Help Me Build A Console Killer

[Birdypal]

Hey guys,

I'm super new to this sort of thing and I was wondering could I get a bit of help from the community here.

I want to build a "Console Killer" as stated in the title but I don't even know where to begin. I know the case I want which is the Node 202 by fractal design but I'm so new to this I don't know what kind of power supply I will need.

What I do know: I want to be able to play any new AAA titles with decent FPS (45-60) while running a dual monitor setup. Also I want to have a SSD that will have windows to boot up fast but another hard drive with enough space to hoard all the games I want so around 2TB if possible and maybe an external hard drive to put unnecessary big files on and etc.

My Budget is around €1000 Euro, Which is roughly $1200 USD at the moment and £780 Pound, If needs be I can go up another 200 euro but I need all the parts to be from Europe as not many ship from america for decent pricing.

Sorry if this is in the wrong section or just an over all stupid question but whoever can give me a hand in reference to this it would be much appreciated!

 

[g-unit1111]

That budget will easily annihilate a console, but not knowing what country and store you're planning to buy from we won't be able to suggest parts. If you don't know of a store this thread will point you in the right direction: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1643019/guide-international-users-links-part-stores.html

 

[Birdypal]

That budget will easily annihilate a console, but not knowing what country and store you're planning to buy from we won't be able to suggest parts. If you don't know of a store this thread will point you in the right direction: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1643019/guide-international-users-links-part-stores.html

Hello G-unit,

Thank you for the speedy response! Any sites based in the United Kingdom should suffice just fine, the likes of Amazon and cheaper counterparts are perfect as I'm currently living in Ireland so it's going to be expensive regardless.

 

[Barty1884]

Staying right around budget (although marginally over):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.27 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.31 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£248.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £817.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 21:18 GMT+0000

Pushing the budget to 950pounds / 1200EUR:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£84.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£298.32 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£65.37 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £953.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 21:16 GMT+0000

Either of those would annihilate consoles in resolutions, settings & FPS.

You can scale it back a bit too.......with a decent budget, consoles aren't really too difficult to beat. At their price point though, consoles do what they do very well.

 

[g-unit1111]

I would personally go the Z170 route if you can afford it which can be easily done on £1000 and maybe even £800 but that might be stretching it. Here's what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.63 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£42.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.48 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£286.94 @ More Computers)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.10 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.69 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £914.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 22:31 GMT+0000

 

[Barty1884]

I would personally go the Z170 route if you can afford it which can be easily done on £1000 and maybe even £800 but that might be stretching it. Here's what I would suggest:

I was assuming the OP needed an OS too, but if not, should be able to squeeze a 390x under 900GBP

 

[Birdypal]

Staying right around budget (although marginally over):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.27 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.31 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£248.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £817.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 21:18 GMT+0000

Pushing the budget to 950pounds / 1200EUR:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£84.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£298.32 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£65.37 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £953.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 21:16 GMT+0000

Either of those would annihilate consoles in resolutions, settings & FPS.

You can scale it back a bit too.......with a decent budget, consoles aren't really too difficult to beat. At their price point though, consoles do what they do very well.

Hello Barty,

Thank you so much for your input and yes these are exactly the sort of builds I would be looking for and yeah budget shouldn't matter if it's a little over plus the pound is constantly fluctuating against the euro. Really appreciate all the input!

 

[Birdypal]

I would personally go the Z170 route if you can afford it which can be easily done on £1000 and maybe even £800 but that might be stretching it. Here's what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.63 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£42.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.48 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£286.94 @ More Computers)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.10 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.69 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £914.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 22:31 GMT+0000

Hello G-Unit,

Awesome build and I really appreciate all the input but I would be looking to purchase an OS but if not I'll go with this build as it it just amazing.. I work in an office and I could always ask one of the guys for a copy of windows 7 or something and just get the free upgrade along with it! but we can see and again thanks for all the help!

 

[logainofhades]

I went with an i7, non overclock, setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£256.39 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler (£16.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£74.51 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£263.33 @ Aria PC)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£36.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.69 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£74.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £925.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-22 13:35 GMT+0000