First Gaming Build

[StevenGibson1994]

Hi guys.

Me and my Fiance will be building this system listed below for our first gaming system: We wanted to keep the price below £955 GBP. We will use the system for Gaming, running some Virtual Machines for college and everyday use such as browsing web and watching videos.

We don't plan on overclocking the system at all.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dDm3vK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dDm3vK/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£124.90 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£76.48 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£455.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.78 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £952.04

I am wanting this system to be able to run games such as Dying Light, BF4, BF Hardline, Advanced Warfare at 1080p with no frame rate issues. I would like the FPS to be about 65 fps. Would this system do the job.

Upgrade's for the future:
Cooler: H100i
Ram : Add another 8gb
SSD : Get 250 gb Samsung SSD
GPU : Add another gtx 980.
PSU : will need to get a new PSU for SLI 980's

 

[ykki]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£455.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£88.16 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £940.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-08 12:53 GMT+0000
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£237.60 @ Kustom PCs)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£105.70 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£274.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£88.16 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £889.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-08 13:00 GMT+0000

 

[StevenGibson1994]

I forgot to mention that I am wanting the case to be the Corsair Air 540 because of how good cooling within it is and how good cable management is for the case. That was the reason I went with AMD.

I done some youtube searching to see how the FX 8350 and GTX 980 do on some of the games I plan to play on the system and I got good results from the videos I seen.
I would have liked to go with intel but I wont be able to fit it into my budget with the case I am wanting.