New build advice

SprMogsy · 9 Jan 2015 at 21:58

Greetings! After having my man cave converted into a nursery I've had to get rid of my old build (e6600, 8800gtx) My main problem is my mrs is dead set against me having another PC but I'm going to lose my mind if I have to spend another night watching soaps on the tv. Could someone help me spec a new system? My budget is 600 tops, dont need a monitor, keyboard, os or mouse. Smaller case would be best aswell. Thanks in advance!

stulid · 9 Jan 2015 at 22:02

Hi and welcome.

Is ATX ok?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £614.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You do want to play games right?

SprMogsy · 9 Jan 2015 at 23:32

Yes mainly for games, don't mind either atx, micro atx or even itx. Looks like a nice setup thanks for the help! Now to go about building it without getting found out, easier to get forgiven than permission!

SprMogsy · 10 Jan 2015 at 12:09

Just to double check, do most people agree that Stulids build is the best in my budget?

Tom_Tucker · 10 Jan 2015 at 12:23

Yeah looks good.

Are there any specific games you want it to definitely play?

SprMogsy · 10 Jan 2015 at 21:39

Not really, I usually prefer the indie games but I do play a bit of everything. Going to get ordering in the week!

SprMogsy · 11 Jan 2015 at 14:38

I'm thinking of adding this SSD (Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps) to run windows on. Would it make the system any faster? Or shall I use a different drive?

stulid · 11 Jan 2015 at 14:39

SprMogsy said:
I'm thinking of adding this SSD (Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps) to run windows on. Would it make the system any faster? Or shall I use a different drive?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-011-SH&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2103

If you look at the quoted speeds this one is quicker and cheaper.

SprMogsy · 11 Jan 2015 at 14:44

Nice one, thanks stulid you've been a big help.

stulid · 11 Jan 2015 at 14:46

No problem