First gaming PC help?

[jason1297]

I'm building my first gaming pc and so far I have the case (corsair spec m2).
My budget (not including monitor and Windows) is £5-600, and I'm thinking of getting a Msi r9 380 for a gpu.
Which is the best CPU to pair with this in this budget?
Also, which motherboard will be most suitable? (I also want pci-e wifi).

My plan is to play games like skyrim and gta v at decent rate.

 

[Chugalug_]

I'm building my first gaming pc and so far I have the case (corsair spec m2).
My budget (not including monitor and Windows) is £5-600, and I'm thinking of getting a Msi r9 380 for a gpu.
Which is the best CPU to pair with this in this budget?
Also, which motherboard will be most suitable? (I also want pci-e wifi).

My plan is to play games like skyrim and gta v at decent rate.

Considering you have a 600 pound budget, you can get much more than a decent framerate at 1080p than you think!
What settings do you plan to run these games at?

 

[Archaic59]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£49.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£159.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£29.10 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £608.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-17 22:53 GMT+0000

 

[superninja12]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H170 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£88.99 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.93 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£158.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Neos Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £595.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-17 22:54 GMT+0000

 

[Chugalug_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£49.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£34.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£159.98 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£29.10 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £608.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-17 22:53 GMT+0000

Pretty decent build, but you don't want to get seagate HDDs or skimp on power supplies. You will spend more money on electricity in 6 months than you would spend upgrading to a gold efficiency rating.

 

[Archaic59]

There's nothing wrong with Seagate 1 TB drives or Seasonic s12II. They're both fine.

 

[superninja12]

1tbs not 2tbs I've heard few complainments tho

 

[jason1297]

So in terms of the CPU, is the i5 6500 the way to go rather than an AMD?

And how's this wifi card?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007GMPZ0A/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1458255897&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=pci+wifi&dpPl=1&dpID=41dj0fWrySL&ref=plSrch

 

[Archaic59]

Intel is the best cpu. The wifi card in the build I posted is better and has new AC dual channel tech.

 

[superninja12]

wifi card ok not the best....

LOL the i5 6500 would DESTROY any amd cpu

 

[jason1297]

So would a PC with the r9 380 and i5 6500 be able to play skyrim and gta well?

I really don't know much about PCs

 

[Archaic59]

It's the most performance you can get with the money you're spending. Yes it will play well on high settings with adjustments up or down depending on the game.

 

[Chugalug_]

More powerful GPU at the cost of an SSD, but you should be fine with the caviar blue. If you really want an SSD you can swap out the 380x for a regular 380 and grab an 850 evo.
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ttfFFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ttfFFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£168.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£83.53 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.93 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card (£208.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £620.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-17 23:38 GMT+0000

 

[superninja12]

wheres ur case man?

 

[Archaic59]

The performance difference between the 380 and 380X is not worth sacrificing the SSD. Bad move IMO. And the wifi card in only wireless N. The build I posted still beats the other easily.

 

[Chugalug_]

The performance difference between the 380 and 380X is not worth sacrificing the SSD. Bad move IMO. And the wifi card in only wireless N. The build I posted still beats the other easily.

Its there for options. Given the games OP is playing, he'd fit one maybe two of those onto the SSD before he'd have to use the HDD anyway. better to spend a little extra on a GPU for better framerate than an SSD which will prob only store 100gb of games.
OP can always upgrade in the future and add an SSD if he so desires. There for options rather than posting the same build as other people

 

[Chugalug_]

It's the most performance you can get with the money you're spending. Yes it will play well on high settings with adjustments up or down depending on the game.

Also don't say 'My build is better than youuurs' over a forum designed to help people.
Its not a competition, and if you think it is that's a pretty immature way to view things.
Two options is better than one.

 

[superninja12]

chug is right, were not here to bring someone down.
op has got enough replies to make a good decision.