£700 pc build

[Anthony_Lee]

I did some alot of research for my originally £600 gaming pc which turned into a £700 pc,
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bKg6kL
do you think the parts/specs are good?

 

[jhall18]

What games do you plan on running? Resolution? You can't just say "are these specs good"...

 

[Anthony_Lee]

Most games are 1080p with graphically intense games like gta 5 black ops 3 bf hardline ect but some games are going to be 1440p at 120hz. All games will be maxed out on the settings

 

[jhall18]

It will perform fine at 1080, although I would recommend looking into a different psu, the Corsair CX series isn't the most reliable. A seasonic or xfx at the same price point will be a lot more reliable.

 

[SPgamer007]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£40.91 @ More Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.48 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£57.18 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £729.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-21 22:05 GMT+0000

Spend a bit more and you are golden.

Your Chosen PSU was crap, changed it to S12II 620w, much better unit.

With 6500, I added a hyper 212 evo cooler, because you can overclock it and without a decent cooler it is not possible, sure you can buy it later when you are in no mood to tweak your CPU yet.

 

[DiegoD]

That psu is very unreliable, and will not be able to carry your 970 very well if at all.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438059&ignorebbr=1

The above will do you well and provide the ability to upgrade your gpu in the future.

If you can squeeze it in an SSD along with your HDD will provide faster load times and boots and can even provide higher performance in some games.

Your hopes of achieving at least 120fps at 1440p on max setting is ambitious, but sadly, is not going to happen. At 1080p depending on the game, you will get close, but you will most likely still be able to reach 120fps at max settings on a game like Gta.
I'm not saying your build is bad, in fact the opposite, just letting you know that you won't be able to reach those speeds. However, I can assure the games will still look great on lower settings and you will be able to reach 120fps even at 1440p.

 

[Anthony_Lee]

Okay thx, I heard that evga makes some good psu's aswell

 

[SPgamer007]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.89 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£56.65 @ More Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£243.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£40.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Total: £647.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-21 22:12 GMT+0000

How about this build, you might not like the different color sceme but for less than 650 pounds, as same performance as your listed build WITH a free tomb raider game, hell it's worth it all.