Please help with creating a gaming pc

Pansan

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Hello I am really new to PCs and am looking for any help possible, I will try and describe what I want in as much detail as possible but please let me know if there's any information I can give that will help you to help me.

I will be looking to use the PC for gaming and will be playing games like DayZ, MMORPGs and single player games. I would really like to spend as little as possible, but still be able to run all the games on the maximum settings. I am extremely fond of things such as texture packs and mods for games and would like to be able to use these as well with this build. I don't necessarily have a budget as such, but I really don't want to overkill and spend money needlessly as I don't have it to spare.

So to sum it up, I would like it if you could help me to build a PC that has a perfect performance to price ratio applicable to the specifications games currently use without any concern that I won't be able to play games within the next couple of years. I appreciate that things change a lot from what I have heard so I would also like to be able to upgrade if need be i.e. - sockets; etc. Any help is greatly appreciated and I look forward to your response.

Thank you!



Thank you for the responses - it is just the tower I'm looking to build - all of the other peripherals are accounted for. After thinking about it, I would really want to keep a budget of between £600 - £700 / $1050 - $1170...
Thanks again for the suggestions - all help is really appreciated. :)
 
well if you want socket upgradability stay away from AM3+ as its a dead socket and wont see any support after FX is out (2015). Intel haswell chips should have a much better upgrade path down the road, but you should know by the time the CPU needs upgrading so will the mobo and rest of the build (most likely). I wouldn't worry too much about future proof, just always build the best you can at the given time.
 
Because you don't have any budget listed, I'll just put a bunch of builds together...

The ~$1500 build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($158.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Tempest 210 ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1428.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 21:43 EST-0500)
 
A more expensive ~$1500 build, only recommended if you plan to use a program that uses hyperthreading...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($333.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($158.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Tempest 210 ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1552.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 21:44 EST-0500)
 
The ~$2000 build...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($212.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($769.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2086.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-25 21:49 EST-0500)
 

Pansan

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Hi thanks for the replies and these builds look really good but after looking further into my budget i would like to keep it if possible at £600/$1000 max.