1st Gaming build, please tell me what you think?

Jonny17291 · 31 Oct 2013 at 16:41

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I have a budget of £1500 and want to play any game in Ultra settings aka BF4, Dayz (when it comes out) and other games, This is my 1st build and with some help from a couple of friends this is what I came up with, any suggestions or changes please let me know.

Thanks

lee32uk · 31 Oct 2013 at 16:57

Are you able to build yourself ?

Jonny17291 · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:17

No was looking at a few sites, overclockers Uk and Dino PC

snips86x · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:21

Couple of options:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £142.99 (£285.98)
1 x Antec High Current Pro 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £116.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £71.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £54.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua Red 50cm £29.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect Red 12cm £9.29 (£18.58)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
2 x BitFenix 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved red/black £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £1,436.39 (includes shipping : £11.75).

MATX:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £142.99 (£285.98)
1 x Parvum Systems S1.0 MicroATX Case - White with Red £139.99
1 x Antec High Current Pro 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £71.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £54.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua Red 50cm £29.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 30cm £20.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - White £8.99
1 x BitFenix 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved white/black £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - White £5.99
1 x BitFenix 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved red/black £5.99
Total : £1,505.27 (includes shipping : £10.50).

mattyjim123 · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:34

snips86x said:
Couple of options:
- Snip -

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this mean that the OP will have to build it himself? Didn't he say he couldn't do that?

lee32uk · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:35

mattyjim123 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this mean that the OP will have to build it himself? Didn't he say he couldn't do that?

OCUK will build you a system for a price if you speak to their CS.

snips86x · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:38

mattyjim123 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this mean that the OP will have to build it himself? Didn't he say he couldn't do that?

lee32uk said:
OCUK will build you a system for a price if you speak to their CS.

mattyjim123 · 31 Oct 2013 at 17:43

Ah sweet! I didn't know that!

I would suggest to the OP that he build his own. I did my first build last year, and it was so much easier than I thought it was going to be. It's taught me much more about the hardware side of PC's too, so now if there's anything wrong with my PC, or anybody else's, I can consider the hardware as well as the software.

I'm not saying he SHOULD build it himself, or looking down on him for not deciding to, but just thought it a good suggestion, as its probably not as hard as he may think, and you learn a little bit too.

Hope it helps in any way possible.