Do I need to up my budget?

Piesanfries

Piesanfries

Piesanfries

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Hi all,

I am looking at getting back into PC gaming, the only problem is I'm not exactly confident in my DIY skills I'd also prefer if I had a warranty so I'm looking for a pre build or one of the configuration options they have on the site.

Can some one please spec me a gaming rig I will need an OS and wireless network included of my max budget of £1000 I'd prefer to get as much under that as possible though so I have more to spend on a monitor.

I'll be playing games like bf4 and some RTS games and would like of course to play these on max settings if my budget will allow this
 
How about this as a starting point

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Dragon Army Scout" Intel Core i5 4570 @ 3.6GHz Turbo Quad Core LAN Gaming PC £441.05
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
- 1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming Red Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £157.99
- 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Asus VE248H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £167.99
Total : £996.66 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Oops forgot the Wireless adapter - could you maybe use a powerline adapter instead?

Also I think if you upped your budget to about 1300 you'd get something with a lot more punch.

You're deffo set on pre built I take it? I built my first pc last August, it wasn't really that hard in fairness. You could get much better value building it yourself and if you did a build log here Im sure the folks would help out. :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Tanto" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC £313
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x No Operating System £0
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £97.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £259.99
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
Total : £1,029.16 (includes shipping : £13.50).




Something like this could work also
 
I'd be worried about damaging the parts, prebuild or the configuration I don't want a monitor included in the spec the 1000 is tower budget only I've set a separate budget for a monitor
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK LAN Gamer L350i Intel 1150 Haswell BitFenix ITX - Mini Gaming PC Configurator £1051.79
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
- No Security Software
- No Office Software
- Game Controller Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Speakers Not Selected
- Monitor Not Selected
- OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan
- Mouse Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- No Case Mods Wanted
- Asus USB-N10 Micro USB Network Adapter Wireless-N 150Mbps
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
- Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK)
- OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost)
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
- Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card
- Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
- MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard
- Prolimatech 48 Basic CPU Cooler - 92mm
- Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black
Total : £1,069.79 (includes shipping : £15.00).

 
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It is quite easy to build a PC these days.
Just follow the instructions :)
With that in mind, I have a build just for you.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £125.99
1 x Gigabyte H87N-WIFI Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW) £71.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £29.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £19.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £1,211.72 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Much more OOMPH with SSD, fast memory, R9 280X gpu, water cooled CPU, Wi-Fi. And if you like going to LAN parties, you can pack this case into a bag and carry it with you :)
You could probably save a bit by taking smaller PSU, but the ones I'd choose were out of stock.
 
If I do it myself will I not be losing Out on overclocking as I wouldn't know we're to begin. Spending all that money an then possibly making a huge error makes me feel I'll at the thought of it
 
Overclocking is easy as ever, I'd never done it before manually till last week and it was really easy
 
Piesanfries said:
If I do it myself will I not be losing Out on overclocking as I wouldn't know we're to begin. Spending all that money an then possibly making a huge error makes me feel I'll at the thought of it
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Shivy011 said:
Overclocking is easy as ever, I'd never done it before manually till last week and it was really easy
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There are fail safes in place to avoid damaging your hardware and plenty of experienced overclockers on the forum, including the UK #1 Overclocker 8Pack.

You can find tutorials on building a PC on YT which should also help. Do you have any mates who could assist or anyone you know on the forum close to you who could help build it?

The final alternative is to request OcUK to build it for you once you have purchased the parts, there will obviously be a charge for this service. You however will have to install the OS.
 
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Tbh no, but if you want to get the best performance for your money, yes. Components are basically made to overclock now, whereas they used to be able to to but not made to
 
Piesanfries said:
I think this is the best idea. Do I need to over clock any of the systems being recommended or are they going to be ok as stock
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You don't have too, but there is scope to overclock if the hardware supports it!

Shivy011 said:
Tbh no, but if you want to get the best performance for your money, yes. Components are basically made to overclock now, whereas they used to be able to to but not made to
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Not entirely true, my old 386/486 & Athlon used to overclock. The ability was there, but it wasn't as easy/accessible back then.
 
Yeah, but manufacturers now build their components with overclocking in mind, with the fact that they know people will be overclocking :)
 
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