Building a Gaming PC

[RHHHs]

I'm looking for some help on what parts to buy for a gaming PC, which can play games like Skyrim, Battlefield 4, etc on ultra.

I'm in the UK, and my budget is £600 (I don't need an OS, monitor, keyboard or mouse).

Keep in mind, I'm open to anything else so long as it doesn't pass £700, but £600 would be better. I also want a system that will last a couple of years and that also runs photoshop and other editing programs pretty easily too.

Thanks in advance.

 

[mastrom101]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£128.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.93 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£25.01 @ Dabs)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£59.94 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£229.99 @ Novatech)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.83 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £594.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:47 GMT+0000)

 

[veladem]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£69.76 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£229.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.85 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.83 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £677.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 13:47 GMT+0000)

This should handle everything you mentioned and more fine, no need for excessive RAM or a (In my opinion.) shotty HSSD, Hybrid Solid State Drive.

Down the road you can add fans, a CPU cooler, etc. Switch to a Z78 MoBo if you want SLi/CF.

o7

 

[RHHHs]

Do you think a SSD is a good thing to add?

 

[veladem]

A small SSD for now or a larger 256GB+ SSD is a awesome investment. They are very snappy, your load times in Skyrim and BF4 will go down dramatically, as well as your PC boot time.

 

[RHHHs]

Thanks to both of you Veladem, do you think that would run any game without a problem? Because I'm probably going to go with that and buy the fans, CPU cooler along with it too.

 

[RHHHs]

And is there any SSD you recommend man? I'm not sure how much a good one would cost, but something that isn't too much in price.

 

[veladem]

And is there any SSD you recommend man? I'm not sure how much a good one would cost, but something that isn't too much in price.

With any of these depending on your price range you'll be pretty happy, these are just my personal choices.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£95.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£111.13 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£194.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£208.95 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£231.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1103.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 14:34 GMT+0000)

 

[veladem]

Thanks to both of you Veladem, do you think that would run any game without a problem? Because I'm probably going to go with that and buy the fans, CPU cooler along with it too.

You'll have fun with your card for a while, read up on this.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-GTX-770-Leak-Benchmark,22810.html

 

[sora]

And is there any SSD you recommend man? I'm not sure how much a good one would cost, but something that isn't too much in price.

With any of these depending on your price range you'll be pretty happy, these are just my personal choices.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£95.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£111.13 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£194.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£208.95 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£231.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1103.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 14:34 GMT+0000)

I say he gets the Samsung EVO 250GB 😉

 

[veladem]

And is there any SSD you recommend man? I'm not sure how much a good one would cost, but something that isn't too much in price.

With any of these depending on your price range you'll be pretty happy, these are just my personal choices.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£54.94 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£95.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£94.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£111.13 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£194.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£208.95 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£231.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1103.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-22 14:34 GMT+0000)

I say he gets the Samsung EVO 250GB 😉

I'm a crucial fan boy myself, but, let the specs speak.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-m500-1tb-ssd,3551-13.html

So yes, Samsung for the win... I still love Crucial xD