Hi, I'm looking to build a gaming PC to sit in the living room and plug into my 40" HDTV. Looking to play anything from CS:GO, Skyrim, Dota2, etc. It's a while since I've been up-to-date with the latest hardware, so I'd like a critique on my component choice: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC Rev2 2048MB £199.99 Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99 Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit £71.99 Cheers, MJ
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1OO8L Thats 550.... without os, optical drive or case. Solid amd build... would do intel but it took long enough on my phone!!
A 4770K is total overkill - save nearly £100 and step down to the i5 4670K, and then spend that money on a better GPU, such as a GTX 770.
Yeah - that's true - I did go a bit over the £500 mark. I don't mind it rising to up to £750 if it's worth it. I don't need an optical drive or case included. I've put together a new build which comes to £656 based on an Intel Core i5-4670K and a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760. http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1P3sQ Any comments? Is it worth reducing the CPU even further in order to accomodate a GeForce GTX 770?
I don't think it'd be worth it. The alternative would be to pick up a 2nd hand Ivy Bridge CPU and board instead of Haswell, which would probably shave enough pennies off to get you a GTX770.
Looks a good set up. Be interesting to see how the next gen games perform (ie, BF4) as I suspect added RAM might help out.
