New System

bingham67 · 25 Jul 2016 at 21:11

My aging trusty i7 930 and 460GTX are getting way past it now I need a nice new system to play on.

I dont fancy going the build it myself route (been there before although I can do It i dont get the enjoyment I once had) so I would rather buy a pre built or have OC UK build a spec to order PC for me.

In regards to Spec to order can you have a warranty on this PC like the pre built systems or not.

My budget is £1,500 I know 4k is coming through now but dont think my budget is good enough for that. I have a 1080p screen already so wont need a monitor would like a new keyboard and mouse to go with it though within the budget.

Kurgen · 26 Jul 2016 at 15:40

have you thought have just buying a new GPU, I think my CPU is older than yours and still fine

sweols · 26 Jul 2016 at 16:08

What's the rest of your spec? like PSU etc? 930 is a 1st generation cpu, so could be nice with a upgrade, especially if youve got 1500 laying around

Pre built,

6700k with 1070 GTX with

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Titan Bayonet Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.4GHz Skylake = £1,378.90
- Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
- CPU:Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
- Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30
- Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
- Security Software:ESET Smart Security - Trial Key
- Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
- Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)
- Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)
- Optical Drive:Unwanted
- Sound Card:Unwanted
- WIFI:Unwanted
- Motherboard:Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
- Lighting:Unwanted
- Graphics Card:MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive
- Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted

Total: £1,378.90
(includes shipping: £0.00)

6600K with GTX 1080

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Titan Bayonet Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.4GHz Skylake = £1,478.89
- Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
- CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
- Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30
- Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
- Security Software:ESET Smart Security - Trial Key
- Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
- Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)
- Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)
- Optical Drive:Unwanted
- Sound Card:Unwanted
- WIFI:Unwanted
- Motherboard:Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
- Lighting:Unwanted
- Graphics Card:MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive
- Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted

Total: £1,478.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)

6600K with GTX 1070 with headroom to get keyboard and mouse. Capable of killing it in 1080p and give you some headroom into 1440p if you decide to go down that route

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Titan Bayonet Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.4GHz Skylake = £1,289.89
- Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
- CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
- Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30
- Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
- Security Software:ESET Smart Security - Trial Key
- Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
- Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)
- Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)
- Optical Drive:Unwanted
- Sound Card:Unwanted
- WIFI:Unwanted
- Motherboard:Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
- Lighting:Unwanted
- Graphics Card:MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive
- Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted

Total: £1,289.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)

Danny75 · 26 Jul 2016 at 17:30

bingham67 said:
I dont fancy going the build it myself route (been there before although I can do It i dont get the enjoyment I once had) so I would rather buy a pre built or have OC UK build a spec to order PC for me.

In regards to Spec to order can you have a warranty on this PC like the pre built systems or not.

Yes.

Windows needed?

mistersprinkles · 26 Jul 2016 at 17:47

sweols said:
What's the rest of your spec? like PSU etc? 930 is a 1st generation cpu, so could be nice with a upgrade, especially if youve got 1500 laying around

Pre built,

6700k with 1070 GTX with

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Titan Bayonet Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.4GHz Skylake = £1,378.90

Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window

CPU:Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM

Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30

Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

Security Software:ESET Smart Security - Trial Key

Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)

Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)

Optical Drive:Unwanted

Sound Card:Unwanted

WIFI:Unwanted

Motherboard:Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Lighting:Unwanted

Graphics Card:MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ARMOR OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive

Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted

Total: £1,378.90
(includes shipping: £0.00)

6600K with GTX 1080

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Titan Bayonet Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.4GHz Skylake = £1,478.89

Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window

CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM

Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30

Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

Security Software:ESET Smart Security - Trial Key

Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)

Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)

Optical Drive:Unwanted

Sound Card:Unwanted

WIFI:Unwanted

Motherboard:Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Lighting:Unwanted

Graphics Card:MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card

Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive

Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted

Total: £1,478.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)

6600K with GTX 1070 with headroom to get keyboard and mouse. Capable of killing it in 1080p and give you some headroom into 1440p if you decide to go down that route

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Titan Bayonet Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.4GHz Skylake = £1,289.89

Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window

CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM

Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30

Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)

Security Software:ESET Smart Security - Trial Key

Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

Warranty:OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour)

Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)

Optical Drive:Unwanted

Sound Card:Unwanted

WIFI:Unwanted

Motherboard:Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

Lighting:Unwanted

Graphics Card:MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 750 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive

Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted

Total: £1,289.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)

None of these have an HDD. 250GB SSD is not enough for a gaming machine. Sure, the OP could carry over his old HDD but I'm guessing he purchased his machine around 2009 and I wouldn't trust a 7 year old HDD with my grocery shopping list, let alone a windows install.

I have a 2TB HDD for games and with only half my steam library installed it is half full. I urge you to add at least a 1TB if not a 2TB HDD to one of the builds which were suggested, which would suit you perfectly fine and be a nice upgrade.

Western Digital is generally agreed to be the best for hard drives. Their Blue drives are very good. For higher performance and longer warranty, look at the black drives. Or, if you want to pay significantly more money for significantly faster storage, look at a 1TB SSD such as a Samsung 850 EVO.

sweols · 26 Jul 2016 at 17:57

Not sure if serious?

Please read again.

mistersprinkles said:
None of these have an HDD. 250GB SSD is not enough for a gaming machine. Sure, the OP could carry over his old HDD but I'm guessing he purchased his machine around 2009 and I wouldn't trust a 7 year old HDD with my grocery shopping list, let alone a windows install.

I have a 2TB HDD for games and with only half my steam library installed it is half full. I urge you to add at least a 1TB if not a 2TB HDD to one of the builds which were suggested, which would suit you perfectly fine and be a nice upgrade.

Western Digital is generally agreed to be the best for hard drives. Their Blue drives are very good. For higher performance and longer warranty, look at the black drives. Or, if you want to pay significantly more money for significantly faster storage, look at a 1TB SSD such as a Samsung 850 EVO.

Borealis · 26 Jul 2016 at 19:38

sweols said:
Not sure if serious?

Please read again.

250GB is too little for games storage, but the Titan Bayonet(s) sweols has specced, comes with a 1TB HDD. That's plenty for games.

I do have a 1TB HDD, but it's only for bulk storage. I did experiment sticking some games on there, but I have a 512GB SSD for games. When it gets full, I delete something I haven't played for a while. I don't really notice much difference in performance between the SSD and HDD to be honest, so a traditional HDD will be a very cost effective solution.

WD are the best in my opinion. If you get a WD Blue drive, make sure it's a 7200RPM drive. The 5400 Blues are the re-brand of the WD Green range and aren't as fast in my opinion.

sweols · 26 Jul 2016 at 20:15

I personally use SSD for operating system and two or three main games. Rest of it goes on my secondary, mechanical harddrive.

If more SSDs are needed, it's very easy to purchase a second SSD at a later date, which can also be raided. But tbh, 250gb is more than ample for the avarage gamer.

Regards

bingham67 · 27 Jul 2016 at 13:54

Thanks for the systems is it worth going for 1080 over 1070?

sweols · 27 Jul 2016 at 14:21

Looking into future... I'd say so especially if you want 1440p

lee32uk · 27 Jul 2016 at 14:44

bingham67 said:
Thanks for the systems is it worth going for 1080 over 1070?

Do you have any plans to change the 1080p monitor ? If not then I would go with the GTX 1070. You could even drop down to a GTX 1060 or RX 480 if you wanted to save some more.

sweols · 27 Jul 2016 at 15:21

lee32uk said:
Do you have any plans to change the 1080p monitor ? If not then I would go with the GTX 1070. You could even drop down to a GTX 1060 or RX 480 if you wanted to save some more.

+1

ExoMale · 27 Jul 2016 at 17:24

mistersprinkles said:
None of these have an HDD. 250GB SSD is not enough for a gaming machine. Sure, the OP could carry over his old HDD but I'm guessing he purchased his machine around 2009 and I wouldn't trust a 7 year old HDD with my grocery shopping list, let alone a windows install.

I have a 2TB HDD for games and with only half my steam library installed it is half full. I urge you to add at least a 1TB if not a 2TB HDD to one of the builds which were suggested, which would suit you perfectly fine and be a nice upgrade.

Western Digital is generally agreed to be the best for hard drives. Their Blue drives are very good. For higher performance and longer warranty, look at the black drives. Or, if you want to pay significantly more money for significantly faster storage, look at a 1TB SSD such as a Samsung 850 EVO.

dont knock older drives, if they work then they are good. my computer came with a 6gb/s 1tb and i still keep it as it has my os and everything on, but my 500gb has gone from storage to having windows 10 upgrade, so my 750gb is the extra storage still and while i have less than 200gb left on my TB it was quick to load 8.1 and everything and even switching to the win 10 drive(which like the 750 are 3gb/s drives) the loading and functioning is good.

you can have the newest/fastest drive, but you can slow it down if you fill it up or have whatever running still.