Looking for custom build gaming PC /w a £1,500

SmashGBR · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:00

Hi guys!

I'm looking into buying a gaming PC from here, I have around a £1,500 budget and need to have a decent monitor squeezed in there as well.

I don't mind what case it is or what it looks like, just want a decent build for gaming.

The only stuff I would prefer is 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a decent cooling system for overclocking.

I really wanna squeeze the most out of my budget, doesn't matter If it goes a bit over budget. I would also like to have a talk to you guys about monitors, which one's are better etc. As I am looking into having 2 monitors later on when I get a bigger desk.

If anyone can help I would appreciate it a lot. Any questions just let me know.

I look forward to reading your replies!

Thanks

snips86x · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:02

Hello & Welcome to the Forum

What do you use your PC for? The reason I ask is 16GB RAM isn't really required, you'd be better with 8GB - difference when gaming is pretty much nothing.

ShivP · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:02

Welcome

Do you need an operating system? Keyboard and mouse or just monitor?

SmashGBR · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:04

Oh ok, my cousin just bought a new gaming PC and he has 16GB of RAM as advised from another site. Obviously I choose your advise hence I posted here and not there. So you are saying I should go with 8GB now and just upgrade when needed?

Thanks for your reply

stulid · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:05

I think I wiil do this spec :cool:

SmashGBR · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:06

Shivy011 said:
Welcome
Do you need an operating system? Keyboard and mouse or just monitor?

I have a Keyboard and mouse. Also how much is the OS gonna bump up the price? I have heard you can get windows 8 for around £20 off some sites. Don't know how true that is.

Thanks for your reply

stulid · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:08

Do you live in the mainland UK?

snips86x · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:09

Something to start with:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
Total : £1,179.62 (includes shipping : £20.10).

SmashGBR · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:10

stulid said:
Do you live in the mainland UK?

Yeah I live in Leicester mate

stulid · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:11

Excellent,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
Total : £1,417.55 (includes shipping : £14.75).

144Hz gaming screen

Free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

Black edition board gives you a 5 year warranty and a free upgrade within 3 years - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

A 512GB SSD of the same model takes it to £1500.

Or,

Do away with the OS and use a free technical preview of Win10 which you can download off Mocrosofts website and you can have a GTX980,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £409.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
Total : £1,489.56 (includes shipping : £14.75).

ShivP · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:16

SmashGBR said:
Yeah I live in Leicester mate

SAAAAAAAME

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x Acer K272HUL 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Slim Bezel Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 12cm £9.29
2 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24 (£8.48)
Total : £1,562.80 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Similar to stulid's tbh, his is probably the better choice, only real difference is this has a 512GB SSD and these cables for bling, and this has a 1440p monitor as a pose to his 144Hz monitor

SmashGBR · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:24

Shivy011 said:
Similar to stulid's tbh, his is probably the better choice, only real difference is this has a 512GB SSD and these cables for bling, and this has a 1440p monitor as a pose to his 144Hz monitor

I don't know whether to go for a 1440p monitor or a widescreen.

What are your thoughts?

snips86x · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:27

SmashGBR said:
I don't know whether to go for a 1440p monitor or a widescreen.

What are your thoughts?

I've had both and much prefer the 1440p monitor. The widescreen isn't bad, but you need the 34" to get the height, I felt the 29" was vertically challenged.

stulid · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:27

SmashGBR said:
I don't know whether to go for a 1440p monitor or a widescreen.

What are your thoughts?

Gaming = 144Hz refresh for the smoother update.

I have 1440P here and that same AOC here (next to each other) I use the AOC exclusively for gaming as its just nicer.

snips86x · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:30

stulid said:
Gaming = 144Hz refresh for the smoother update.

I have 1440P here and that same AOC here (next to each other) I use the AOC exclusively for gaming as its just nicer.

I've overclocked my 1440P ASUS panel and find it so much smoother at 80/85hz and the higher refresh rate like the 144hz may not make a difference to everyone

stulid · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:31

snips86x said:
I've overclocked my 1440P ASUS panel and find it so much smoother at 80/85hz and the higher refresh rate like the 144hz may not make a difference to everyone

Ive tried the same and its not close.

Have you used a 144Hz screen?

snips86x · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:35

stulid said:
Ive tried the same and its not close.

Have you used a 144Hz screen?

Yes and it honestly made no difference to me going back to 60hz.

stulid · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:40

snips86x said:
Yes and it honestly made no difference to me going back to 60hz.

Then you cant enjoy gaming too much?

I run extended desktop and even just moving the mouse across from the ASUS to the AOC the difference in smoothness is visible.

SmashGBR · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:42

So which would be better? Baring in mind that I will be getting another one at some point in the near future.

snips86x · 24 Oct 2014 at 10:43

stulid said:
Then you cant enjoy gaming too much?

I run extended desktop and even just moving the mouse across from the ASUS to the AOC the difference in smoothness is visible.

How do you know??

I enjoy gaming a lot as it happens and I've put a lot of time into BF3/4, Borderlands 2, Batman and various other games and get on when I can. It's also proven that 120/144hz doesn't make a difference to everyone!!!

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