Looking for a gaming enthusiasts build for 2015

[Mudurlugu]

Approximate Purchase Date: Early January

Budget Range: £600 / Approx $900

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/Web Surfing/Movies/Music

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: None

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:

Amazon
Overclockers
Scan
Aria

Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, UK

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050

Additional Comments: Quiet PC's are always a plus for me since I'm not always using a headset.


This isn't my first time building a PC but my first try yielded pretty poor results. So I'd appreciate anything you guys can cook up.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Darkbreeze]

If you're not buying until January, look for your build list then. Prices between now and then will probably not even be comparable. Individual model number pricing on components changes for good or bad daily, much less two weeks from now, however, something like this might be a good framework.

If you can stretch the budget a bit more you could move to a 4690k, GTX 970 or a little better case but this configuration is very capable as is.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£152.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£92.55 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£57.53 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£221.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.57 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £662.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-21 22:08 GMT+0000

 

[Mudurlugu]

Thanks for the quick response darkbreeze.

This build looks decent and I probably would stretch to have the 4690K. Out of curiosity, would that memory work alright with the motherboards 1800 (O.C) capacity?

 

[sora]

Thanks for the quick response darkbreeze.

This build looks decent and I probably would stretch to have the 4690K. Out of curiosity, would that memory work alright with the motherboards 1800 (O.C) capacity?

That memory should work just fine.

 

[Mudurlugu]

Then that'll do me - Appreciate the help guys, I'll keep this build aside for January.

 

[Darkbreeze]

And you might consider either the ASUS Z97-A or Gigabyte Gaming 5 boards as well depending on your preferences. That board supports any memory configuration 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2600(O.C.)/2500(O.C.)/2400(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333 MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory

 

[Mudurlugu]

Ah, would this not be preferable then? Gigabyte-Z97-HD3 or does it fall short in comparison to the Z-87 A?

 

[Darkbreeze]

That board is fine too. It's a decent option. Here's a tier list for motherboards which will give you a somewhat clearer picture of how they stack up against each other:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383150/motherboard-tier-list.html

 

[Mudurlugu]

Oh, well that makes hunting one down miles easier. Thanks!

 

[Darkbreeze]

No problem.