Gaming PC for £1300

[SebbiePL]

Hello,

A friend of mine is planning to build a gaming PC for the amount of £1300. Apart from the PC he also needs all the peripherals like the mouse,keyboard,headset,mousepad and monitor. Thanks.

 

[Mattz982]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£97.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£164.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£67.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£268.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case (£138.79 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2858Sml 60Hz 28.0" Monitor (£146.73 @ Dabs)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £1288.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-16 15:12 GMT+0000

I think this is ok, could be improved upon but lets see what you think

 

[g-unit1111]

Here's what I would suggest with money left over for peripherals:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£45.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£120.10 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£81.91 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£268.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £947.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-16 15:56 GMT+0000

That gives you £352.33 which is more than enough for whatever monitor and peripherals you want.

 

[SebbiePL]

Thank you for both answers. Everything looks great.