£925 Build (changed mind about other build)

[sherlockfan99]

Hello again, I'm back again because I thought about the other build and I realised that I will now not be needing a PC for Video Editing and Gaming, I will just be using a PC just for gaming (and Photoshop CC). I will be playing games Battlefield 4, Minecraft, Watch Dogs and many other games coming out later this year and next year. If it's possible, I would like to get a straight smooth 60 FPS on either high or ultra settings on a 1920 x 1080 monitor.

Future upgrades I plan to do on this build:
Upgrade Ram to 16 GB (I'm an extremely heaving multi tasker)
Buy Custom Cable for the PSU (e.g. BitFenix Alchemy cables)
Add a High-Performance CPU Cooler like the Corsair h100i or Noctua NH-D14

I do not plan on adding another graphics card, I will just be upgrading the gpu to a better one when the time comes.

My budget is £925. I do not need any peripherals and I will not need an optical drive on my case as I already have Windows 8.1 on a USB Stick (legit). I am aiming to have a fairly quiet and fast PC.

Thanks!

I am planning to go with a black/red components and a white case.

I also made a build to see if it was any good:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£129.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£69.90 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£308.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.80 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £919.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-06 17:41 BST+0100)

I hear that SeaSonic are one of the best PSU brands out there which is why I picked them
Again, Thank You.

[EDIT]
I will be overclocking the CPU to about 4.4 or 4.5 GHz once I get a proper CPU Cooler.

 

[numanator]

The build looks alright but you could probably save some money on the motherboard. Do you plan to overclock your CPU?

Also, Intel officially recommends 1.5v +/- %5 for the ram, you currently have 1.65v - I have seen a few threads where people have some issues due to the ram voltage being wrong so I would say grab some 1.5v ram (usually can't find 1.5v ram over 1866mhz CL 9 at a decent price):

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.91 @ Ebuyer)

or this Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£56.71 @ Ebuyer)

 

[sherlockfan99]

The build looks alright but you could probably save some money on the motherboard. Do you plan to overclock your CPU?

Also, Intel officially recommends 1.5v +/- %5 for the ram, you currently have 1.65v - I have seen a few threads where people have some issues due to the ram voltage being wrong so I would say grab some 1.5v ram (usually can't find 1.5v ram over 1866mhz CL 9 at a decent price):

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.91 @ Ebuyer)

or this Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£56.71 @ Ebuyer)

Sorry, forgot to mention - I do plan on overclocking it, hopefully to at least 4.4 or 4.5 GHz. and with the ram, I don't really know much about ram but isn't 2133 Mhz / CAS 11 about the same as 1866 MHz / CAS 9. I'm not sure but thanks anyways.

Would one of these work?
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/patriot-memory-pv38g186c9k (I like the look of this one)
or
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmy8gx3m2a1866c9r

 

[andrei65]

Just in case you didn't know , the H440 does not have any optical drive bays so you won't be able to put any optical drive in the case , you'll have to buy an usb one .

 

[sora]

OP, I personally love your build haha.

 

[sherlockfan99]

Just in case you didn't know , the H440 does not have any optical drive bays so you won't be able to put any optical drive in the case , you'll have to buy an usb one .

OP, I personally love your build haha.

Thanks! I've changed the ram though because I don't want to risk any problems.

Here is my final build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£129.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£68.12 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£53.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£308.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.80 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £916.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-07 11:02 BST+0100)

Thank you for the help.

 

[andrei65]

Great build

 

[numanator]

Looks good, don't forget that you will need an aftermarket CPU cooler when you decide to overclock. Good ones to look at are the Cooler Master 212 Evo ($30) or the Noctua NH-D14 ($65). Or there are closed loop liquid coolers that you can look at.