System Bundle Gaming Recommendation £400

grepmonkey · 8 Apr 2014 at 13:28

Hi,

im looking for your advice. I have a case and 550w psu. Spinning HD ok, but would like a SSD for the OS and primary game if possible. I have a GTX680 for graphics.

Im looking for a bundle that will do me for a couple of years. I want to play Minecraft, Planetside 2, Elder Scrolls, etc, but I dont need to max it out, graphics card was a welcome gift.

I was thinking AMD piledriver or Intel I5 with 8Gb of mem, not sure what fits my profile best.

Ill need a windows OS and dont really want to spend more that £400 all in.

What are your thoughts?

Cheers

grepmonkey · 9 Apr 2014 at 16:56

Hi Danny

mostly, i dont need the extra HDD, and Im not sure what fits best with GTX, amd or intel, or doesnt it matter? So I am looking for a recommendation on

Mobo, Cpu & Cooler
8GB Ram,
Windows (8.1 I'm assuming)?
SSD if theres any money left.

Thanks
G

grepmonkey · 9 Apr 2014 at 19:15

Thanks Chaps,

so whats the view on the GTX680, pair with an Intel or AMD chip or doesnt it matter?

Thanks
G

grepmonkey · 19 Apr 2014 at 16:45

Hi,

I was thinking of the below for my set up;

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £155.99
**B Grade** Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX (MB-563-AS) £89.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99

Sub Total : £374.91

Any thoughts/issues?
Thanks
G

grepmonkey · 20 Apr 2014 at 22:15

any recommendation on the cooler? I should overclock, its probably worth spending a little more to get the max bang for the buck.

Do the coolers come with a pad of thermal paste or do i need to buy thermal paste?
Cheers
G

grepmonkey · 21 Apr 2014 at 11:09

Hi,
Not sure on the case, its an antec, plenty of space with a neat modular design, should be big enough its got 160mm from the existing motherboard to the edge of the case
There are fans on the back and top.

Cheers
G