£1000 gaming spec please

djsmiffy · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:20

Hi,

Would you be so kind as to spec me a gaming rig for around £1000 please?
I have a mouse KB and monitor. I also have an old Antec Plus 1080AMG file server case that I'd be happy to reuse if its up to the job or could be modded cost effectively.

Many thanks for your help

Best Regards
Dave.

RJC · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:25

Hello and welcome to the forum

Will you require a Operating system?

RJC · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:28

Stuck a new case in anyway.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition LE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
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 Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £982.64 (includes shipping : £23.20).

Fallen god · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:41

Tried a decent blue build, slightly over budget, you could save a bit by buying with a cheaper case and cooler if you like.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO "BF4 Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue £69.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,036.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

stulid · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:52

You know what would suit both those builds better is perhaps the Gigabyte 280X which is all black.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-122-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=2750

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RJC · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:56

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
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 Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,020.65 (includes shipping : £23.20).

fowler002 · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:57

A £1000 gaming pc is really crying out for a 290

Fallen god · 25 Jan 2014 at 17:58

290 build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,015.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

djsmiffy · 8 Feb 2014 at 15:23

Could someone give a quick heads up on how to post Your Basket please.

RJC · 8 Feb 2014 at 16:34

djsmiffy said:
Could someone give a quick heads up on how to post Your Basket please.

Click the writing at the bottom of my sig!

altrewin · 8 Feb 2014 at 18:21

Bit overbudget, but lets throw some MATX into the ring!
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £65.52
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £1,058.53 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Could go back within budget again if you drop to a 120GB SSD, but the 250GB is worth it imo!

djsmiffy · 8 Feb 2014 at 23:04

Firstly many thanks for the heads up on the bookmarklet.

Second thanks for all the advise and suggestions so far but once I started putting things in the basket the budget kind of went out of the window.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIO) - Orange Light £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £99.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue £69.98
Total : £1,477.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Thoughts on build please.

One 290x or 2 x 280's?
Not sure about board choice.
Want 16gb memory for video but which?
Don't worry about bling, it'll sit in a corner and not get seen.

I can afford a bit more if it makes the difference in performance and longevity.

Havana_UK · 8 Feb 2014 at 23:08

djsmiffy said:
Firstly many thanks for the heads up on the bookmarklet.

Second thanks for all the advise and suggestions so far but once I started putting things in the basket the budget kind of went out of the window.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIO) - Orange Light £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £99.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue £69.98
Total : £1,477.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Thoughts on build please.

One 290x or 2 x 280's?
Not sure about board choice.
Want 16gb memory for video but which?
Don't worry about bling, it'll sit in a corner and not get seen.

I can afford a bit more if it makes the difference in performance and longevity.

I wouldn't spend money on a 290X. For a substantial saving the 290 is almost as good. Pick one up for ~£380 instead of £450 for 290X.

I'll post my suggestion in a minute.

Havana_UK · 8 Feb 2014 at 23:16

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
Total : £1,034.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).

nutsnut · 8 Feb 2014 at 23:39

Agreed, the 290 is just a few FPS slower than the 290x but a lot cheaper.

Danny75 · 8 Feb 2014 at 23:57

djsmiffy said:
One 290x or 2 x 280's?
Not sure about board choice.
Want 16gb memory for video but which?
Don't worry about bling, it'll sit in a corner and not get seen.

I can afford a bit more if it makes the difference in performance and longevity.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £139.99
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 Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Silver £39.98
1 x Zalman Z3 Midi-Tower - Black £34.99
Total : £1,182.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

lee32uk · 9 Feb 2014 at 00:45

You might as well go for a non windowed case seeing as it is out of sight.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06225-1) £125.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,297.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

djsmiffy · 10 Feb 2014 at 23:04

Ok so this is the basket so far:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800) £27.98
Total : £1,364.72 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Thoughts on build please.

Questions:
Will it fit the case and is the cooler going to be a problem with impeding card and/or memory slots. Any better options?

Regards
Dave

Danny75 · 10 Feb 2014 at 23:40

The Mt. Doom cooler will fit in that case but will require different RAM without tall heatsinks.

lee32uk · 10 Feb 2014 at 23:50

djsmiffy said:
Ok so this is the basket so far:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800) £27.98
Total : £1,364.72 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Thoughts on build please.

Questions:
Will it fit the case and is the cooler going to be a problem with impeding card and/or memory slots. Any better options?

Regards
Dave

Swap the Hyperbeast Ram for this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
Total : £138.65 (includes shipping : £7.25).

Same speed and £10 cheaper. Also it's low profile so you can still use the K2.