£1200 Gaming and Recording builds (monitor & no monitor)

[Calexico]

Hi Folks,

Looking to put together a tower + monitor for all gaming needs including recording and twitching. Budget of £1200, fairly straight forward but I can't fathom how much to spend on a monitor without taking money from the tower components. Currently have a crappy 22" monitor so it really is due an upgrade.

Additional variables.

- Overclocking. not interested, stability and ease of use is more important.

- Hard Drives. Already have an SSD and SATA drive, but only 3GB/S, is it worth getting a 6GB/S as a main drive?

- OS. Have Windows 7 available, but can get 8.1 for £50 is it worth it?

spec me!

 

[stulid]

Do you need an OS, keyboard etc?

What SSD is it? if its the HDD that is 3GB/S thats still more bandwidth than a HDD can use.

 

[Calexico]

Do you need an OS, keyboard etc?

What SSD is it? if its the HDD that is 3GB/S thats still more bandwidth than a HDD can use.

OS = Do have Windows 7 or can get 8.1 for £50 if it is worth the performance gain?

Got mouse and keyboard.

SSD - Should probably get a fresh one as the old one is a good 3 years old now.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ GW2765HT 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £299.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £104.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £66.95
1 x Noctua NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-F12 Fan £52.99
Total : £1,282.56 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



Silenced case and a silent cooler.

This GFX card has a passive fan mode at idle.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Case & HCG-620M 620W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU Bundle £120.91
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Noctua NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-F12 Fan £52.99
Total : £1,247.54 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



This included PSU is fine for a single card.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £169.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £89.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,259.99 (includes shipping : £20.10 Ex.VAT).



Bigger SSD.



YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£20 Saving*** £479.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black £89.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £1,253.36 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).





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As you have an OS already then use it, besides Microsoft are offering a free upgrade to win10.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/about

 

[ExRayTed]

I'd also consider the 290X

Cheaper than the 970 for comparable performance.

 

[dacads]

I'd also consider the 290X

Cheaper than the 970 for comparable performance.

Except louder, hotter and hungrier.

 

[ExRayTed]

Except louder, hotter and hungrier.

To be fair the noise does depend on the variant of card you buy. My Sapphire Tri X is very quiet

After seeing problems people have been having on GTA V with the 970's VRAM issues I'd be reluctant to recommend one right now

 

[ShivP]

To be fair the noise does depend on the variant of card you buy. My Sapphire Tri X is very quiet

After seeing problems people have been having on GTA V with the 970's VRAM issues I'd be reluctant to recommend one right now

NVidia shadowplay is great for recording however, normally I would say 290X too but Shadowplay is still supposed to be superior to GameDVR

 

[stulid]

Except louder, hotter and hungrier.

I did have a Vapor-X 290 (nonX) and it was fine.

 

[dacads]

I did have a Vapor-X 290 (nonX) and it was fine.

Fair enough depends on the model, the other 2 points still stand

 

[passey89]

290x deffo.

Also u could chuck windows 10 on it for now save a bit of cash there.better than 7 and 8