Need help looking for a good gaming pc.

[iRyno]

I am wanting to make my first own pc. I would pick my parts , but as I'm new, I don't know a lot about PC parts being compatible, etc. I am looking for a pc that can handle games like Watch Dogs / Arma 3 with very little or no lag. I have the budget of around $1400 which is £800. The pc needs to be with a british plug.

If its okay can someone find me a good pc like that with pcpartpicker? - if so it needs to include the monitor and keyboard.

Thanks!

 

[numanator]

Something like this would work well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.07 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.37 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£115.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £776.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 23:04 BST+0100

Note: This build does not allow for overclocking. A OC build would cost more or you would have to sacrifice gaming performance for it. I didn't include a keyboard/mouse because those come down to personal choice. Also, wan't sure how much you wanted to spend on them, some people are fine spending $30 other spend $200+ on keyboard+mouse.

 

[sora]

OP, are you looking for a wireless keyboard and mouse? Numanator's build is great for the price.

 

[iRyno]

Found a pc that I would like to build. Just tell me if it's okay xD

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/iRyno/saved/#savedbuild_1360267

 

[LucoTF]

Something like this would work well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.07 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.37 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£115.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £776.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 23:04 BST+0100

Note: This build does not allow for overclocking. A OC build would cost more or you would have to sacrifice gaming performance for it. I didn't include a keyboard/mouse because those come down to personal choice. Also, wan't sure how much you wanted to spend on them, some people are fine spending $30 other spend $200+ on keyboard+mouse.

This is a solid build. Personally I'd drop the gpu to an r9 280 or 270x so I could squeeze a 120gb SSD in there, but that's a preference thing (I would want everything to feel snappy if I were spending £800 on a new pc is all).

 

[sora]

Something like this would work well:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.07 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.45 @ More Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.37 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£115.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £776.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-12 23:04 BST+0100

Note: This build does not allow for overclocking. A OC build would cost more or you would have to sacrifice gaming performance for it. I didn't include a keyboard/mouse because those come down to personal choice. Also, wan't sure how much you wanted to spend on them, some people are fine spending $30 other spend $200+ on keyboard+mouse.

This is a solid build. Personally I'd drop the gpu to an r9 280 or 270x so I could squeeze a 120gb SSD in there, but that's a preference thing (I would want everything to feel snappy if I were spending £800 on a new pc is all).

An SSD would only increase boot times. If you're looking for mainly a gaming PC I would just stick with the 280X.

 

[LucoTF]

It's not just boot times, it's loading times too. Watch Dogs takes quite some time to load off a HDD so it's erroneous to think that an SSD wouldn't improve your gaming experience.

Looking at benchmarks there is quite a sizeable difference between a 280 and a 280x though, more than I thought. It makes me a bit more reluctant to lower the GPU to squeeze an SSD into the budget, that's for sure