I am planning to build a PC in the next few days. The list is in the spoiler below:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£239.99 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£62.15 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£48.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.01 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£269.98 @ Dabs) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive  (£8.12 @ Ebuyer) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£19.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£113.99 @ Aria PC) 
Other: Fractal Design: Define S Windowed (£69.99)
Total: £1070.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-20 13:40 BST+0100

 

Notes:

 

The intake + exhaust fans in the case are 58 CFM (and 18db)
The graphics card reaches around 55°C under full load, and has 8GB of VRAM, which is future proof for upcoming games.
The 1866Mhz RAM didn’t have an extra cost over a 1600Mhz set, and 16GB is future proof for a few years.
I chose an 80+ Gold PSU due to the efficiency and it being modular.
The motherboard is a great overclocker, and has a spare PCIe x 16 slot, if I will need to Crossfire / SLI.
The unlocked Haswell CPU will save me money in the future, as an overclock will compensate.
The WiFi card will not bottleneck any speeds.
The total price is fluctuating at the moment, the online link is bit.ly/sjain-PC, and the link for the case is http://amzn.to/1Mw3m31
The total TDP is 500 - 550W under full load (Source: http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator)

 

My question is: I am still not done with GTA IV yet, for a start I have never used an ENB, plus I really want to play more LCPDFR. But I heard that GTA IV has terrible optimization for AMD graphics cards, any tips? (I know it has bad optimization anyway) All I really want is 40-60fps, since I am used to 18fps looking smooth (struggles xD)

Please comment below on what you think of the build. I cannot upgrade until I really need to, because I am low on budget (not really, but I was told to build something powerful to last long)

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 201510 yr by N4Cer

That is a sweet build, I prefer Nivida Cards but that is a really nice Radeon. That processor is epic. What operating system you putting on it? I would recommend Win 10 with it. I upgraded to 10 from 7 64 bit and all my games got a addition 10 - 15 FPS, I guess Win 10 uses less resources. I`m running a fully loaded GTA IV at 85 fps average and that build is definitely more powerful then mine. You should be killing fps in IV and V.  

That is a sweet build, I prefer Nivida Cards but that is a really nice Radeon. That processor is epic. What operating system you putting on it? I would recommend Win 10 with it. I upgraded to 10 from 7 64 bit and all my games got a addition 10 - 15 FPS, I guess Win 10 uses less resources. I`m running a fully loaded GTA IV at 85 fps average and that build is definitely more powerful then mine. You should be killing fps in IV and V.  

:D Windows 10.