Building a Gaming Computer able to record

[joshuaRAWR]

Hey guys, i'm on a tight budget, and looking to put together a computer that is strong enough to play top tier games like BF3, Skyrim, etc, on high settings while also being able to record them with little to no performance drop.

Basically, i'm new to all this, i don't understand anything related to computer parts, so i don't know what i need, where to get it from, all that jazz.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as i don't want to start spending money on something i know nothing about first, i'll be paying someone to put the parts together, so that bits ok, just unsure on what to buy!

 

[darth pravus]

What kind of budget do you have before we start doing anything.

Also will you overclock and do you have any part preferences?

Do you need peripherals as well?

 

[joshuaRAWR]

I'm not entirely sure what overclocking does, but my budget is mostly around £600-800
I don't need a mouse, keyboard or monitor. 🙂

 

[darth pravus]

CPU= i5200k £130
Ram= 8gb Corsair vengence £35
Mobo= asrock extreme 4 gen 3 £140
Case= Your choice but spend about £60
PSU= OCZ Modstream 600w £60
SSD= ocz vertex 3 60gb £40
HDD= WD caviar black 1tb £45
GPU= Gtx 670 £300
Heatsink= Hyper 212 evo £25

£803 total

Sorry for the messy layout. The prices are very rough but it can be found for cheaper

 

[joshuaRAWR]

Thank you very much. 🙂

 

[darth pravus]

No problems. Any questions and you can ask here or message me directly.

Enjoy your build

 

[Sunius]

Darth, those prices seem very unreasonable. Where did you find such small ones? For example, i5-2500k costs 160-170 pounds, and That motherboard costs nowhere that. You also forgot Windows.

Anyway, I'd suggest making a few changes, like changing the power supply (I wouldn't be for getting OCZ unit):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.10 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£95.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (£298.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply (£43.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) (£70.45 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £819.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-14 14:35 GMT+0000)

Adjustments can be made if it's over the budget limit (like don't get CPU cooler at first, and buy it in 6 months).

 

[joshuaRAWR]

Thank you VERY much for even providing links to the locations of where they are cheapest, i greatly, greatly appreciate it!

 

[darth pravus]

I picked my i5 up for £140 but I'm not up to current prices. Some people love OCZ and its a modular PSU which always helps.

Very much agree with that GPU though.