That's a good idea, thanks :)

That's what I've been doing, well, working my way down from high :P I just wondered if there was an easier way to do it because some games require you to restart the game to change certain options (eg.fallout) and it gets pretty tedious :/

Allow me to expand on the title. I was wondering if there would be a way to set the frames per second I want, then the visual settings change so I could achieve that? E.G. 30fps on BF4 everything ultra, if I set fps to 60 things would go down to high/medium etc.

Many thanks :)

@115gaminguk: Thanks for the response. I had a look but they're at least £100 more than building it myself, and that was compromising with some parts :/

@SuperMassive20: Thanks man! Think I'll do that :)

Thanks :) I'm really trying to bring it to £600 tbh. I think maybe early next year I'll pick up an SSD like you suggested just for the OS and maybe one or two games. I also aim to pick up another 8GB ram by summer (Y)

@kraken2109: I hardly use discs but I know I'll need one for OS install, antivirus, EA games, other software etc. And the difference between an external dvd drive and a blu ray drive is £5 so I thought I'd get that so I can build up a blu ray collection. If I had an internal one it's taking up room, blocking airflow etc. and it's not worth it for the little I'll use it :)

Awesome, the only thing I might OC is the graphics card :)

Will I really need a CPU cooler? I didn't think it would get hot enough to need one? I won't be OCing it + I have 6 fans :P

Hi all, many thanks for you suggestions :)

@2. I'm kind of strapped for cash at the minute so I don't mind having to upgrade in a few years :)

@3. Again, pretty broke, even a jump of £30 is too much tbh. I am planning to drop the card to an R9 280x.

@4. I'm not that bothered about 1/2 stick debates but it's good to know thanks :) I heard that a bit ago there was an explosion at a RAM factory causing RAM to sell quicker and rise in price. I wanted to drop the RAM to something about £40 but it's all sold out, the build below is the cheapest RAM in stock atm :(

@5. I've been recommended this card by a few others as well, thanks.

Due to friends/forum suggestions I've created this amended build:

[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1PyFa) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1PyFa/by_merchant/) / [Benchmarks](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1PyFa/benchmarks/)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8320frhkbox) | £106.79 @ Aria PC

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3) | £71.96 @ Scan.co.uk

**Memory** | [Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls8g3d1609ds1s00) | £57.47 @ Amazon UK

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | £48.80 @ Amazon UK

**Video Card** | [Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr928xoc3gd) | £235.68 @ Dabs

**Case** | [Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-case-z11plus) | £49.98 @ Amazon UK

**Case Fan** | [Zalman ZM - F3 120mm Fan](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/zalman-case-fan-zmf3) | £4.91 @ Amazon UK

**Power Supply** | [EVGA 600B 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100b10600kr) | £48.72 @ Scan.co.uk

**Other**| Fan controller - Ebay| £10.00

**Other**| External CD/DVD/Blu-Ray R/W - Ebay| £17.00

**Other**| 4x 120mm + 2x 80mm dust filters - Ebay| £7.50

| | **Total**

| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | £658.81

| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-16 20:35 BST+0100 |