1000-1200£ PC for gaming

Mooli

Mooli

Mooli

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Hi guys. new here
would like to know what do you think about this spec


Product Name
Price Line Total
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G)
£319.99
(£266.66) £319.99
(£266.66)
Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
£157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)
£125.99
(£104.99) £125.99
(£104.99)
Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011028-WW)
£89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK)
£85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (1x8GB) 1600MHz PC3-12800C10 Single Channel Module (KHX1600C10D3B1/8G)
£59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
£59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Gigabyte B85M-D3H Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
£56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Scythe SCKTN-4000 Katana 4 CPU cooler
£24.95
(£20.79) £24.95
(£20.79)


Sub Total : £818.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00%

also friend of mine recommended me on this one :

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache

Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B)

MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Car

Fractal Design ARC XL

Samsung PRO 830 256Gb
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,032.77 (includes shipping : ).




with a 4770k:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,104.77 (includes shipping : ).

 
Thank man!
I dont think ill OC. Seems too complicated and i dont really get the point of buying strong cooling system in order to OC the GPU/CPU/RAM if you can just buy new one for the same money :P..so lets say no for now.

and is the i7 actually worth the money deference? this PC is for games only(!)
thanks!

edit: by what I've been told, 2 channels of RAM on the motherboard are not as significance as they were before. so wouldnt it be better to just get 1 ram of 8 gig and save more space for later?
 
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you really do want to over clock, its not difficult and there are plenty of people here who can take you through the process step by step, heck you can buy pre over clocked bundles from over clockers :)


its akin to remapping cars, if you do it properly following tried and proven methods and sticking within certain limits and making sure you use the right components in your build you can push some fantastic performance for your buck
 
Mooli said:
I see...so how much it will cost me to build OC machine ? and how cost effective would it be?
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See my builds above :)

Overclocking will give you a free performance boost, you don't have to go bonkers! :D

Personal view is I prefer dual channel and 8gb is fine for PC gaming, you can always add another set to upgrade to 16gb.

Your budget allows for a i7 and hopefully more games will take a advantage of this :)
 
RJC said:
See my builds above :)

Overclocking will give you a free performance boost, you don't have to go bonkers! :D

Personal view is I prefer dual channel and 8gb is fine for PC gaming, you can always add another set to upgrade to 16gb.

Your budget allows for a i7 and hopefully more games will take a advantage of this :)
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So this build is good enough for OC ?(!) Im bit surprised because the cooling you mentioned there are average (correct me if im wrong).

also about your last sentence; my friend believe that more and more games will support 8 core and so he choose to go with the FX 8350 with is also a very good CPU for OC. would like to know what do you think about that?
 
Don't forget the i7 4770k is 4 cores with 4 hyperthreading cores (8 threads in total).

The i7 beats the AMD for performance in majority of tests and is clocked 500mhz slower.

The cooler specced is fine for the i7, I use the Gelid CPU cooler on my i7 which is clocked at 4.2ghz and this has temps of 70c at full load.

Rough Performance summery:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=836
 
with a build like that..would it still be necessary to OC in order to run today games on high-ultra? or its only something to consider in 2 years time?

btw can you recommend on a wireless keyboard, mouse and headset for 150-200£?
 
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