Need advice on selected parts for £650 Gaming PC

[MetalIsMarty]

Hello all,

Firstly, thanks for giving this a wee look. I really appreciate it.

Essentially I'm in need of a PC as I am moving away from home and it's always been a goal of mine to build a PC - with some assistance!

I'm looking to spend around £650 or so, though there may be a little bit of legroom to push to £700 - only if necessary. I plan to make this purchase within the next month or so and the main reason for this build is for gaming - things like Battlefield, Call of Duty, Fifa, Skyrim, etc..

I'm from Scotland, United Kingdom.

I won't require an OS, SSD (I will buy one in the future though to keep costs down I don't need it at the moment), mouse, keyboard or a monitor (monitor is 1920 x 1080) - got these sorted already.

Really don't have a brand preference - the reason my current selection on the CPU is with AMD was to drive down the price.

Overclocking: Possibly, though it's not something that I have a great deal of knowledge on so far.

SLI or Crossfire: With my current budget, I wouldn't expect so at the moment.

Current selected parts:

http://imgur.com/VlAT6ly

Thanks again for looking, and I hope you guys can give me some advice!

 

[guggi4]

no need to spend that much money on the motherboard and the psu, also the 660ti is a way overpriced, better look out for a hd7950/gtx760, whatever is cheaper

 

[MetalIsMarty]

no need to spend that much money on the motherboard and the psu, also the 660ti is a way overpriced, better look out for a hd7950/gtx760, whatever is cheaper

FML, sorry I posted an old selection -.-

The correct one is: http://imgur.com/VlAT6ly

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Here's a nice build under $700.00: FX8320 \ GTX 760 4gb, card \ Hyper 212 EVO to keep it cool.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£115.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£79.19 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (£249.64 @ Dabs)
Case: Zalman Z12 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.68 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £687.75
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-12 21:26 BST+0100)

 

[ifreestylin]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£83.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£48.36 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£219.76 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£65.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £668.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-12 21:36 BST+0100)

Here's another choice for you. You left out the case in your build.

 

[MetalIsMarty]

Thanks for all the replies. Still swithering between it all, though with your suggestions it's definitely made it easier

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Good luck with your build!

 

[MetalIsMarty]

Thank you SR-71 Blackbird!

Just in case you guys wanted to see, this is what I've come up with so far:

http://imgur.com/Elspzhm

I'm sure I'll end up tweaking it again - I started looking a week or so ago and I've already changed my mind like 50 times.

I'd appreciate your comments

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Nice build!

 

[spat55]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.85 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£77.77 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (£173.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.78 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £689.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-13 01:01 BST+0100)

Might want a better HDD, but this should be enough for 50 games if you get a SSD later.