£1200 budget family gaming PC.

[MushBrain]

Hi all, i have put together a build, what do you reckon?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jsvw8d

 

[TheIcedCanadian]

Here is a better one, including an SSD
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.54 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£58.67 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.95 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£267.95 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.38 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£39.38 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VN248H 23.8" Monitor (£152.69 @ Scan.co.uk)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard (£63.36 @ CCL Computers)
Mouse: SteelSeries Rival Wired Optical Mouse (£32.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1193.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-25 09:28 GMT+0000

 

[MushBrain]

It's good but now it will not be quiet with a hyper 212.

I also now lose superior sound quality that the Sniper has for a cheap low end mobo, i really do not need an SSD straight away.

 

[Moonstick2]

An SSD is one of the few things that makes a significant, tangible difference to the speed of a PC across the board compared to, e.g., overclocking a processor by 10%. You get faster boot times, faster application/game loading, and a 10-30 GB game install can only mean many GB of level data that will have to be read during the course of a game session.

You might not feel that you need one straightaway, but when you do decide to get one you'll then have to go through a full reinstall of Windows, games, save files and so on - too many people run into problems when they try and simply clone their HDD onto the SSD.

If you're building a £1200 PC now and spending £60 on the keyboard alone, it seems odd not to spend an extra £50-£70 on something which will make the whole thing much faster and save you a lot of time reinstalling later down the line.

 

[Pla3p_Pr0]

I have a hyper 412S. RUNNING VERY COOL! For overclocked CPUs! You should buy it. 40$

 

[TheIcedCanadian]

If you want silent, get a water cooler. The H90 is pretty good and cheap