£1500 Gaming pc build

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Right guys i have £1500 budget but can go to £1600 ,,,Wanting a good spec rig for gaming and abit of video eidting and streaming gameplay ,looking mainly at i7 plus the GTX 770 card the rest is up to you lads ,any tips on the best build for me
 
Here's a suggestion:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £221.99 (£443.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-240G-G25) £149.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - OEM (30SB150200000) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,533.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).



I've put in two 760s, this would leave a 770 way behind. You could also look at two 7950s and get 16 (!) free games.

There's a little room in the budget for a larger SSD or a fancier case, or quieter fans for the cooler.
 
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What OS would be on this build or is that extra ,not too sure about the case i like the NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White would the system fit ,alll go for the full tower one
 
Ah, I didn't realise you needed to include the OS. Here's a revision:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £221.99 (£443.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £141.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £84.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - OEM (30SB150200000) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,622.65 (includes shipping : £19.10).



If you don't need the DVD drive that would cut a bit off. You could also get a 1TB hard drive instead, if that's enough. You can also get Windows 7/8 OEM for quite a bit less elsewhere.
 
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It's slightly over, yeah, but you can get Windows 7 OEM for about £50, which would knock £30 off. It'd perform brilliantly :) If you got two 7950s instead, you could sell all the games for at least £125.
 
Was thinking that about changing the cards ,not heard much about the 7950 they any good ,plus would save me money on going out buying new games for abit lol
 
The 7950 is an excellent card, yeah. I'd go with that myself. The mega bundle gives 8 games for each, you could keep one copy of each game and sell the other.
 
Here you go. I've taken off Windows as you can save quite a lot getting it elsewhere (sorry ocuk :)) Take off about £80 from the price that you'd get from selling the games, you could get even more for them.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95 (£499.90)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £141.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £84.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - OEM (30SB150200000) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,611.42 (includes shipping : £29.80).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WHITE EDITION** with FREE GPU Keyring £353.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,462.30 (includes shipping : £17.85).



Can`t believe I had 2xssd and nobody said anything.
 
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Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WHITE EDITION** with FREE GPU Keyring £353.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
2 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99 (£279.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,602.29 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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is this system better then the other one
 
Similar performance apart from the Graphics. Sli 760 or xfire 7950 will be better in gaming terms. But then you are paying more. Unless you are really into overclocking, I don`t see the point in buying an expensive board like the GB OC, as you wont get the full benefit.
I did`nt add a sound card, as onboard audio is pretty good these days. But you could always add one at a later time if you feel you need to.
 
With the gaming deal on the 7950 it'll bring down the cost quite a lot after selling them. I think the 770 is a bit overpriced when two 7950s would perform so much better.

I agree that if you don't want to overclock much, a cheaper board would be better.

As for the sound card, I've got one of these and I was amazed at the difference - but it's definitely something that could be added later if wanted.
 
teppic said:
With the gaming deal on the 7950 it'll bring down the cost quite a lot after selling them. I think the 770 is a bit overpriced when two 7950s would perform so much better.

I agree that if you don't want to overclock much, a cheaper board would be better.

As for the sound card, I've got one of these and I was amazed at the difference - but it's definitely something that could be added later if wanted.
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You wont get as much as you think for the games. Not with Steam, Amazon, Gamersgate, etc having big sales at he moment.
 
Idleman said:
You wont get as much as you think for the games. Not with Steam, Amazon, Gamersgate, etc having big sales at he moment.
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I'd think on average the games would fetch £10 each? I've seen on other forums today Sim City and Bioshock Infinite going for £15 each.
 
To put sound cards into perspective, my mobo has an onboard Via VT2021 audio codec:

Output: 7.1 + 2 channels, 24-Bit, 192KHz, 110dB

Compared to the sound card suggested previously:

Output: 5.1 channels, 24-bit, 192kHz, 116dB

Unless I'm missing something I see no gain from a soundcard... I'd personally spend a bit of money on headphones / speakers e.g. Creative Aurvana Live Headphones

Roll up roll up! Check your codecs here: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Audio-Codec-Comparison-Table/520/1
 
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