Which PC would you choose?

[UltraXHybrid]

I'm soon to build my PC and want to know what you guys would personally choose out of this selection:

Number 1 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZsvNkL
Number 2 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/6mBxLk
Number 3 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bh8z8d
Number 4 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/29pFWZ

They are all pretty much similar just the difference between the CPUs being overclocked and non-overclocked.

The ones with the aftermarket coolers i would OC to around 4.4GHz.

So which one would you guys pick? And what one do you think would be the best to pick for a game like Arma 3? (Obviously the one with the best CPU and overclockable) However what difference would i get between them all in Arma 3?

Thanks

 

[Wayfall]

They all look capable systems, if you have the cash for Skylake go for it as it the best thing you could get right now and its going to last a long time.

PSU wise do not cheap out. I built my first ever system in 2013 and it was an FM2+ system with an Athlon x750k, Gigabyte MOBO, Asus GTX 650, 2x4GB Corsair RAM and a Corsair CX 500w.
in October of last year I ripped it all out and put in an i5 4460 Haswell system keeping the RAM and PSU while also install a MSI GTX 970.... it took the PSU one month and it was gagging (rattling noises and buzzing) so I took it out then install the best PSU I could get under £100 which was the Toms tier 1 EVGA 550 Supernova G2 Gold rated semi modular PSU.

I wont be upgrading till end of this year till maybe beginning of 2017. My pc is fully capable of handling all the games I play the most often, just recently install Shadow of Mordor and my pc can max it everything with 3GB textures.

So both Haswell and Skylake will be able to handle what you want it just depends on how much you wish to spend.

 

[UltraXHybrid]

This is what I'm thinking as my final decision, what do you guys think? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/GCTNkL

 

[Nick_50]

Looks good, do you need an OS? I would think about SSDs too, if you need the storage fair enough but maybe just a small one as a boot drive.

 

[UltraXHybrid]

Looks good, do you need an OS? I would think about SSDs too, if you need the storage fair enough but maybe just a small one as a boot drive.

Going to get an SSD Soon after.
I'm going to download the OS onto a USB (Then install the OS onto the HDD) I done it for my brothers PC and it's working fine

 

[Wayfall]

I myself switched my OS from my HHD to a Samsung EVO 850 250GB earlier this year(https://www.scan.co.uk/products/250gb-samsung-850-evo-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-mgx-3d-v-nand-512mb-cache-read-540mb-s-write-520mb-s-97k)

It boots my Windows 7 Home Premium OEM OS up in 10 seconds flat and the desktop itself loads up instantly (my old Western Digital Blue 7200rpm 1TB HDD took 60-90 seconds to load), no waiting for anything to load with this SSD. Chrome and Spotify load up so much faster as well.

I only noticed how noisy a HDD is till I got my SSD as when I would loaded a game or program from the HDD after not using anything from the HDD for a while as the HDD would need to spin up and I would instantly hear it turn on.

HDD's are noisy, never really noticed until I got an SSD.

 

[UltraXHybrid]

I switched my OS from my HHD to a Samsung EVO 850 250GB (https://www.scan.co.uk/products/250gb-samsung-850-evo-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-mgx-3d-v-nand-512mb-cache-read-540mb-s-write-520mb-s-97k)

It boots my Windows 7 Home Premium OEM OS up in 10 seconds flat and the desktop itself loads up instantly (my old Western Digital Blue HDD took 60-90 seconds to load), no waiting for anything to load. Chrome and Spotify load up so much faster as well now.

I only noticed how noisy a HDD is till when I got my SSD and then when I would load a game or program from the HDD after not using anything from the HDD for a while as the HDD would need to spin up and I would instantly hear it turn on.

HDD are noisy, never really noticed until I got an SSD.

I'm going to start with a HDD then when I get a bit more money I'll move to an SSD.

At the moment my budget is £800 and I'm already going over £20. It may not seem a lot but if I add an SSD I'll be going over even more.
Thanks for everyone's help

 

[Wayfall]

Enjoy the pc

 

[MrKrako]

I'm going to stick with the 212 evo simply as there's less risk, also if it breaks it's cheaper to replace.

I'm okay with the whole build so far. Is there any places where I can save a bit of money? Like PSU... Do I need to spend £80 on it or is there a cheaper option?

It's a good cheap cooler, so don't worry. It's going to do its job well and going to leave you some space for overclocking.

About the PSU, i would not recommend you to cut cost there. It's better to have a reliable one, and the price difference is not a big deal.

Going to get an SSD Soon after.
I'm going to download the OS onto a USB (Then install the OS onto the HDD) I done it for my brothers PC and it's working fine

Yep, do that. And SSD is really a "must" now. Even if you don't want to spend much in a SSD, a 120GB SSD would be enough for the OS so your PC boots much faster.

The system, in my opinion, is perfect now. I don't see where you could expend less without affecting the overall performance or lowering the quality. Nice pc!

 

[UltraXHybrid]

Does anyone also know what's the best OS for gaming? Is there going to be a difference from Windows 7 to Windows 10?

 

[MrKrako]

Does anyone also know what's the best OS for gaming? Is there going to be a difference from Windows 7 to Windows 10?

Theorically there are differences between them as they assure Windows 10 have a better gaming performance. And as far as i know, the resources needed to run it are less than in windows 7. I'm still using Windows 7 Ultimate though.

 

[Nick_50]

Looks good, do you need an OS? I would think about SSDs too, if you need the storage fair enough but maybe just a small one as a boot drive.

Going to get an SSD Soon after.
I'm going to download the OS onto a USB (Then install the OS onto the HDD) I done it for my brothers PC and it's working fine

Are you talking Windows 10? Just thinking about licencing and activation as you are changing motherboard. If you already have a retail Windows OS then no problem as long as you install it on a new PC and the old one will get deactivated. Unfortunately my old licence was OEM so I had to buy a new copy of Windows 10 which added £85 to my build.