New 2014 build

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 15:39

My current PC is beating it's last breathes, and I decided that I would like to make a new rig with a budget of £700 with monitor, and everything else. I would prefer either Intel Core i7-4770K, or even AMD FX-8350, But I mainly want it for gaming, and to be able to run most games at high settings, at 1080p res. If you have any other CPU that you could recommend, I don't mind. Currently I'm open to all suggestions.

Thanks, and I hope to see many builds

Nathan94 · 10 Jul 2014 at 16:42

Do you have anything that you're going to re-use such as the keyboard, mouse, psu etc?

What spec do you currently have, you could save some cash by just upgrading certain parts.

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 16:52

Nathan94 said:
Do you have anything that you're going to re-use such as the keyboard, mouse, psu etc?

What spec do you currently have, you could save some cash by just upgrading certain parts.

I won't be re-using anything.

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:05

£700 wont get you an i7 gaming rig even without a monitor or peripherals

, also i7 is way overkill for your needs id imagine

Nathan94 · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:07

nJoyo said:
I won't be re-using anything.

Tohrazer said:
is this a troll post? £700 wont get you an i7 gaming rig even without a monitor or peripherals

Yeah why I was asking if he was going to reuse parts.. I think you could squeeze an i5 at max into this price bracket, but not including a monitor.

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
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 £44.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K400G Gaming Keyboard £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
Total : £723.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:18

Tohrazer said:
£700 wont get you an i7 gaming rig even without a monitor or peripherals , also i7 is way overkill for your needs id imagine

I would prefer the i7 4770k but, I'm open for suggestions like I said. I mainly want to do gaming, but I want 0 lagg. That's why I thought I'd buy a good CPU.

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:18

that's the best i can do, switching the 280 for a 270x would bring you under budget

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:18

nJoyo said:
I would prefer the i7 4770k but, I'm open for suggestions like I said. I mainly want to do gaming, but I want 0 lagg. That's why I thought I'd buy a good CPU.

gaming is powered by the graphics cards mostly, not the cpu

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:19

Tohrazer said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
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 £44.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4013EP01 Nero 3 V2 Premier CPU Cooler £25.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K400G Gaming Keyboard £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
Total : £723.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

That's actually a pretty decent build. I like it a lot. In terms of that graphics card. Is it good?

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:20

Tohrazer said:
gaming is powered by the graphics cards mostly, not the cpu

Correct me if I'm wrong but, I believe CPU also plays a part with frame rates, ect, in today's gaming especially.

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:25

nJoyo said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but, I believe CPU also plays a part with frame rates, ect, in today's gaming especially.

only after the game is no longer GPU bound (apart from a few special cases), with a 280 you wont be experiencing this much if at all, bottom line is for a gaming machine, spend more on gpu than processor, always

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:26

nJoyo said:
That's actually a pretty decent build. I like it a lot. In terms of that graphics card. Is it good?

it will play most games on ultra at 1080p with reasonable framerates

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:26

Tohrazer said:
only after the game is no longer GPU bound (apart from a few special cases), with a 280 you wont be experiencing this much if at all, bottom line is for a gaming machine, spend more on gpu than processor, always

Do you think upgrading to AMD FX-8350 would be beneficial?

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:27

nJoyo said:
Do you think upgrading to AMD FX-8350 would be beneficial?

upgrading to an i5 4690k would be better, but your budget is £700 for everything so it's not possible

lee32uk · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:33

nJoyo said:
Do you think upgrading to AMD FX-8350 would be beneficial?

The 8350 is basically an overclocked 8320. Just overclock the 8320 and save a bit of money.

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:49

lee32uk said:
The 8350 is basically an overclocked 8320. Just overclock the 8320 and save a bit of money.

Oh okay. It's not that expensive right? or the price difference.

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:52

nJoyo said:
Oh okay. It's not that expensive right? or the price difference.

by the time you're paying for a 8350 imo you may as well get an i5

nJoyo · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:54

Tohrazer said:
by the time you're paying for a 8350 imo you may as well get an i5

How much extra will that cost, as long it's under £800, I don't mind paying another 100 if I was to get a better build. Obviously lasting me a longer time. Before I can upgrade another.

Tohrazer · 10 Jul 2014 at 17:57

nJoyo said:
How much extra will that cost, as long it's under £800, I don't mind paying another 100 if I was to get a better build. Obviously lasting me a longer time. Before I can upgrade another.

yes you could include an i5 for under £800 which (imo) should last a good few years for 1080p gaming