£1000 to spend.

[danryder]

Can i get some help please guys? i have £1000 to build a gaming rig. I already have a Benq monitor so its more or less the hole lot for the rig itself.

I wanna be able to throw anything at it in 1080p and max the settings for the next few years.


thanks!

 

[danryder]

How does this look? If there are there are things i dont need like i could change the 8350 for the i5 then il do that. whatever i best.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TcH2yc

 

[Notlawjosh]

You have to do some of the work yourself, go to PC part picker build a rig, post it on here
and I and others will be a lot more helpful

 

[Notlawjosh]

You have to do some of the work yourself, go to PC part picker build a rig, post it on here
and I and others will be a lot more helpful

 

[danryder]

I did already.

Should i switch the 8350 for the i7?

 

[danryder]

the setup in my sig is my old rig that i sold because i was an idiot.

 

[Notlawjosh]

This is what I would go for http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tgzfbv
I have changed the processor to the i5 4690k because it is overclockable especially with the 212 evo so you will get better overall performance, I also changed the motherboard so that it is compatible with the CPU. I changed the ram because you can get the same performance for cheaper, it also comes in 3(I think) other colours if you don't like the blue. I changed the power supply as this one is much more reliable and has more than enough power. And best of all it is all within budget. Message me if you think I can help you with anything else or add anything or have any queries.

 

[logainofhades]

This is what I would go for http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/tgzfbv
I have changed the processor to the i5 4690k because it is overclockable especially with the 212 evo so you will get better overall performance, I also changed the motherboard so that it is compatible with the CPU. I changed the ram because you can get the same performance for cheaper, it also comes in 3(I think) other colours if you don't like the blue. I changed the power supply as this one is much more reliable and has more than enough power. And best of all it is all within budget. Message me if you think I can help you with anything else or add anything or have any queries.

I would change the PSU to an Evga B2 series 750w. It will give a bit more headroom for overclocking, and allow for a second GTX 970 to be added in the future.

 

[danryder]

thanks very much.

is the gpu top notch?

 

[logainofhades]

GTX 970 is a very good card.

 

[Notlawjosh]

Yea the CPU is good for overclocking and is probably the best value for money CPU you can buy, you should have no problems with it. The GPU is also top notch and is what I use in mine, however I have the gigabyte 3x wind force version of the card however they are all pretty much the same.
When you do build it let me know how it goes and runs.

 

[danryder]

thought i should add. most of my gaming is done on my xbox one. i play some browser mmo's but thats about s far as pc gaming goes. however i may wanna indulge once i have the new rig.

im waiting to do streaming 2 and from my xbox one.

 

[danryder]

So yeah i dunnno if i will OC the cpu or add a second gpu for what i will be doing. I just wanna make sure im future proof for what i actually do want to do. If that makes sense lol

 

[Notlawjosh]

You can save yourself £20 if you don't want to overclock and get the i5 4690, however it is sometimes nice to have the option and the motherboard makes it very easy to overclock as it can do it all the work
for you. With the CPU cooler you can easily get away with a light to medium overclock.

 

[logainofhades]

No such thing as future proof. Gaming wise, it is best to buy the best GPU can afford without sacrificing too much on the CPU side. For non overclock, single GPU, this would be overkill for 1080p, at this time, but should last you quite awhile.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.52 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£48.12 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£34.58 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£509.93 @ More Computers)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.63 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.34 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1002.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-05 22:07 BST+0100

 

[danryder]

Hey guys, i popped into my local computer shop. They said for £900 they can build this and give me 12 months warranty on everything with free repair ect.

Processor: AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+)

Motherboard: MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

RAM: TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

Power Supply: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply

Mechanical HDD: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD

Solid State Hard Drive: Samsung 250GB 850 EVO 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 x64

Case: BitFenix Neos

Optical Storage: DVD-RW

Graphics Card: HIS Radeon R9 390 IceQ X2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

 

[logainofhades]

Just no, to an AMD CPU. The FX 8350 too old, too hot, and too slow. A locked i5 will outperform it, in gaming, every time.

 

[danryder]

Even for future proofing? I mean i had an 8350 before and didnt have any issues. The new gen consoles use 8 core AMD CPUs and the way dx12 is going the 8350 will surely benefit.

 

[Notlawjosh]

That power supply is a bit overkill

 

[Notlawjosh]

Intel 4 cores have the same performance as amd 8 core, personally I would stick with Intel

 

[logainofhades]

Even for future proofing? I mean i had an 8350 before and didnt have any issues. The new gen consoles use 8 core AMD CPUs and the way dx12 is going the 8350 will surely benefit.

No such thing as future proof, and FX 8350 is over 3yrs old. AMD realized the mistake they made with the architecture they started with Bulldozer, and are scrapping it, and starting over, with Zen.