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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card (£166.31 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.58 @ More Computers)
Total: £550.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-10 10:43 BST+0100
If you want a powerful pc go with this. No storage atm but for 550 you're getting something that could pull high settings at 45+fps on almost every game out atm. If you can use laptop HDD for now and upgrade to an SSD in the future, then this will probably be the best £550 you spend.
The
i5-4690k is one of the best gaming CPUs out there atm, and it has overclocking potential to
4.8ghz with the right setup. Compared to the i3-4630/i5-4460 there's no contest:
Intel Core i5 4690K vs i3 4360 ||
Intel Core i5 4690K vs 4460
The
Hyper-Evo cooler is an incredibly popular fan due to its powerful yet affordable nature.
The
Z97 PC MATE is a solid mobo, supporting Overclocking up to
4.3ghz whilst remaining very cheap.
8GB RipJaws X Series RAM spread over 2 sticks is a reliable stick of memory.
GTX 960, whilst a
2GB card remains popular because of it's strength when it comes to gaming.
The
Corsair SPEC 03 has
dust filters and 2 fans built in, and what it lacks in aesthetics, it makes up for in robustness.
XFX 550W is a rebranded Seasonic PSU and is one of the
most reliable PSUs on the market, easily pulling this build and more.
Link:
Intel Core i5-4690K, EVGA GeForce GTX 960, Corsair SPEC-02 - System Build - PCPartPicker United Kingdom
As for this:
If you're willing to spend the money on a 970, get an AMD R9 290 instead. It's around the same price but is a better pound for pound card. The last 0.5gb of the 970's 4gb is VERY slow and the 290 will pull almost any game at 60fps on ultra. My build is fairly similar to this but with 16gb RAM and a Sapphire Tri-X OC 290 and these are the results for Witcher 3: