Hi all, I have been lurking around on the forum for a while now and researching what it is I need and want out of a PC. I have mostly had laptops up until now but I crave something a bit more powerful, quicker and I would also like to have a multi monitor set up (not for gaming though, I will use just one monitor for that). I work as an engineer and I am also working towards an online degree in Computing and Design and the PC will get used for both of these things.
The PC will be used for;
Visual studio, Microsoft access/excel/word etc. A bit of Java in Eclipse.
Some light CAD/CAM work (mostly just for viewing existing files not creating new ones).
A bit of photo and video editing but nothing fancy.
Gaming at 1080p on a single monitor.
I'm completely new to pc gaming (only played console up until now) and to be honest I don't know what kind of games I will end up playing but I am getting board of console titles so I'm looking to play some PC exclusives and also some of the lesser known games (any recomendations are welcomed, I mostly play single player games).
As for gaming settings, I'm not looking to max everything out so medium to high settings at playable frame rates on a 1080p monitor is all i'm after.
I have all the peripherals I need.
I live in the UK (so all in £).
I will possibly over clock in the future.
As for budget £600-700 ish, less is good though.
Must have SSD and the GPU does not have to be high end as I can upgrade in the future if required.
This is what I came up with;
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/sv4GwP
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£97.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£57.53 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£135.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.63 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£61.00 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Total: £687.67
My reason for picking these parts is that if I really get into gaming on the PC and I want to get better settings and FPS or play at a higher resilotion then i can just swap out the GPU for something higher end and I'm good to go.
I would appreciate any feed back on this build, anything I could cut the cost on or if i should spend a bit more in places. I am especially unsure on the motherboard and PSU. Also if anyone can recommend a cheeper case that will work well and is good for a first time builder that would be great.
Also I will be using a wireless internet connection, does the motherboard have wireless built into it or do i need to buy a wireless card?
Thanks
Shaun
I will be using windows with this build ether 7 or 8.1 not sure yet.