My First Build Help Needed

[Cgilke]

Looking for help in my first gaming pic build I have a price tag between £500-600

Would like help knowing if it will run games like gta v,battlefield 1, and strategy/building games

I have a basic parts list which will be below please let me know what could be changed to get this running better

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/hjcL9W

Thanks in advance

 

[madmatt30]

Can be made so much better mate.
Does that £600 need to include windows purchase or just for the tower??

 

[madmatt30]

You could actually ramp up to an i5 6500 for £600.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£92.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£37.76 @ More Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (£185.88 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £459.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-16 07:24 BST+0100

PSU (new series much better than the CX 600)

Corsair CP-9020102-UK CX Series CX550M ATX/EPS Semi-Modular 81 Plus Bronze 550 W Power Supply Unit https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01C3FFLZ8/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_zW42xbKWVX3RX

Another £15 you could change that 970 out to a 4gb nitro RX 480 - depends if you have a preference for amd/nvidia.

 

[Cgilke]

I started with 500 for the whole build but knew it would be unrealistic so I set the price at 500-600 for parts and then all software will be adding on after the build and when I know what I definetly want,

I would like it to be the best it can be for 500-600 and would like to be able to leave room to eventually upgrade, due to this being my first build instead of buying a pre built gaming pc I'm starting of with what I need for the time being but will want to upgrade/re build when I get more into pc gaming

 

[Abdul_46]

I agree with the answer given by madmatt.

 

[madmatt30]

The build I dropped you is rock solid mate for the money ,
Probably change to the sapphire nitro 480 & get a ssd into the build - rock solid gaming setup.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£92.91 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110-PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£38.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£60.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 480 4GB NITRO+ 4G Video Card (£194.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £530.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-16 10:39 BST+0100

Stick with that PSU though as its a good model.

If you don't like the zalman case (it is a good one though for the money)

The kendomen is truly great for £60

DEEPCOOL KENDOMEN RD Computer Case Support ATX/MicroATX/MINI-ITX motherboards https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00V62IUG2/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_.472xb0DJ14ND

Both these cases have 5 preinstalled 120mm fans! - no need to buy any more.

 

[Cgilke]

I also have no preferences on either amd/nivida I need to research this maybe I'm new to pc gaming only ever played consoles or my MacBook so looking forward to a new venture so every bit of help is appreciated greatly, so with that point if someone could mock up a part picker for me that fits my budget it would be appreciated,

Games im wanting to run are the likes of

Arma 3 the new day z add on
Day z itself
Maybe some classics like
Age of empires
Command and conquer

 

[madmatt30]

Going to stomp through those titles mate in all honesty .

Some would suggest an i5 64/6500 with a weaker/cheaper GPU.
Me , I tend to run the other way , get a strong GPU now ,the i3 will perform well enough , 2 years down the line Intel CPU's hold their value well , you would probably get £50 + for an i3 second hand if you did find you wanted to upgrade it in the future.
That's 2 years of use for £45 or so , as opposed to gpu's dropping price like second hand cars.

 

[Cgilke]

Ive took in what you said and came up with this

Will it be okay and be able to run arma 3

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/bGr89W

Thank you for the help

 

[madmatt30]

Honestly mate you are better sticking with my exact list , an ssd is a chalk & cheese difference to general system speed.

That cxm550 is £30 cheaper & based on the RM psu's anyway.
You don't need an aftermarket cooler on the 6100.

Case - absolutely down to you , the tesseract is 'OK the z3 is just plain better though.
Also available in black with blue LED's

' http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/xRjG3C/zalman-case-z3plus

GPU choice up to you , gtx 970/RX 480/gtx 1060 3gb , similar prices,similar performance.
At a push I think the 480 offers better future proofing.

 

[Abdul_46]

I would suggest taking a better psu on case you want to upgrade to new GPUs... Although it's all good no offense!

 

[madmatt30]

The CX 550 will run a 300w GPU mate easily , & the way things are going I don't think you'll ever see a 250w+ card again in the future , all about efficiency nowadays.