Thoughts on New Gaming Rig

Mulder · 7 Aug 2015 at 14:16

Hi all,

Would welcome any thoughts on the below system. Looking at a new rig that will be primarily used for gaming and photos/films, not a lot else. Have a pretty strict budget but believe the below can be had for <£600. I've already got a monitor. Not kept up to date with hardware for a few years so would welcome any thoughts on the below.

Thanks!

Fractal Design Core 1000 Black Mesh Fronted Case
Gigabyte H81M-S2H
Intel Core I5 4460 3.2ghz 6mb Cache 4th Gen Haswell
8GB DDR3 1600mhz Performance Ram
120gb Kingston V300 Solid State Drive
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 4gb
Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze Certified 600w Power Supply

benjo · 7 Aug 2015 at 14:33

I'd consider a second drive for storage, you'll get through that SSD pretty quick!

stulid · 7 Aug 2015 at 14:36

The V300 SSD isnt a very good SSD, the Crucial BX100 128Gb is better and a £1 cheaper.

Mulder · 28 Aug 2015 at 09:36

Thanks for the thoughts gents, have tweaked it a bit and will likely go for the below. The case might be a bit tight but keen to keep it portable for all the LAN action

Welcome any other thoughts - would hope the below would play pretty much any game out at the moment at a decent FPS.

Cube Gaming Case with 120mm Side Fan
Gigabyte H81M-S2H
Intel Core I5 4460 3.2ghz 6mb Cache 4th Gen Haswell
16gb DDR3 1600mhz Performance Ram
2tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 6Gb/s 64mb Cache 7200rpm
Samsung 24x Sata DVD Writer
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 4gb
Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze Certified 600w Power Supply
Samsung 120 GB SSD (have one from my old machine)