Best Budget Gaming PC

[PCTechNew]

I am building my new beginner gaming pc online and have come across some issues when choosing the parts. Videos such as this one (http://bit.ly/1K5rsp7) suggest that a intel processor + GTX 750 ti would be a good budget pc option however, after asking people who have more knowledge of pc building, they redirect me to a AMD gpu saying that it performs better for around the same price. I have always been with nvidia and never had issues. I have tried amd and it has never worked out as well as nvidia. So I am looking for someone to recommend me some parts that I could put in my new entry level gaming pc. I want to be able to play games at 1080p at medium settings 60fps but I don't mind turning down the graphics further if it means I can get consistent fps. Also I want to be able to render videos but I do not mind waiting for a long time while they render. I also don't mind spending a lot on a motherboard as this will allow me to easy switch out my parts for better ones later one, and I would like a intel cpu and nvidia gpu but I am open to someone persuading me to go amd. This is the first pc will be building and am new to this.
I am in the UK and I want to spend around £600 but I will happily stretch for parts I need.

 

[IAmTheTofu]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£177.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£40.88 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.77 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£147.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.18 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £599.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-14 21:29 BST+0100

2 cents short of 600.

I'm going with NVidia for this one because I feel like AMD GPUs are a little overpriced in other countries. The price/performance is a lot more worth it if you go with NVidia in countries other than the US. A 280x there is roughly 210 Pounds, which is about 330 USD. A GTX 960 there is rougly 160, which equals about 250 USD. Also, the performance boost is slight, therefore not being worth it.

With this build, you can always throw in another graphics card in without having to buy a new PSU.

The case is actually really yours to choose.

 

[hamzahfelix]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/6DYkrH

For slightly above £600, you can build a rig that can run anything @1080p max settings like a dream for a really long time. i5-4590, gtx 970.

 

[p_nut_uk]

Chose Hamzahfelix as the solution, although worth considering is a R9 390 (Non-x) It's a bit better than the 970 but you'll need a bigger power supply.

The 970 is really the perfect 1080p card.

 

[FreshPineApples]

The r9 390 would probably be a better choice for £6.81 more. The tdp of the build will be about 450w which the xfx can handle.

 

[p_nut_uk]

True, looking at the power draw done by KitGuru it came to 328w.

 

[PCTechNew]

Thanks so much on this! This really helped my out