 2014 at 19:22

hey guys,

I need some guidance with a new PC. i need something that will allow me to play the latest games and up coming games on ultra settings and to also stream and record with no issues, i also need something with a good amount of space to save my videos etc.

my budget is £900 but would like to keep it below that.

would be a massive help if someone could suggest a build or maybe suggest a pre-built system.

Thanks guys.

Jak3 Mac · 20 Apr 2014 at 19:34

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Total : £888.83 (includes shipping : ).

I think this is okay but other people could probably improve it

The case is just a suggestion and I don't know if you want an OS or not

***Edit***
If you want an OS:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £221.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Asus Z87M-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £895.85 (includes shipping : ).

lee32uk · 20 Apr 2014 at 19:42

Jak3 Mac said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Total : £888.83 (includes shipping : ).

I think this is okay but other people could probably improve it The case is just a suggestion and I don't know if you want an OS or not

GPU is overpriced, seeing as you can get the 290 for £20 more. I would also change the psu for a better quality one, such as Seasonic, Superflower, NZXT, EVGA etc.

Jak3 Mac · 20 Apr 2014 at 19:45

lee32uk said:
GPU is overpriced, seeing as you can get the 290 for £20 more. I would also change the psu for a better quality one, such as Seasonic, Superflower, NZXT, EVGA etc.

What do you think of this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Total : £880.87 (includes shipping : ).

dacads · 20 Apr 2014 at 19:52

I don't think you need two PSUs mate

RJC · 20 Apr 2014 at 19:53

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooler £44.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £901.81 (includes shipping : ).

lee32uk · 20 Apr 2014 at 20:00

Jak3 Mac said:
What do you think of this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Total : £880.87 (includes shipping : ).

Two power supplies and no case

Keep the Superflower and maybe change the Graphics card for the MSI gaming edition as it is £60 cheaper.

Jak3 Mac · 20 Apr 2014 at 20:02

dacads said:
I don't think you need two PSUs mate

Pfffft, what are you talking about

I deleted the case instead of the psu by mistake

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Total : £868.87 (includes shipping : ).

Idleman · 20 Apr 2014 at 20:02

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £893.89 (includes shipping : ).

ANDYSUCCAMO · 20 Apr 2014 at 20:05

wow, cheers for the responses guys!

so much to choose from don't know what to go for haha!

lee32uk · 20 Apr 2014 at 20:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £53.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £871.85 (includes shipping : ).

Jak3 Mac · 20 Apr 2014 at 20:24

ANDYSUCCAMO said:
wow, cheers for the responses guys!

so much to choose from don't know what to go for haha!

They're all pretty similar, pick a case you like and then just take whichever parts you fancy from the different suggestions

ANDYSUCCAMO · 23 Apr 2014 at 08:09

Thanks for your help guys, decided to go with Idlemans build as he has helped my friend out with his build in the past.

should be delivered today so looking forward to putting it together

Idleman · 23 Apr 2014 at 10:12

ANDYSUCCAMO said:
Thanks for your help guys, decided to go with Idlemans build as he has helped my friend out with his build in the past.

should be delivered today so looking forward to putting it together

Have fun and any problems, you know where to find us.

Who's your friend?

ANDYSUCCAMO · 24 Apr 2014 at 13:21

Idleman said:
Have fun and any problems, you know where to find us.

Who's your friend?

Its up and running, didnt take to long either considering its the first time ive done it, one thing i did forget to put in was the CPU air cooler :/ but will install that another time.

beadyroller, he said you helped him out a lot.

Idleman · 24 Apr 2014 at 13:37

ANDYSUCCAMO said:
Its up and running, didnt take to long either considering its the first time ive done it, one thing i did forget to put in was the CPU air cooler :/ but will install that another time.

beadyroller, he said you helped him out a lot.

How did you manage to forget to install the cooler?

Not seen beadyroller on here for a while. But glad I could help.

Jak3 Mac · 24 Apr 2014 at 15:32

ANDYSUCCAMO said:
Its up and running, didnt take to long either considering its the first time ive done it, one thing i did forget to put in was the CPU air cooler :/ but will install that another time.

beadyroller, he said you helped him out a lot.

Now, I'm not a professional, but I think you need that

Idleman · 24 Apr 2014 at 15:36

Jak3 Mac said:
Now, I'm not a professional, but I think you need that

Most likely he has fitted the stock cooler, or I hope he has.

Jak3 Mac · 24 Apr 2014 at 15:38

Idleman said:
Most likely he has fitted the stock cooler, or I hope he has.

Pray that he has

If you ruin your PC by forgetting to install the cooler then just leave

ANDYSUCCAMO · 24 Apr 2014 at 15:51

Idleman said:
How did you manage to forget to install the cooler?

Not seen beadyroller on here for a while. But glad I could help.

i put the one that came with my CPU on, then didn't realise till i had put it all together that i hadnt fitted the one you recommended haha :rolleyes:

do you recommend that i put it on?

he still browses the forums i think.