Hi there, I am a student in the UK and i have been watching your videos over the last year. I have had an intrest in computers since i was very young and i am always on my laptop! After getting a small wage from a saturday job saved up for a few months i have enough to buy a decent gaming PC. However I would like to have a go at building my own computer for gaming on and i was just wandering if the following speck is ok to get me started:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k (Haswell)
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-H87N-WiFi
RAM: 8GB of Kingston Hyper X Beast at 1600MH
GPU: EVGA GTX 660 FTW 2GB GDDR5
PSU: Corsair 750W CXM
Thank you for reading, any suggestions are welcome!
No point getting a K edition processor with a H87 motherboard. A non-K would be much more appopriate, as the H87 doesn't have CPU overclocking features.
You can do a lot better than the 660 for the same amount of money.
I would recommend a 450W or 550W XFX PSU. The 750W is overkill, and the CX isn't the best quality unit.
What's your maximum budget? I, or someone, will configure a build for you.
Leave any other notes such as form factor e.g I want a very small portable build
This is something that I put together quickly. Without knowing your budget, I wouldn't know how to allocate to anything. Ordinarily, the majority of the budget would be allocated towards the graphics card.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/24wZR
I threw in an SSD that you might consider.
Slightly cheaper variant of the same i5. It ships with a slightly lower clock speed. It won't make a huge difference in games. Personally, I would stick with the 4670 non-k. Again, it is just something for you to consider.
I noticed that you picked a mITX motherboard, so I threw that same motherboard into an appropriate chassis.
Thanks for the quick reply, i have a budget of around £850, i would like to have a nice LAN PC so probably in the Bit Fenix Prodigy, however i wouldn't mind having a slightly larger mobo, such as an M-ATX. I thought about having a SSD at first, but i use alot of storage for School work and other stuff. How are the combi SSD HDD drives? are they any good? I would like to play games such as Bioshock Infinite at around 60 FPS so is there a GPU you would recommend? Thanks for your time
Ok I made some amendments. I kept it small and portable, because you will want to move it back and forth as a student studying away from home.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/255kN
All high end. Overclocking capable. SSD included.
It just needs a CPU heatsink before you decide to overclock. You can pick up a decent enough heatsink for less than £40. Just use the stock cooler if you leave the CPU on stock clocks.
So the build comes to £800. You can use the additional £50 to pick a motherboard with good onboard sound and wifi. Or you can get this cooler for overclocking:
I prefer Ivy as it runs(in general) cooler than Haswell. Great for small builds.
Also, the prodigy is pretty big for an ITX rig. If you don't mind hugging computers, I would highly recommend the Node 304. I love mine, as it's layout is pretty modular and its a lot smaller.
I also have the XFX PRO550W. Great PSU. Just a bit of a challenge to cable manage as it's a non-modular PSU. I find wiring fun, though xD.