Looking to buy a gaming PC £850

jedipower

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I'm looking to buy a gaming pc or I can build one myself as of now I know I can build one that cost me £850 on ebay

This is he setup I got any help with the choices would be great.
Zalman Z11 PC base Case
Power Supply : XFX Pro 850w
Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI
CPU : Intel 5820K
Cooler : Corsair H80I GT Water Cooler
Hard drive: already have SSD scandisk pro 1TB
Memory : Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 2X8GB Dual Channel DDR4 3200MHz PC4-25600 DIMM
Graphics Card : already have this XFX R7970 £280X
 
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Is this strictly for gaming and do you have any particular reason for going 2011 over 1150 (or even 1151) socket?
 
Can I ask why you are getting everything from Ebay? You need to think about getting a warranty... Even though sometimes overclockers is a little more cost wise, it is worth it in the end because of the warranty than having to complain to ebay buyers.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £571.07
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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£10 more including p&p for new equipment with warranty. You won't need anywhere near 850w for what you're proposing - a quality 550w supply would be fine. I've added a very good 650w supply as it's modular and gives a lot of headroom for overclocking etc

As already mentioned though, is going for X99 the right choice for you? Do you specifically need the extra cores or PCI-E lanes? If not, and the system will be used primarily for gaming a balanced i5 build would make more financial sense.
 
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Your budget but with warranties.
An overclockable CPU from ebay is an expensive risk as is any component from that place *awaits 'I've been scammed on Ebay' thread in GD*


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £855.02
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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Main reason I'm going for that build is due to making it future proof and I know I can upgrade even further with extra GPU and memory if I want to create a pc game later stage that is, SO this is for pc gaming and for creating high end games on, getting from ebay never had any problems because the stuff that I buy are with manufacturer warranty brand new.


This is my current system
Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 3330 @ 3.00GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H61-MX R2.0 (LGA1155)
Graphics
VE247 (1920x1080@60Hz)
3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900 Series (XFX Pine its a shame XFX not base in UK
Storage
894GB SanDisk SDSSDXPS960G (SSD)
power supply XFX 650 PRO

Right now I'm having power supply problem where My computer restarts when I play games in full ultra settings "power supply surges detected during the previous power on. Asus anti-surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply". I have turned it off still the same problem. I am still keeping my option open to go with overclockers.co.uk or ** No Competitors ** do it myself.
 
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Bickaxe said:
Your budget but with warranties.
An overclockable CPU from ebay is an expensive risk as is any component from that place *awaits 'I've been scammed on Ebay' thread in GD*


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £855.02
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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Down side is that its not Core i7 5820K that I want.
 
With you budget you will get some nice gaming PC. I suggest you to take a look on these PC
Lenovo IdeaCentre K450
Acer Predator AG3-605-UR1D Desktop
Dell XPS 8700
Microtel TI9081 Liquid Cooling Gaming Desktop
 
For gaming the 5820k is an extra expense for no reason. I have one, and it's no faster in gaming than an equivalent Quad-Core (or, for that matter, dual core for the vast majority of games. Games just aren't great at multi-threaded processing, and I don't know of a single game that even utilises 4 cores efficiently yet, never mind 6 or 8

Forget "Future proofing" - 99.99% of people who say they're gonna "future proof" their PC do nothing more than upgrade their Graphics card and double the RAM a couple of years later... things they could have done with a regular PC when they bought it.

The best bet for you is to go for a Skylake 1151 socket motherboard, which gives you "future proof" DDR4 RAM. For gaming, 6- or 8-core isn't going to be any use to you until long after you get rid of this computer and replace it.
 
Rafid said:
With you budget you will get some nice gaming PC. I suggest you to take a look on these PC
Lenovo IdeaCentre K450
Acer Predator AG3-605-UR1D Desktop
Dell XPS 8700
Microtel TI9081 Liquid Cooling Gaming Desktop
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Thank you I have looked into it but none those have i7 that I want
 
I've built 8 rigs using the X99/5820k setup. Its a fantastic bundle.....for rendering etc. For gaming its a waste of money (ignore my sig, i did it just cos i could :D). The 5820k has risen in price now that its a rarer product. You can get a Skylake i7 cheaper and faster per core, of which you're only gonna need 4 for gaming anyway (depsite what some folks say).

They aren't that overclockable either, i've maxed out on 3.9Ghz on all mine using a mixture of Gigabyte GA-X99 SLi, MSI X99 Kraken and Asus X99s boards.

Go Skylake or even 5th gen if i were you.

The best bet for you is to go for a Skylake 1151 socket motherboard, which gives you "future proof" DDR4 RAM. For gaming, 6- or 8-core isn't going to be any use to you until long after you get rid of this computer and replace it.
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X99 is DDR4 too matey ;)
 
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Have a read of the rules. OCUK pay for these forums and rightly have a say in how they are moderated.

We, Overclockers UK (OcUK) are happy to provide the resources of these forums to responsible individuals without charge. They cost a substantial amount of money to maintain and use considerable amounts of bandwidth which is paid for exclusively by us. As you know OcUK are in the computer hardware business and therefore the promotion of OcUK's competitors is forbidden. Examples of promotion are :-
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Disguising attempts to do any of the above'
 
ExRayTed said:
Have a read of the rules. OCUK pay for these forums and rightly have a say in how they are moderated.

We, Overclockers UK (OcUK) are happy to provide the resources of these forums to responsible individuals without charge. They cost a substantial amount of money to maintain and use considerable amounts of bandwidth which is paid for exclusively by us. As you know OcUK are in the computer hardware business and therefore the promotion of OcUK's competitors is forbidden. Examples of promotion are :-
Posting links to competitors websites
Posting links to reviews that promote competitors
Quoting the names or contact details of competitors
Offering to provide the names or contact details of competitors
Hinting about product availability at competitors and their pricing
Using the forums to notify a member of intent or actual supply of names or contact details of competitors
Listing competitors names, URL's or e-mail addresses in signatures
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Disguising attempts to do any of the above'
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I asked for advice not to compete with others with prices.
Just needed help with the prices on Overclockers so i can compare them with others.
 
I been offered £830 for full system by one of the competitor under google keyword pc parts

Corsair Carbide SPEC 2 Windowed ATX PC Gaming Case Blue Fan 65294 £46.00
1 Intel i7‐5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell‐E) x6 Core Processor 61708 £249.99
1 MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard 65566 £145.33
1 Corsair Hydro H80i GT 120mm All‐in‐One Intel/AMD CPU Water Cooler 63063 £65.74
1 850W XFX Pro XXX Edition 80PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply [P1‐850X‐XXB9] 53996 £65.83
1 8GB (2x4GB) 3000MHz ‐ Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 Memory for Skylake 64810 £44.20
1 System Labour Charge 6243 £49.99
1 Cable Management Service 56698 £8.29
1 Extended System Warranty (Silver) 63946 £8.33
Shipping Charge ‐ £12.95 £12.95
total £830

I gave them the price build so waiting for them to offer me a good deal.
 
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