Gaming PC Home Build

[Aky208]

I have got to a stage in life where I can no longer stand playing PC games on a mediocre OEM PC with piss poor FPS.
So I have decided to build myself a gaming PC. I am choosing to build this myself as I can see there are lots to gain in the choices you have and the money you can spend.
This is my first build so I could really do with some advice. I have been looking online for several months about what combinations are good but again the choice of hardware is mind boggling.

So far I have a budget of ~£800 (willing to break this a little bit if the gains are worth it).
I have noticed a lot of recommendations for the I7 Haswell CPU. But with a suitable MB this eats up over half of my budget. I have a suitable case already but I still need to budget for the GPU, PSU, RAM, SSD's and OS etc.
The two top end games I would like to play are BF 1 and FSX.

If anyone has any recommendations, it would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry if it's a bit vague, this is the first time I have really delved into this sort of stuff.

[M.C]

I'd honestly put your money more towards a good GPU than CPU. Being your first build factor in IF something doesn't work. With my first proper build years ago I had a faulty RAM chip (although I didn't know this at the time). I ended up having to pay the company I ordered from to test the cpu, then mobo, then a pal finally let me try the RAM in his PC where I confirmed it was faulty.

Another build I was supplied with a faulty CPU, no problems except I bent the pins removing it (CPU came off with the heatsink) Luckily I bent them back and AMD didn't notice but it's a PITA you can do without.

I don't think the savings with building are really there anymore. Shops normally under-spec somewhere (a crap mobo for example) but consider if it's really worth the hassle.

[Nb]

I just upgraded my ageing system to play bf1 as my old system was built in 2011. I bought a 960gtx4gb in 2015 which i still use, also used my old power supply.
BF1 works fine on high settings.

1 x BitFenix Neos Midi ATX Tower (Black/Black) @ 31.14GBP
1 x Gigabyte Gaming GA-970 Motherboard with USB 3.1 Type A + Type C @ 83.99GBP
1 x AMD FX-6350 Unlocked Six Core Processor 3.90GHz (4.20GHz Turbo) @ 106.50GBP
1 x 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile 1600MHz CL10 DDR3 Dual/Quad Channel Kit [CML16GX3M2A1600C10] @ 85.80GBP
1 x 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 Solid State Drive - SV300S37A/120G @ 47.39GBP
1 x SanDisk Z410 480GB SSD/Solid State Drive @ 104.34GBP
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[c_dug]

1080, 4k, or VR? 30fps, 60, 120?

As mentioned you want to budget for a good GPU, but that could be anywhere from £150 to £600 odd quid depending on what you're intending to do!

My biggest limitation is the screen I use, but a 30fps 1080 picture is more than good enough for the girls I go out with.

Next thing to decide is the size you're building to, I wish I'd gone much smaller in hindsight. If I built my gaming rig again id do it in a home theatre pc case, but your needs will differ to mine.
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[MahatmaAndhi]

I came across this website as part of a promotion the other day. It's quite good. You pick your components and it'll give you where the best price is, aswell as whether your PSU will be overloaded etc.

https://pcpartpicker.com/
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[Poundshop Dave]

Maybe have a look at system builders. My son bought a PC for gaming from Yoyotech a year ago, still going strong and he plays Battlefield 1, it's all him and his mates talk about at the moment, that's teenagers for you!

https://www.yoyotech.co.uk/home
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[colink98]

https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/best-pc-builds,review-33452.html#p2

Have a read
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[trevoriv]

What M.C. said. Spunk on a decent gpu. Make sure you have a decent psu and ssd. Cpu is likely not going to be a bottleneck on a gaming rig providing you stay current gen, I'm still running an i5 2500k but with decent gpu its not an issue.

I cba these days so I'd have a system built by someone like scan (they're local to me so I'm a bit of a fanboi) but other system builders are available.
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[Aky208]

Thanks for all the replies. Alot of those sites really helped.

After looking at a few different options, I think I have an idea of a half decent setup that comes in on budget.

CPU - AMD FX-8350 4.0Ghz 8-Core
MB - MSI 970 ATX
Memory - Corsair Vengence (2x8GB)
Storage - Kingston SSD V300 120GB
GPU - MSI Geforce GTX 1060 6GB

Including PSU and a better CPU Cooler, this comes in at around £770

I will be going over budget when I add up the ancilleries but I am happy so far.

[Nb]

Are you not having 2 hard drives?
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[Aky208]

[temeluchus]

I would avoid AMD CPUs for gaming in general. 8 cores SOUNDS good until you realise it is 8 weakish integer units and 4 FPUs and anything that hits the FPUs hard (like many games using MMX/SSE instructions) performs pretty badly.

Any current model or Haswell i5 would be a better bet. Even the higher end dual core i3 models will arsefuck a FX8350 in gaming.

**edit to add visual aid for computer illiterate tards**

https://i.imgur.com/iM6SZxG.png
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[CaNsA]

This deal is a good starting point.

Chuck in ram, mobo, case, psu and storage and you are good to go

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-and-intel-collaboration-intel-6600k-cpu-and-gigabyte-rx-480-g1-4gb-graphics-card-bu-018-am.html

[andym]

[temeluchus]

[Pjay]

Real bikers love Intel.

[temeluchus]

Interestingly the 50 quid Skylake Pentium G4400 is about a match for the FX8350.
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[temeluchus]

It can see double posts

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[Gards868]

I've just upgraded my fx6300 which was over locked to 4.5 ghz.
Was paired with a 8gb Rx480
Was getting over 80 fps at 1080 ultra settings in Doom. Fsx was getting 40/50 with dips to 20 fps
Battlefield 1 mostly 60fps with the occasional dip into the 40's on multiplayer high settings.

Medium settings 60-80fps running dx12 still looks stunning at medium.

However since upgrading to a I5 6600k oc to 4.4 ghz I've not seen it drop below 80 fps on ultra.

I'd personally got I5 6400-6600k with Rx480 or GeForce 1060 build or wait till Amd release its new Ryzen processors.

Can probably do a I5 6600k for £900

[Aky208]

Intel it is then...

I have just seen a bundle on Amazon for £485 which includes:
I5 skylake 6600K CPU
Asus Z170 MB pro gaming
16GB Corsair Vengence LPX

Haven't decided what GPU just yet but this is a start.

Thanks again for all your advice.

[RhynoCZ]

[temeluchus]