Hey guys I am a new member to the "TekSyndicate" and I am planning to build a PC I have looked around and come up basically blank so would appreciate some help from you guys as I reckon you all have far more experience than I do. Without further ado here is all the stuff (I think) you'll need
Budget: my budget is £200 - £300
Where do you live (what country): I live in Britain and use the pound
-Is there a retailer you prefer: No
Do you need or already have peripherals? Yes (mouse, keyboard, monitor)
What will you be using your future computer for? I would be using my PC to animate (2d and 3d), 3D rendering and design, video editing, and of course, gaming.
Do you overclock or want to get into overclocking? I have no idea how but if it improves performance, I would be willing to learn
Do you plan on going for custom watercooling now, or in the future? Not really
OS. Do you need a new one? No, I have Windows 7 and I like it
If you Game-
What kind of settings do you like or what FPS do you want to play at? Ideally as high as I can but not much below 30FPS
What resolution will you be playing at? //or would like to play at. Ideally 1080p but that's ideally, I would be happy to go for 720p
What kind of games do you like to play? Whatever looks good (gmod, TF2 and yes, my guilty pleasure, Minecraft)
What specific game will you be playing? probably any of the above
If you Render or Edit things-
What application do you use to render? Autodesk Inventor and Maya
Do you render movies or just photoshop pictures? just photoshop but would like to get into rendering films
Other Notes:
This is going to be my first build but I am a quick learner and it looks simple enough ;)
It is a bit but if you think having a 2gb video card would dramatically improve performance over a 1gb then I might be able to find some cash to splash on one
The R7 265 is a much better performer than the R7 260. I would rather not go lower. Here, the R7 260X(which is a step above the R7 260) has a pretty significant difference in many games. Since the R7 260 has even less stream processors, expect a bit lower performance.
Anyone else got anything they can add? I am thinking about going for the option below but would like a second opinion on it just so I don't go off and waste £400