£1500 pc for gaming/uni work

[crystalmage]

Hi guys,

I have an idea for a build. I will be using some parts from my last build which are;

MONITOR = BenQ GL2450HM 24 inch Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor (1920x1080, 2ms, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI)
HDD = 2 x Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
DISC DRIVE = LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive OEM - Black
DISC DRIVE = Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black

What do you guys think? Any suggestions are appreciated.
Edit: Sorry about that, I'll type the parts directly. The new parts are;

RAM = Corsair CMD16GX3M2A160?0C9 Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 Enthusiast Desktop Memory Kit
SSD = Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
GRAPHICS CARD = Sapphire R9 280X 3GB Toxic 1100MHz GDDR 5 PCI Express Graphics Card
OS = Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64 English 1 Pack DSP OEI DVD LCP (PC)
MOTHERBOARD = ASUS Z87-PRO Socket 1150 4xDDR3 Max 32GB ATX Intel Z87 PCI-E 1x D-Sub DVI HDMI DisplayPort
COOLER = Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (120mm)
PROCESSOR = Intel Core i7 4770K Quad Core Retail CPU (Socket 1150, 3.50GHz, 8MB, Haswell, 84W, Intel Graphics, BX80646I74770K?, 4th Generation Intel Core, Turbo Boost Technology 2.0)
POWER SUPPLY = Corsair Professional Series AX860i 860W ATX/EPS Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum Power Supply Unit
CASE = Cooler Master CM Storm Stryker XL-ATX Case

 

[BriT]

Can't link to competitors.

 

[Fulax]

You can certainly do better for £1500 gaming build. What is your university work?

You also need to remove the PC Part Picker list, as it links to competitors.

 

[Doomedspeed]

What is your uni work?

 

[crystalmage]

You can certainly do better for £1500 gaming build. What is your university work?

You also need to remove the PC Part Picker list, as it links to competitors.

Doing a Masters and maybe a PhD in comp sci. Won't have anything really demanding on the work side really so would be geared more toward gaming.

 

[Doomedspeed]

This is a spec I did for someone else.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26174860&postcount=3

As your is just for gaming id only use one set of the RAM I spec ed (8gb) and maybe drop the 780ti for a R9 290 (£300). This will come in about £1250.

Thoughts?

EDIT: this GPU. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

And maybe get sone red cables to suit the GPU.

 

[dacads]

4770k isn't necessary for gaming so I would drop it to a 4670k. As above a R9 290 would be a good choice of GPU.

 

[Fulax]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite GB2488HSU-B1 24" 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler £38.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Green £28.45
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
Total : £1,352.24 (includes shipping : ).

 

[crystalmage]

Thanks for your suggestions @Doomedspeed and @Fulax I will have a think about the builds. I will heed your advice @dacads and go for the 4670k and a better GPU which sounds like a better idea.

Is the corsair RAM a waste of money? I've read mixed reviews about it.

 

[Fulax]

It is the sexiest RAM money can buy, but it is expensive. The Kingston RAM is almost half price at the moment - an absolute bargain. You don't need more than 8gb for a gaming build.

 

[CrixxzeH]

I would seriously reccomend getting this monitor instead of the Iiyama ProLite GB2488HSU-B1 24" 144Hz.

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YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2420Z 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £319.99
Total : £319.99 (includes shipping : ).



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If you want 140hz, BenQ is the way to go.

I wouldent scrimp on the monitor, as you only get what you pay for (in my experience of buying monitors).

Yes, the BenQ is somewhat more expensive, but for the build quality and the actual performance the product delivers is fantastic as these monitors are used in a lot of competitive gaming as they have true 1ms/140hz response rates, and ofcourse BenQ have allowed for professional gamers to help design the monitor, so as they say 'created by gamers, made for gamers', cant really get anymore better then that I suppose.

Read some really, really good reviews.

 

[dacads]

OP already has a monitor

 

[CrixxzeH]

OP already has a monitor

sorry, missed that bit.

just presumed since monitors where included into the builds provided.

again, my bad.

 

[altrewin]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Parvum Systems S2.0 MicroATX Case - Black with Red £139.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £22.00
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79 (£33.58)
3 x Be Quiet! Shadow Wings Fan Low-Speed - 80mm £9.98 (£29.94)
3 x Akasa 80mm Black Aluminium Fan Filter (GRM80-AL01-BK) £2.99 (£8.97)
4 x Akasa Aluminium 12cm Fan Filter - GRM120-AL01-BK £2.99 (£11.96)
Total : £1,319.24 (includes shipping : ).