£600 Gaming PC

[Meads12345brogan1234]

As you probably gather from the thread title, I'm wanting to build a gaming PC for around £600. I've looked around at a few custom builds that look great for right around my budget, but they're all American and when I find the parts on UK Amazon for example, they seem to be much more expensive.

Requirements are pretty simple, I just want to be able to play most new titles on very good settings, max if possible. I will have money within the next year to upgrade parts so it needs to have some space for that. I'm not really bothered about an SSD, that isn't really imperative and could be my first upgrade.

It would be great if you could include a good enough monitor. I don't need an OS as I can get a student copy for £12.

The builds I've been looking at are centered around GTX 970's and 4690k processor, so if it's possible to get those on my rig that would be great.

Cheers guys.

 

[ExOArTiE]

Hey, This build I have created is a bit over budget but it will do you well in games. If you do want to lower the budget... check out this PSU http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/super-flower-power-supply-sf1000f14mpblack and see if it is trusted.. because I know this is meant to be a good PSU but at this price. I sense something fishy so I just went for the XFX 650w. Also the hyper 212 will allow basic overclock.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.90 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£49.90 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£143.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.81 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.72 @ More Computers)
Total: £657.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-16 19:17 BST+0100

 

[logainofhades]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£38.17 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£50.01 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£255.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.54 @ Aria PC)
Total: £601.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-16 19:27 BST+0100

 

[Meads12345brogan1234]

Thanks guys,

Am i right in saying the first build has a better processor but the second has a better graphics card. What would you say is more important?

Will this definitely be able to play the top games on max settings?

 

[logainofhades]

For gaming, the graphics matters more. The 970 is capable of maxing out any game, @ 1080p. There might be a couple badly coded ones, that absolutely nothing will max out though.