Is this good? (UK)

[Snakethejake214]

So I'm new to pc gaming and I live in England. I've put this build together and I don't want to spend more than £700 but I have gone £10 over with the SSD. What I want to know is, will this run new games at medium to high settings for the next year or two? Any help is appreciated.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2c6LhM

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Make the Ram 2x4 for Dual Channel mode and the 600B is a poor power supply.

Card will struggle , medium \ high on some titles will be fine.

 

[jhall18]

Bad power supply
That cpu cooler will work for mild overclocks.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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 (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£93.67 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.82 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£177.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£14.09 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £736.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-16 18:38 GMT+0000

 

[Snakethejake214]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BTJG7P

Do you suggest downgrading the cpu and upgrading the video card to a 970? If you can please send me a link I'm having trouble with my phone as there is no wifi or 3G. Thanks

 

[rishabhchugh13]

Go for the R9 380 over the 960, it's cheaper and better, just make sure to get the 4GB one.
That SSD isn't great as Kingston pulled a bait and switch with the controller or something so it's no longer a good SSD.
Using those, I put this together for you:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Tz79f7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Tz79f7/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 (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£91.31 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.56 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.82 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£160.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£14.09 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £735.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-16 19:05 GMT+0000

Also went with a 650W PSU for potential future additional GPUs and cos it was only a fiver more than the 550W one.
MSI's "PC Mate" mobos aren't the best so I switched it for this one.

 

[Snakethejake214]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BTJG7P

Should I downgrade the cpu and upgrade the gpu to a 970? I would like to play games like arma 3 on high to ultra. If so please could you post an alternative build as I'm having connection troubles. Thanks for the quick replies!

 

[Snakethejake214]

Didn't realise the first one posted!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£77.90 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.82 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£249.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.48 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£14.09 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £700.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-16 19:23 GMT+0000

 

[Snakethejake214]

It doesn't have to be a sky lake cpu but ty.

 

[Snakethejake214]

2.7 ghz seems a bit slow will it affect gaming performance?

 

[rishabhchugh13]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.96 @ More Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£77.90 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.82 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£249.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£63.48 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer (£14.09 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £700.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-16 19:23 GMT+0000

This could work but you then lose the SSD which you will notice in normal tasks and just the general feel and speed of the PC. You're also removing the included capability to OC so that could be a negative if you plan to do it.

2.7 ghz seems a bit slow will it affect gaming performance?

It will a tad as clock speed is quite important for gaming, not sure if the performance increase going to a 970 from a 380 would be worth it on that front as there may be some bottlenecking during heavy single core usage in a few games.
The 970 is definitely a superior card but the performance increase may not be worth the trade off, esp at 1080p where both will suffice for 60Hz panels. If you could save up, try and use the previously mentioned build and put a 970 in that, but it will cost an extra £100 or so, so you'll have to see if you can afford it.

Remember that it's cheaper and easier to change a GPU later than it is to change a CPU and mobo, so you could save a GPU upgrade for later when you've saved up some more.