£1000 budget

[lazieb]

So my friend is planning to move onto PC gaming, he needs something powerful which will play games at their highest quality and also record them and later upload them onto YouTube. He doesn't need a monitor or OS, he does need a decent keyboard and mouse to start off with which he'll later upgrade.

Should add that he currently has a pretty old and breaking macbook and is now also considering getting the new macbook, I have some convincing to do in order for him to choose a PC. The main use of his next machine is to edit and upload. Gaming was something I made him consider at the time when I posted this.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £61.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £999.89 (includes shipping : ).



Nvidia has a thing called Shadowplay that can record a limited amount of gameplay.

 

[Iceni]

Your probably looking at an i5 build with 8gb of ram.

You should be able to shoehorn in a GTX970 at that budget as well.

motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-498-GI

CPU 4690K i5
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-542-IN

Ram 8GB ddr3 1600Mhz 999-24
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-043-TG

Graphics Zotac GTX970
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-ZT

PSU seasonic 520W
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-038-SS

SSD samsung 840 evo 250Gb
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-168-SA

Spinning HD 2Tb
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-255-SE

Better Heatsink for the cpu
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-063-CM

Mouse
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-163-TT

Mechanical keys Cherry browns
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-023-CM


Cases are subjective. This is a coolermaster 690III advanced.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-344-CM

Optical drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-136-SA&groupid=701&catid=10

At present all of that is £1050ish.


There are corners that could be cut but that is the sort of thing you should be looking at to get the most out of your money. Ram Can be upgraded at a later date if you need 16Gb. 8Gb should be more than enough for the minute.

Don't be tempted to cut corners on the CPU. The overclocking benefits of the i5 K series give you a lot of poke for your money.

The GTX970 is about right for the graphics as well.

If you are going to try shave off costs try get a second hand spinning hard disc, optical drive. Swap they keys to non mechanical ones, and the mouse to a cheaper one. You can also step down the case a little. But I like a nice case when your putting 1K into it. If you shave it you should be able to get £50-150 off that price.

 

[Doomedspeed]

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £61.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £999.89 (includes shipping : ).



Nvidia has a thing called Shadowplay that can record a limited amount of gameplay.

Very nice.

@OP: Money can be saved on this assuming SLI isn't a future concern.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £61.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £938.89 (includes shipping : ).



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