Gaming PC (1k budget)

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Hey guys,

I'm sorry to do this to you...but could you possibly help me with a decent gaming spec with the above budget. That is just for the PC, no monitor or accessories, I'll worry about that later.

I've put together a few, but I'm so out of the loop now that I just never know what the best bits of kit are at each price point.

Only requirements are that the case isn't huge, but has a window and big enough that cable management is as tidy as possible. One of the things I enjoy most about building a PC is tinkering with cable management etc trying to get it as efficient and tidy as possible (OCD much? :p), the last case I had was a 650D which was perfect for keeping tidy but just too big. It needs to reasonably quiet but powerful enough to play games at the highest settings on a 1920x1080/2560x1440 res.

It's only purpose will be games if that makes a difference, as my iMac and MacBook will cover everything else.

Thanks guys and appreciate your help as always
 
You can go with an ATX case or mATX for small size ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) £289.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £271.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £89.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,024.91 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).




mATX
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £297.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) £289.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro ATX Case - Black £89.99
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01) £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,037.92 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).




And don't forget you can get £23 cashback ;)

https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cpumb/qualifying
 
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Thanks guys, plenty for me to look at :) Really appreciate that

Is 16GB RAM not worth it these days then? Noticed all 3 specs have 8
 
I cant see anything sticking out the side of that card (its the same width as the PCI bracket so should be sound as a pound).
 
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