£1000 Gaming PC (+/- £200)

JeffBaines · 1 May 2014 at 16:17

Hi guys,

Looking for a gaming PC that will last me a good few years. I have an SSD and all other peripherals so it's just the actual computer I need to spec out.

So far I'm thinking: I7-4770k, GTX 780, 16GB RAM & 2TB storage (internal/external), 750W power and some funky case that protects against dust.

Can anybody help me out and spec this for me? I'd like to possibly drop in another 780 a lot later on to increase the lifespan of my machine.

Thanks.

The Only Beardy · 1 May 2014 at 16:31

So... tbh, I don't usually spec Nvidea cos I'm a bit of an AMD fanboy, didn't realise just how expensive they are

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified "Dual BIOS" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-3788-KR) £429.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £219.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Silverstone Tundra Series TD02 Liquid CPU Cooler £94.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - White £94.99
Total : £1,213.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

just over £400 takes up a good amount of your budget... then take in to account over £100 for 16GB of RAM, Over £200 for the CPU and over £100 for a PSU that will power two GPU's... that pretty much takes you to £1k without everything else

I did my best...

lee32uk · 1 May 2014 at 16:32

Wait for the Z97 boards to appear.

Doomedspeed · 1 May 2014 at 16:34

The haswell refresh and Z97 chipset is on the way soon. Not worth buying Z87 now.

JeffBaines · 1 May 2014 at 19:52

Ah ok, I will probably do that then. Any ideas when? Few months or so?

Also, I'm going for Nvidia because I'd love to see how Physx works. Never had anything but AMD cards.

lee32uk · 1 May 2014 at 20:05

They are due around May 11th, so not that long hopefully.

dacads · 1 May 2014 at 20:18

Pretty sure OCUK had Z97 motherboards up unless I was dreaming

Seems they were taken down, so no pre-order anymore!

lee32uk · 1 May 2014 at 20:25

dacads said:
Pretty sure OCUK had Z97 motherboards up unless I was dreaming Seems they were taken down, so no pre-order anymore!

No you were not dreaming. I saw them too

CrixxzeH · 2 May 2014 at 12:09

Doomedspeed said:
The haswell refresh and Z97 chipset is on the way soon. Not worth buying Z87 now.

So true,

best bet, if your going to be using the system primarily for games.. I would wait and get the new cpu/mobo, go for a cpu in the i5 range that is 'k' and overclock it with the new boards, instead of using an i7 for gaming.

This would save you more money for the GPU.