First gaming build

[TwistedPixel]

Hi guys,

Decided to finally ditch my playstation dedication and join the PC mater race

Need some advice on my build, it will be mainly used for gaming possibly video rendering in the future but it can be upgraded later. I will mainly be playing bf4 & hardline.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor €231,68
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler €68,30
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard €92,00
Memory: *Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory €57,05
Storage: *Sandisk X110 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive €60,91
Storage: *Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive €70,87
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card €241,01
Case: Fractal Design Core 3500 ATX Mid Tower Case €69,21
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply €69,99

Total: €961,02

But I would ideally like to get it fractionally lower than the 900 mark. Any suggestions on the build?

All help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[TwistedPixel]

Here I tweaked your build a bit. It should be a bit better http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ynDZP6

Hope this helps

Hi ShadowR34per,

Thanks for the reply, but the build doesn't have the RAM price included and when it is would send the build over 1k euro.

 

[TwistedPixel]

It should include the ram now http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/gKwgNG

Thanks for the tweak, still would like to get below the 900. I can change everything bar the cpu and would like a good 3gb gpu, other than that I'm totally open to other gear.

 

[TwistedPixel]

Where do you live I can make a build.

I'm in Ireland, thanks for the offer but I think I would prefer to build it myself. Just to gain the experience of building it myself and know what to do if anything goes wrong.

 

[TwistedPixel]

lol nice man, yea sure that would be cool. I was using pcpartpicker as a guideline the hardwareversand.de and geizhals.de for a discountd price. I'll check out that site and see if I can come up cheaper

 

[TwistedPixel]

That was exactly what I was doing, only i used idealo, oh and which county do you live in ?

Yea I posted on boards with the same question, literally just want to cut down to 900 or below excluding cpu & gpu if possible because I will need all peripherals & monitor so would like to come in 1200 all in. I'm in Westmeath and you?

 

[TwistedPixel]

Kildare

Probably very close, I'm like 20mins from Maynooth.

 

[TwistedPixel]

I know it's crazy man, yea I have looked at their prices and that's all they got, one look. I know import prices are high and they have to make a profit but still their prices are set too high.

 

[TwistedPixel]

Buy an i5-ryanair 5690 and get landed with a i3-500 😀 What system are you running man?