Would this PC build be any good for gaming?

[Mathijs]

Hey everyone, I am considering buying a new (built) desktop. I am on a budget a bit and I got the following build for €770,- (605 GBP). Seeing my budget I REALLY do not want to go over this price by much.

Cooler Master Silencio 550 (body)
Intel® Core™ i5 4460 3.2 GHz
Cooler Master TX3 evo fans
MSI H81M-E34 motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB
1000 GB Sata III Harddrive
7.1 Sound card
1Gbit network card

I am mainly looking to play games with it, such as Rome II: Total War. For reference, here are the specs to Rome II:
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Rome_II_Recommended_Specs

Recommended:
OS: Windows 7 / Windows 8
Processor:2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
Memory: 4GB RAM
Graphics:1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
DirectX®:11
Hard Drive:35 GB HD space
Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Thanks in advance for your help!

EDIT:::
I ran into another question/problem, I will edit this in my main post aswell. I am not sure what I want to do with my video card and CPU. Right now I have selected:

Intel Core i5 4460 3.2 GHz -> I could upgrade this for another €55,00 to Intel Core i5 4690 3.5 GHz
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB -> I could upgrade this for another €45,00 to AMD Radion R9 270X, or
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB -> For another €90,00 I could upgrade this to Nvidia GTX 760 2GB

As I am VERY limited in budget, would these kinds of upgrades be considerably better and maybe even a must, or will the ones I picked right now do? If I'm going to make such a big buy I obviously want it all to be great, but I can't just buy everything I want. I don't need to play every game in the world at the highest possible settings (but preferably almost all games at least at ''high'' settings).

 

[AntonM95]

There is amazing build with OCing ability if you wanna more performance at the future

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.44 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£297.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £764.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 03:12 BST+0100

 

[Mathijs]

There is amazing build with OCing ability if you wanna more performance at the future

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.44 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£297.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £764.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 03:12 BST+0100

Thanks AntonM95,

However, that price is about €1000,- and I'd have to ship everything from around the world and montage it myself. The build I mentioned is one that will be built for me with the specs I asked for. I really appreciate your effort to link me that, but sadly it is out of my budget right now and I was hoping this build would fulfill my current needs. If you have any feedback on that, that'd be quite welcome.

I am a newby, though. What does ''OCing ability'' mean? And what is an optical drive exactly?

 

[AntonM95]

There is amazing build with OCing ability if you wanna more performance at the future

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.44 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£297.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £764.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 03:12 BST+0100

Thanks AntonM95,

However, that price is about €1000,- and I'd have to ship everything from around the world and montage it myself. The build I mentioned is one that will be built for me with the specs I asked for. I really appreciate your effort to link me that, but sadly it is out of my budget right now and I was hoping this build would fulfill my current needs. If you have any feedback on that, that'd be quite welcome.

I am a newby, though. What does ''OCing ability'' mean? And what is an optical drive exactly?

OK, let's start by a few words :

I made that build under (605 GBP) if I'm not wrong [Link] you said that costs 1000 so give me the real cost you need on E-Shop "without shipping" to give you best build in the budget, that's 1.

2. I know that build you mentioned is what you want but if you can get better build in the same price, WHY NOT ?

3. Yes I've a feedback to your build that is awesome but always you can get better one at near price

4. OCing is "Overclocking" that mean push more power to the CPU by editing BIOS settings and get higher performance without baying any money . ex: the original speed of the i7-4790K is 4000MHz by OCing you can make it go to 5000MHz to make your computer 20% faster without any costs 😀 .

5. Optical drive is the DVD and CD reader or writer .

any thing you need ask any time

My regards

BTW my name is Anton.

 

[Mathijs]

There is amazing build with OCing ability if you wanna more performance at the future

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.54 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.44 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£297.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.54 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £764.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 03:12 BST+0100

Thanks AntonM95,

However, that price is about €1000,- and I'd have to ship everything from around the world and montage it myself. The build I mentioned is one that will be built for me with the specs I asked for. I really appreciate your effort to link me that, but sadly it is out of my budget right now and I was hoping this build would fulfill my current needs. If you have any feedback on that, that'd be quite welcome.

I am a newby, though. What does ''OCing ability'' mean? And what is an optical drive exactly?

OK, let's start by a few words :

I made that build under (605 GBP) if I'm not wrong [Link] you said that costs 1000 so give me the real cost you need on E-Shop "without shipping" to give you best build in the budget, that's 1.

2. I know that build you mentioned is what you want but if you can get better build in the same price, WHY NOT ?

3. Yes I've a feedback to your build that is awesome but always you can get better one at near price

4. OCing is "Overclocking" that mean push more power to the CPU by editing BIOS settings and get higher performance without baying any money . ex: the original speed of the i7-4790K is 4000MHz by OCing you can make it go to 5000MHz to make your computer 20% faster without any costs 😀 .

5. Optical drive is the DVD and CD reader or writer .

any thing you need ask any time

My regards

BTW my name is Anton.

Hi Anton,

Thank you for the reply once more. I checked the build you provided and it costs 765 GBP, which is nearly €1000,-. I simply do not have this kind of money to spend right now (unfortunately) or I might have just gotten what you sent me.

I ran into another question/problem, I will edit this in my main post aswell. I am not sure what I want to do with my video card and CPU. Right now I have selected:

Intel Core i5 4460 3.2 GHz -> I could upgrade this for another €55,00 to Intel Core i5 4690 3.5 GHz
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB -> I could upgrade this for another €45,00 to AMD Radion R9 270X, or
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB -> For another €90,00 I could upgrade this to Nvidia GTX 760 2GB

As I am VERY limited in budget, would these kinds of upgrades be considerably better and maybe even a must, or will the ones I picked right now do? If I'm going to make such a big buy I obviously want it all to be great, but I can't just buy everything I want. I don't need to play every game in the world at the highest possible settings (but preferably almost all games at least at ''high'' settings).

 

[AntonM95]

You R very welcome any time , if your budget very limited so don't change the CPU to i5-4690 unless you have enough money (do you understand me ?)

and change the GPU ti GTX 760 that's amazing for any game there is games you can play it on max settings another on high settings so that's amazing! 😀

 

[Mathijs]

You R very welcome any time , if your budget very limited so don't change the CPU to i5-4690 unless you have enough money (do you understand me ?)

and change the GPU ti GTX 760 that's amazing for any game there is games you can play it on max settings another on high settings so that's amazing! 😀

Hi Anton,

Thanks for the rapid reply. What you are basicly saying is that the i5-4690 upgrade isn't worth it if I don't have much to spend, but the GTX 760 would be a really good upgrade even for the €90,-? From what I've seen here ( http://www.notebookcheck.net/Total-War-Rome-II-Benchmarked.101446.0.html ) the GTX 760 is indeed a big upgrade compared to the GTX 750, betwen 50% and 70%. Would that upgrade be worth it, then?

As I said, if I'm going to spend this kind of money I'd better make damn sure it's well spent, and it's better to pay a little more if it becomes a lot better by that. Thanks for your help.

 

[Mathijs]

I don't know if there is such a thing as ''BUMP'' on this forum, but I'm still looking for more opinions, wisdom and answers!

 

[johnny227]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.39 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card (£185.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£42.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.16 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (£12.65 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £608.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 14:55 BST+0100

 

[AntonM95]

You R very welcome any time , if your budget very limited so don't change the CPU to i5-4690 unless you have enough money (do you understand me ?)

and change the GPU ti GTX 760 that's amazing for any game there is games you can play it on max settings another on high settings so that's amazing! 😀

Hi Anton,

Thanks for the rapid reply. What you are basicly saying is that the i5-4690 upgrade isn't worth it if I don't have much to spend, but the GTX 760 would be a really good upgrade even for the €90,-? From what I've seen here ( http://www.notebookcheck.net/Total-War-Rome-II-Benchmarked.101446.0.html ) the GTX 760 is indeed a big upgrade compared to the GTX 750, betwen 50% and 70%. Would that upgrade be worth it, then?

As I said, if I'm going to spend this kind of money I'd better make damn sure it's well spent, and it's better to pay a little more if it becomes a lot better by that. Thanks for your help.

I meant that if you can get i5-4460 will be good and if i5-4690 will be better of course ! but what matter with us is the budget, right ? (in my opinion don't get i5-4690 just i5-4460 will be enough)

And the GTX 760 really worth the money it doubles performance of GTX 750 ti and more ! so get it.

can I ask you something ? what the price of these GPU's (R9 280 - R9 280X) in your country ?

My Regards

 

[sora]

You R very welcome any time , if your budget very limited so don't change the CPU to i5-4690 unless you have enough money (do you understand me ?)

and change the GPU ti GTX 760 that's amazing for any game there is games you can play it on max settings another on high settings so that's amazing! 😀

Hi Anton,

Thanks for the rapid reply. What you are basicly saying is that the i5-4690 upgrade isn't worth it if I don't have much to spend, but the GTX 760 would be a really good upgrade even for the €90,-? From what I've seen here ( http://www.notebookcheck.net/Total-War-Rome-II-Benchmarked.101446.0.html ) the GTX 760 is indeed a big upgrade compared to the GTX 750, betwen 50% and 70%. Would that upgrade be worth it, then?

As I said, if I'm going to spend this kind of money I'd better make damn sure it's well spent, and it's better to pay a little more if it becomes a lot better by that. Thanks for your help.

I meant that if you can get i5-4460 will be good and if i5-4690 will be better of course ! but what matter with us is the budget, right ? (in my opinion don't get i5-4690 just i5-4460 will be enough)

And the GTX 760 really worth the money it doubles performance of GTX 750 ti and more ! so get it.

can I ask you something ? what the price of these GPU's (R9 280 - R9 280X) in your country ?

My Regards

The R9 280X in his country should be about the same amount as the GTX 760.

 

[AntonM95]

You R very welcome any time , if your budget very limited so don't change the CPU to i5-4690 unless you have enough money (do you understand me ?)

and change the GPU ti GTX 760 that's amazing for any game there is games you can play it on max settings another on high settings so that's amazing! 😀

Hi Anton,

Thanks for the rapid reply. What you are basicly saying is that the i5-4690 upgrade isn't worth it if I don't have much to spend, but the GTX 760 would be a really good upgrade even for the €90,-? From what I've seen here ( http://www.notebookcheck.net/Total-War-Rome-II-Benchmarked.101446.0.html ) the GTX 760 is indeed a big upgrade compared to the GTX 750, betwen 50% and 70%. Would that upgrade be worth it, then?

As I said, if I'm going to spend this kind of money I'd better make damn sure it's well spent, and it's better to pay a little more if it becomes a lot better by that. Thanks for your help.

I meant that if you can get i5-4460 will be good and if i5-4690 will be better of course ! but what matter with us is the budget, right ? (in my opinion don't get i5-4690 just i5-4460 will be enough)

And the GTX 760 really worth the money it doubles performance of GTX 750 ti and more ! so get it.

can I ask you something ? what the price of these GPU's (R9 280 - R9 280X) in your country ?

My Regards

The R9 280X in his country should be about the same amount as the GTX 760.

Thanx man !
if that right Mathijs get the R9 280X will be better than GTX 760 by 15% and at the same price