£1000 PC Build

HBM · 3 Jul 2014 at 06:38

Hi Guys,
Recently I got enough money to do a £1000 PC build, but I don't have a lot of knowledge about what PC components work well together. Here's a list of what I've already come up with (I'll buy peripherals seperately):
CPU: i5 4690k @4.6 GHz
RAM: 8Gb of 1600MHz RAM from corsair
Motherboard: Asus VII Ranger
GPU: AMD R9 290
PSU: Silverstone ST70F-ESB Strider Essential 700W Power Supply
Case: Any recommendations
Monitor: iiyama prolite e2278hsd
SSD:240Gb corsair
HDD: 750Gb
Anything I forgot?
Any comments are welcome!
Thanks.

CharlieRich · 3 Jul 2014 at 07:46

HBM said:
HDD: 750Gb
Thanks.

Why 750GB? You can pick up a 1TB WD Black for about £60. If you're spending a grand, you can probably squeeze a little more out of the budget and get a bigger storage drive.

Just my opinion but all sounds good apart from that

stulid · 3 Jul 2014 at 08:06

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £275.50
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £269.99
1 x BenQ GL2460HM 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £998.92 (includes shipping : £25.45).

At least try and get faster RAM than 1600MHz.

Is what you have listed a pre-built PC as I notice it says 4.6GHz on the CPU which is not its normal speed.

tamzzy · 3 Jul 2014 at 08:08

matx build

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97M-D3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 1 Year Warranty £35.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,019.44 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Doomedspeed · 3 Jul 2014 at 08:19

stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £275.50
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £269.99
1 x BenQ GL2460HM 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - White £39.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £998.92 (includes shipping : £25.45).

At least try and get faster RAM than 1600MHz.

Is what you have listed a pre-built PC as I notice it says 4.6GHz on the CPU which is not its normal speed.

Only real negative on that is the stock cooler, but that can be upgraded later.

Nice spec.

No stock SSD though.

stulid · 3 Jul 2014 at 08:26

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x BenQ GL2460HM 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x Antec GX500 Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £989.76 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Went again.

HBM · 3 Jul 2014 at 08:28

Thanks for the recommendations.
I found an overclocked bundle for the i5 on some website, looks like I can get more than I thought from my budget. Is a 24" screen best fro gaming?

stulid · 3 Jul 2014 at 08:32

24" is probably a common size, but its the resolution which matters more, 1920X1080 is the most used and common.

1080 on 22" screen looks ok, but the same resolution on a 27" screen and the pixels some people say can start to look a bit "blocky"

Fallen god · 3 Jul 2014 at 10:18

I think 24" is a decent middle ground for gaming monitor, enough space so things are tiny but still decently sharp.

HBM · 3 Jul 2014 at 16:58

The bundle I found has the i5 at 4.6 GHz, how much faster will it be than the stock model?

Fallen god · 3 Jul 2014 at 17:25

HBM said:
The bundle I found has the i5 at 4.6 GHz, how much faster will it be than the stock model?

I decent increase in CPU intensive stuff, but not much in games. However you can do it yourself for free, overclocking is super simple these days, so unless the bundle saves you money its not really worth it.

HBM · 4 Jul 2014 at 16:24

Ok thanks for the advice! I think the builds all look good I'll look into getting the parts by the end of this month! Thanks.