£1000 build for a freind

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with the new battlefield coming out, a friend of mine wants a decent looking pc which can run battlefield 4 at decent fps, this is what i specced him, is there anything you guys would change ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCUII OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £145.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £94.94
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £79.99
Total : £1,070.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
First up, you want an AMD GPU. The HIS 7950 is cheaper (£185). Or better, a 7970 for £235ish.

I would get a 4770K instead. Perhaps get a cheaper cooler if you can't stretch the budget higher.
 
If it's mainly for BF4 and future games, this would be very powerful:

YOUR BASKET
2 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £185.99 (£371.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £145.99
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £137.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G186C9KRD) £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £62.39
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
Total : £1,041.22 (includes shipping : FREE).



The board and cooler would allow a very decent CPU overclock (about 4.5-4.8GHz).
 
teppic said:
First up, you want an AMD GPU. The HIS 7950 is cheaper (£185). Or better, a 7970 for £235ish.

I would get a 4770K instead. Perhaps get a cheaper cooler if you can't stretch the budget higher.
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Fulax said:
The GPU. If you can't push the budget for a 7970 you could save a bit on the case:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £227.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
Total : £297.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Would the 7970 reach arround 35-40fps at max settings ?
 
teppic said:
If it's mainly for BF4 and future games, this would be very powerful:

YOUR BASKET
2 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £185.99 (£371.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £145.99
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £137.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G186C9KRD) £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £62.39
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
Total : £1,041.22 (includes shipping : FREE).



The board and cooler would allow a very decent CPU overclock (about 4.5-4.8GHz).
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I'm not very keen on AMD builds, they seem to be for budget builds, is this true ?
 
hakank68 said:
with the new battlefield coming out, a friend of mine wants a decent looking pc which can run battlefield 4 at decent fps, this is what i specced him, is there anything you guys would change ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCUII OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £145.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £94.94
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £79.99
Total : £1,070.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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This is pretty much what I built for friend recently. Don't listen to AMD fans, there's little difference between the cards and drivers are usually the issue, which changes at each release.

If you have had and like Nvidia stick with it. Some minor tweaks could be made to change a few pounds.

Andi.
 
andicole0 said:
This is pretty much what I built for friend recently. Don't listen to AMD fans, there's little difference between the cards and drivers are usually the issue, which changes at each release.

If you have had and like Nvidia stick with it. Some minor tweaks could be made to change a few pounds.

Andi.
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Would you recommend the Asus 7970 rather than the 760 ?
 
hakank68 said:
Would you recommend the Asus 7970 rather than the 760 ?
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No but then in my experience, which is quite lengthy, I have had less problems with Nvidia over the years.

Here's an interesting comparison http://www.hwcompare.com/14814/geforce-gtx-760-vs-radeon-hd-7970/

Long time since a similar nvidia card has consumed less power. But then the 760 is slightly cheaper so maybe look at a 770?

At the end of the day games seem to be more dependant on the GPU capability so that's where I'd spend the money.

Andi.
 
andicole0 said:
No but then in my experience, which is quite lengthy, I have had less problems with Nvidia over the years.

Here's an interesting comparison http://www.hwcompare.com/14814/geforce-gtx-760-vs-radeon-hd-7970/

Long time since a similar nvidia card has consumed less power. But then the 760 is slightly cheaper so maybe look at a 770?

At the end of the day games seem to be more dependant on the GPU capability so that's where I'd spend the money.

Andi.
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thanks, i think 7970 is better value right now, it might even go down a bit more when the new AMD cards come out
 
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