Spec me for £850

[Purino]

Since my current PC appears to be beyond repair, I’m thinking of building myself a new PC for around £850 and am hoping you guys can suggest some specs. It'll be used for office, web, Photoshop, InDesign, and gaming.

I will need Windows and an SSD (Samsung 250GB is my preference). I have keyboard, mouse, screen, and speakers.

Thanks!

 

[stulid]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £283.98
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £79.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FB2K2/1= £49.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £52.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £52.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £37.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 380X "Myst Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 380X 4GBD5-PPD= £194.99

Total: £862.90
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[flowrider99]

Previously owned worth a look..........

Competitor link.

 

[Purino]

Thanks stulid, those specs look good.

If I were to splash out a bit on this, would I need a more powerful PSU? Haven't heard of Powercolor before, so would rather go with something else, sorry!

 

[stulid]

GTX960 is a bit slower than a 380X.

So maybe pick another brand 380X or spend more for a R9 390 which is GTX970 territory in terms of performance.

PSU will still be fine.

 

[Purino]

Ok thanks, will take a look.

Another question, does that case have slots for an optical drive? If not is there an alternative that will fit the above specs. Thinking this one will do.

 

[stulid]

Why the DVD drive?

Windows I selected comes on USB stick, games+programs are all downloads these days.

 

[Gze]

If you do need a DVD drive, get an external one.

 

[Purino]

Some of the software I use is on disks, but as suggested I'll just get an external one.

 

[Purino]

So this is what I'll be getting. Anything missing or won't fit?

Sticking with the MSI 960 and went for a slightly more expensive HDD.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £283.98
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £19.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £79.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FB2K2/1= £49.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £52.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £52.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.99
• 1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £39.95
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red= £199.99

Total: £869.86
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[stulid]

Looks good to me.

 

[Purino]

Thanks stulid.

Will I need some thermal paste?

 

[stulid]

Comes with the cooler.

 

[Purino]

Thanks again stulid!

Ordered.

 

[modd1uk]

would have been better with a 380x over a 960

 

[flowrider99]

would have been better with a 380x over a 960

+1 the R9 380 is a little faster for most games so the 380X must be quite a bit faster. The link I added in a previous post that was deleted, my bad had an R9 390X.