All rounder PC build for £700-£750

pauleylad

pauleylad

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Hi everyone.
Joined the forum to pick up some info for a future pc build for my son.
Now I have got the bug and fancy a new build myself!!
I have monitor, os, speakers, keyboard and mouse.
Looking at getting a new setup that's quiet, has potential for upgrade of cpu. A decent power supply if I want to up the gpu in the future. I know for my budget that a really good gpu is out of the equation at the moment.
Would also like an ssd, probably 120gb.
Reading the forums I am edging towards a z97 mobo to build around.
Also to keep it cool if I fancy over clocking.
Would love to hear your opinions for this before I start work on my son's £1300 build!!
 
Welcome

Does "all around" include stuff like video editing, or just gaming, browsing etc?

Here's something to start you off

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDBD) £239.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £798.42 - £30 (GPU) = £768.42 (includes shipping : ).




Use XFX Code XFX290PROMO for money off the GPU :)
Includes 256GB SSD and that awesome GPU and 1TB storage

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

This PSU should be able to take any new GPU as when they progress, they generally become more power efficient too :)
EDIT: Also forgot to mention the GPU comes with free games so you can sell those to recoup some money - I reckon you could get 20 quid for that
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £229.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £777.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



• 10 year warranty on the PSU. Made by Superflower also (review - here. ) but cost less than the same Superflower equivalent so the free shipping on that is irrelevant;)

• 850W is plenty for a 2nd R9 290 GFX card.

• Get £30 off the GFX card - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631947

So the total for all this goodness is £750!

OR,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £757.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).



A R9 280 will still game well at 1080P and the PSU is still able to run a pair of GFX cards.

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

So this 2nd spec is £747!
 
Thanks very much for your time. Ordered the parts. As I did a little mix and match of your specs I went slightly over budget as wanted the ssd but pleased with the parts.
Thanks again.
Paul
 
1 x*Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving***£258.58
1 x*XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDBD)£239.99
1 x*Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1)*£79.99
1 x*TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01)*£65.99
1 x*Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD*£39.95
1 x*Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black*£39.95
1 x*Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler
1 x*Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM*£13.49
1 x*SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black*£79.99

Went for this lot in the end. Hope all goes smoothly!
 
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £215.48 1 £215.48
XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £166.66 1 £166.66
Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £66.66 1 £66.66
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £66.66 1 £66.66
TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £54.99 1 £54.99
Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £33.29 1 £33.29
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £33.29 1 £33.29
Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £16.66 1 £16.66
Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £11.24 1 £11.24
AMD Radeon GOLD Reward Ticket (Emailed) £0.00 1 £0.00
OcUK Value AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 2 Meter Mains Cable £0.00 1 £0.00
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day): £0.00
VAT: £132.99
Order Total: £797.92

Spent a bit more to include the SSD. Thanks for the advice lads.
 
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