Gaming PC for £1000?

twoodster · 22 Nov 2013 at 16:18

Hey

I'm completely out of touch with what's hot at the moment - but I'm looking for a gaming PC to run Battlefield 4 pretty much full whack at a decent res. I don't need a monitor but do need pretty much everything else including an operating system. I'm not really confident enough to overclock etc though so looking for the best stuff out of the box really. Thanks in advance for your help anyway

Tom

Doomedspeed · 22 Nov 2013 at 16:40

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £155.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £31.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,027.75 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Xfire ready, if you not worried about xfire drop down to a 550W-600W PSU.

Martini1991 · 22 Nov 2013 at 16:42

None K CPU?

twoodster · 22 Nov 2013 at 16:52

Doomedspeed said:
YOUR BASKET
Xfire ready, if you not worried about xfire drop down to a 550W-600W PSU.

I'm not sure if I even know what XFire is

I thought that was an ingame communication jobby!

Looks good though! Windows 8 definitely worth going for over 7?

Doomedspeed · 22 Nov 2013 at 17:01

Martini1991 said:
None K CPU?

twoodster said:
I'm not really confident enough to overclock etc though so looking for the best stuff out of the box really.

twoodster said:
I'm not sure if I even know what XFire is I thought that was an ingame communication jobby!

Looks good though! Windows 8 definitely worth going for over 7?

Xfire is two AMD Cards. So you can add another 280x to that rig and enjoy it much more.

Im not a windows 8 convert but if i was buying now i'd go for 8. Most of the issues have been fixed. I'd just run it in desktop mode though, silly app things.

stulid · 22 Nov 2013 at 17:05

Im going to cheat,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £8.75
Total : £997.61 (includes shipping : £11.75).

No OS you think? well download the 90 day enterprise evaluation copy.

The Sniper board - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18558959

edit. RAM is out of stock

Doomedspeed · 22 Nov 2013 at 17:23

stulid said:
Im going to cheat,

Tut tut, lovely spec though.

honosuseri · 22 Nov 2013 at 17:32

twoodster said:
I'm not sure if I even know what XFire is I thought that was an ingame communication jobby!

Looks good though! Windows 8 definitely worth going for over 7?

There is a 3 month evaluation of windows 8 you can try for free. If you hate 8 you can buy 7 in the new year no harm done.

Xfire capabubble.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9KBL) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £995.75 (includes shipping : FREE).

Single GPU only with the OS included.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9KBL) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Razer Abyssus Mirror 3500 DPI Optical Gaming Mouse £32.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £1,002.74 (includes shipping : FREE).

This mobo comes with a heatsink instead of a mouse. I'm using the i5K so you can dabble with OC'ing down the road should you fancy it.

stulid · 22 Nov 2013 at 17:41

Doomedspeed said:
Tut tut, lovely spec though.

Cheers

But im going to cheat one more time

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £329.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £8.75
Total : £991.34 (includes shipping : £9.00).

BF4 CPU scaling - http://i.imgur.com/O5axjN5.jpg

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 "Voltage Unlocked" X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £8.75
Total : £981.35 (includes shipping : £9.00).

The OP did say pretty much full whack.