Will my Spec work ?

[bergkamp10]

I have been reading the forums, and tried (probably wrongly) to have a stab at a build that's fits the following criteria:

1. Budget £750 max ( I have monitor, DVD drive, keyboard, mouse, Hard drive for storage.)

2. Can be upgraded in a few years (Better CPU, more RAM, maybe Xfire)

3 Primary function: Gaming PC aiming for 60 fps at high, (ultra would be lovely, but criteria 1 and 2 are important)

I thought I would have a go myself rather than posting a "spec me" plea, I have no attachment to the items I picked, and no feelings to be hurt, so please be as honest as possible.

This would be my first build, although I have changed RAM, GPU, and PSU before.


VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £136.99

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £124.99

MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990 FX (AMD AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990 FX (AMD AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £94.99

Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £78.98

Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95

TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01)
Total : £736.88

Thanks in advance,

 

[bergkamp10]

What kind of games do you play?

Mostly RPG's (Witcher, Skyrim, will be playing Final Fantasy ARR a lot too) not into FPS ( I'm nearly 50, just don't have the reflexes)

And thanks for the quick reply, very much appreciated

 

[bergkamp10]

Witcher and Skyrim are semi FPS in my eyes Well here's an Intel alternative. The graphics card is cut back, and it's a cheaper case. It's just over budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £768.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

That Is great, I hadn't really researched the Intel build, so I have some more food for thought.

I will come back and let you know my final basket (Got to strike whilst the Brownie points are still high....... and before she spends my budget)

Cheers !