First PC Build

Prism1996

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Mar 21, 2014
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I'm going to be building my first PC next week and i was hoping that you guys could check my build for me (i don't really know what i'm doing in terms of specs) I'm hoping to play games such a as skyrim, fallout etc but i would also like to play games like bf4 (but not too fussed about graphics)

my build is as such:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3dIoi
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3dIoi/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3dIoi/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£126.03 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£55.10 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£186.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£36.68 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£16.50 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £622.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-21 16:37 GMT+0000)

thanks :lol:

oh and im getting this monitor ( Asus VS228NE 21.5 inch Widescreen 1080p Full HD LED Monitor (1920x1080, 5ms, VGA, DVI-D) - Asus £103.63
 

Graphiicz

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£98.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£64.09 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£196.33 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ 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 (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £694.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-21 16:53 GMT+0000)
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3dP3i
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3dP3i/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3dP3i/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£126.03 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£55.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£186.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£16.50 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £634.98

Different PSU and HDD, you needed more power and the barracuda sucks.