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Hello, I want to know if this is a good build and also will this build run Battlefield 4, Watch Dogs on full settings? [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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You need to link us the Permalink on the left hand side. Otherwise it links us to a blank list.
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I'm gonna be honest... It's awful.

A mATX motherboard in a full tower case is mental.
But the build is very out dated.

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That's less, but yet so much more PC.
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Haha it's ok man, im new to this stuff
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a 3770K is OP and you dont need to spend that much at all an i5 will do you good
MicroATX at the price of an ATX which is better
RAM IS WAY WAY WAY WAY OVERPRICED GOD DAMN
Same with the case
you can get a cheaper PSU and be better
go with this the one you have is terrible not in performance but in price
You know if a build is good when the price is 420
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Both builds look good. I will look into them a bit more before I decide. Thanks to both of you for the help
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I'd grab Graigyy's build but with less Windows 8.1 and more SSD.
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SpicyTM wrote a 3770K is OP and you dont need to spend that much at all an i5 will do you good
MicroATX at the price of an ATX which is better
RAM IS WAY WAY WAY WAY OVERPRICED GOD DAMN
Same with the case
you can get a cheaper PSU and be better
go with this the one you have is terrible not in performance but in price
You know if a build is good when the price is 420
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What on earth are you talking about? Why would you recommend a build for £400 less than OP's budget?
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Craigyy's build is far superior.

3770k is oooold, try to buy new components as opposed to older components. Not only that but a "k" class CPU is pointless on a B75 chipset board as the mobo won't support overclocking. 750 Ti is uber low end for an £820 budget. 750W PSU made me lol since even a 300W PSU could power your build. 16GB RAM is pointless unless you do lots of editing/rendering. I'd prefer to see an SSD in a build with a budget that large. That case is expensive and huge for your build.

On to SpicyTM's build. FX-6300 is a bad choice since a Pentium G3258 is less expensive and out-performs the FX-6300. 2x4GB RAM is superior to 1x8GB. R7 260X is a lower end GPU. PSU isn't great and there's really no need for an optical drive since almost everything(if not, everything) can be downloaded anyway. If you do need an optical dive, you could just purchase an external optical drive when you actually need it. Also, it's £400 under budget..

Craigyy's build is good, but you could get an OS for free(Ubuntu is free anyway, or you could get Windows for free by 'alternative' methods). That would igve you more money for components. Personally, with £820, I'd get something like this;
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So, it's slightly over and granted, itincludes an i7 which wouldn't be extremely beneficial as you're looking for a gaming build but an i7 is well withing your budget, unless you go with an i5-4460 and 512GB SSD. Since you're not overclocking, you don't need a "k" class CPU or Z97 chipset board and a B85 board will do perfectly fine. 2x4GB RAM will be fine for gaming and the Tri-X R9 290 is a great, high end card. A 550W PSU is more than enough to power that build and XFX make fantastic quality units. The H440 is a beautiful case with great cable management and that one matches the colour of your GPU. A 128GB SSD would suffice for installing your OS to for faster boot/load times and a 2TB HDD is more than enough for backup storage.
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SpicyTM wrote a 3770K is OP and you dont need to spend that much at all an i5 will do you good
MicroATX at the price of an ATX which is better
RAM IS WAY WAY WAY WAY OVERPRICED GOD DAMN
Same with the case
you can get a cheaper PSU and be better
go with this the one you have is terrible not in performance but in price
You know if a build is good when the price is 420
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What on earth are you talking about? Why would you recommend a build for 400 less than OP's budget?
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Craigyy's build is far superior.

3770k is oooold, try to buy new components as opposed to older components. Not only that but a "k" class CPU is pointless on a B75 chipset board as the mobo won't support overclocking. 750 Ti is uber low end for an 820 budget. 750W PSU made me lol since even a 300W PSU could power your build. 16GB RAM is pointless unless you do lots of editing/rendering. I'd prefer to see an SSD in a build with a budget that large. That case is expensive and huge for your build.

On to SpicyTM's build. FX-6300 is a bad choice since a Pentium G3258 is less expensive and out-performs the FX-6300. 2x4GB RAM is superior to 1x8GB. R7 260X is a lower end GPU. PSU isn't great and there's really no need for an optical drive since almost everything(if not, everything) can be downloaded anyway. If you do need an optical dive, you could just purchase an external optical drive when you actually need it. Also, it's 400 under budget..

Craigyy's build is good, but you could get an OS for free(Ubuntu is free anyway, or you could get Windows for free by 'alternative' methods). That would igve you more money for components. Personally, with 820, I'd get something like this;
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So, it's slightly over and granted, itincludes an i7 which wouldn't be extremely beneficial as you're looking for a gaming build but an i7 is well withing your budget, unless you go with an i5-4460 and 512GB SSD. Since you're not overclocking, you don't need a "k" class CPU or Z97 chipset board and a B85 board will do perfectly fine. 2x4GB RAM will be fine for gaming and the Tri-X R9 290 is a great, high end card. A 550W PSU is more than enough to power that build and XFX make fantastic quality units. The H440 is a beautiful case with great cable management and that one matches the colour of your GPU. A 128GB SSD would suffice for installing your OS to for faster boot/load times and a 2TB HDD is more than enough for backup storage.

Just because he has a high budget doesnt mean he has to waste it on OP parts and dual channel is good with APU builds and its not an APU and why are you telling him to get Ubuntu when he can just buy Win7? and i7's are the more expensive version of i5's and the 6300 is good and i dont know where you get your info but a pentium does not out perform the 6300 so you would suggest dual core over 6 core because its less expensive any good GPU today will instantly bottleneck the pentium unless its a really crappy one and the case so what pretty much all custom cases has cable management and you will pay extra for the looks? thats what Apple does
and if he really does want to spend his max budget he can include dual monitors extra case fans and perph
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