My gaming Rig Parts List

AwesomeLimit

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Hey good people i am looking to build a gaming rig with around £800 Mark and want to see what you think of it if you have anything better within that budget let me know but this what i come up with which i think is really decent

G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Corsair Builder Series Modular CX750M - 750 Watt 80 PLUS® Bronze Power Supply
Western Digital Black 2TB 64MB Cache Hard Disk Drive SATA 6 Gb/s 164MB/s 7200
MSI Radeon R9 270X TWIN FROZR GAMING OC 2GB GDDR5
ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) Motherboard
AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
Zalman Reserator 3 MAX DUAL Ultimate Liquid CPU Cooler

OR

G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Corsair Builder Series Modular CX750M - 750 Watt 80 PLUS® Bronze Power Supply
Western Digital Black 2TB 64MB Cache Hard Disk Drive SATA 6 Gb/s 164MB/s 7200rpm
MSI Radeon R9 270X TWIN FROZR GAMING OC 2GB GDDR5
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
Zalman Reserator 3 MAX DUAL Ultimate Liquid CPU Cooler
AMD A10-7850K Black Edition 3.7GHz (Socket FM2+) APU Kaveri Processor A88X-G45 GAMING Assassins Creed Edition AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) Motherboard
 
Are u a AMD fan boy or are you willing to switch because Intel is better for gaming and the only area where amd beat (not by much) Intel is multi threading.
Do you need OS?
Are you only doing gaming?
What area are you in and what shops you looking at?
 
i am not a fanboy amd is only cpu i have ever used and never had any problems with i am looking at NovaTech and Scan which is a stones throw away from me and just want a a really good gaming system i do the odd video editing but thats about it
 
I would be going more along the lines of...

i5-4440
MSI Z97M-G43
MSI GTX970 Gaming
2x4GB something like Vengeance Pro 2400C11/2133C9/1866C9
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
However much more storage you need WD green or similar cheap/well known/slow
Corsair 350D
RM450 or CX430 if it's really tight on the budget

JR
 
Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 £100.99

Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 £62.99
(more features than the AMD board and you can overclock since you got the 'K series cpu and AIO cooler)

Intel Core i5 4690K 3.50Ghz £179.98
(It will give you better gaming performance)

G.Skill RipjawsX 8Gb £65.99

Corsair Hydro Series H100i £87.98
(I don't know much about Zalman and I like to suggest something that I know wont let you down)

Corsair Builder Series CX600 £50.99
(i don't think 750watt is necessary (subjective))

Western Digital Carviar Blue 1TB 6GB/s 7200rpm £43.98
(since you just gaming 1Tb wil be enough but space = sustainability so it's up to you to decide on this on)

MSI Radeon R9 270X TWIN FROZR £139.99

Crucial M500 240Gb £77.99
(For OS and daily programs such as browser and av. This will make a major difference to performance (Faster))

Total: £810.88 inc
(www.novatech.co.uk)

You give your pov
 
For gaming on AMD you'd want an AM3+ cpu. I'd reccomend intel unless you just play battlefield/crysis. Anyway, doesn't hurt to have options :D


AMD (the 8320 is the only budget AMD cpu worth having imo):
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Intel (you can jig it around, the cpu cooler isn't ideal but I thought it'd be better to go for a stronger gpu+PSU combo with dat case):
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For gaming on AMD you'd want an AM3+ cpu. I'd reccomend intel unless you just play battlefield/crysis. Anyway, doesn't hurt to have options :D


AMD (the 8320 is the only budget AMD cpu worth having imo):
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Intel (you can jig it around, the cpu cooler isn't ideal but I thought it'd be better to go for a stronger gpu+PSU combo with dat case):
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Windows 7 though? Seems like 8 is a better choice for longevity and support
 
Windows 7 though? Seems like 8 is a better choice for longevity and support

Yeah i'd get windows 8.1 normally myself but I'm fed up with people bursting into tears at the sight of 8 so I'd thought I'd just add 7 as a placeholder.
 
Yeah i'd get windows 8.1 normally myself but I'm fed up with people bursting into tears at the sight of 8 so I'd thought I'd just add 7 as a placeholder.

Meh yeah i see what you mean, there's nothing wrong with windows 8 though, if a start button is that much of a big deal just get startisback I personally prefer just sorting the metro out so it's useful an tapping the windows button on my keyboard though
 
Meh yeah i see what you mean, there's nothing wrong with windows 8 though, if a start button is that much of a big deal just get startisback I personally prefer just sorting the metro out so it's useful an tapping the windows button on my keyboard though

I run start8. Windows 8.1 is really solid now, I love my 8 second boot times and general responsiveness. Quite like how 10 is shaping out to be as well :D. Only major issue I have is that stock windows 8 is a bit more complicated to sort out simple problems with.
 
I run start8. Windows 8.1 is really solid now, I love my 8 second boot times and general responsiveness. Quite like how 10 is shaping out to be as well :D. Only major issue I have is that stock windows 8 is a bit more complicated to sort out simple problems with.

If you have windows 8 can you do a fresh install of windows 8.1 with a windows 8 key? I haven't used windows 8.1 yet you see, an I am going to be doing a fresh in tell soon (as my OOS SSD drive suddenly took up smoking)
 
If you have windows 8 can you do a fresh install of windows 8.1 with a windows 8 key? I haven't used windows 8.1 yet you see, an I am going to be doing a fresh in tell soon (as my OOS SSD drive suddenly took up smoking)

I think you have to download 8 then get 8.1 through windows store (for free). Its just like installing updates.
 
I think you have to download 8 then get 8.1 through windows store (for free). Its just like installing updates.

It works either way, there are specific 8.1 installations. I get a free copy of each windows OS through the student academy thing. 7, 8 and 8.1 are all separate and I can have one of each, so I will be getting Pro versions and downgrading them all to 7 :D

JR
 
It works either way, there are specific 8.1 installations. I get a free copy of each windows OS through the student academy thing. 7, 8 and 8.1 are all separate and I can have one of each, so I will be getting Pro versions and downgrading them all to 7 :D

JR

I have 8.1 pro E I know you can get standalone versions :P.
 
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