Xmas present advise please

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rrelite

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ok, so its been a while since i built my own pc, a good ten years actually but my 12 year old lad is just getting into gaming and as asked for an alien ware gaming pc for xmas.

This is out of my budget and i refuse to pay a premium just for a name so i have decided i can buy him the parts and we can build it together as a litle project

HOWEVER, im so out of date with all the latest hardware i really do need some advice, this is what im looking at by just doing an hour or two research and would like some imput from you guys.

Please feel free to pull it apart and offer replacment parts, thats what im here for.

His xmas budget is £750ISH and im sure he will want other bits other than his pc

The pc needs to run the latest games and be some what future proof till at least next xmas when i can upgrade it, so here goes:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z97M-DS3H LGA 1150

GRAPHIC CARD: AMD Radeon R9 280

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690

PRIMARY HDD: 250GB EVO SSD

SECONDARY HDD: 2TB SEAGATE

RAM: 16GB HyperX FURY 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Memory Model HX316C10FB/8

PSU: Rosewill ARC-M550

ILL look at the other things such as case and cooling later but that was the main spec i was looking at and wanted some imput so if some one could give an oppinion it would be much appreciated thanks
 
Personally I would try to squeeze in better GPU. I dont think the 280 will run the latest games( at 1080p) without turning down a fair few settings.

Rest of the build seems solid enough, not sure on that PSU.....

You have a bit of time to wait for deals and offers to save cash and get better parts, I am doing similar at the moment, bought about half the build second hand. Just waiting for a decent GPU offer or second hand and the build is almost ready. :)
 
If budget can stretch I would be looking at a 390 or a 970. Both of those should be great at 1080p for the next year or so. Both of those around the £250 mark though.
 
Could some one take a look at this motherbord for me please

ASUS Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 ATX Motherboard

Its got the extra pci slots so was thinking if i went for this board as opposed to the one in my original post i can always drop an extra MSI GeForce GTX 970 at a later date?

thanks for any input
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-DS3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX316C10FBK2/16) £68.99
1 x Cougar GX V3 600W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA200) £53.99
Total : £781.49 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).



With some modifications, but with everything you'll need. I did get it as close to your budget as i could without downgrading anything:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE) £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £152.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX316C10FBK2/16) £68.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/240G) £68.99
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA200) £53.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £53.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - White Windowed £36.95
Total : £765.82 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).

 
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