£1000 spec advice

dannywaugh1 · 24 Oct 2015 at 15:45

Hi all,

So my good old q6600 system has finally said goodbye today. So I am in need of a system for around £1000 that I can upgrade ones the credit card is paid off. It's only for gaming 1080p I do have 2 monitors but only game on one. Games mainly play:
Euro truck sim 2
Farming sim
Project cars gta
And a few others but only at 1080p
Need something cool and quiet.

Not sure if my Samsung ssd is still working for my old system.

If this system keeps for a little while I will either upgrade it or even just replace once Iv saved up etc.

I felt a little upset when it died mainly because it's lasted for nearly 8 years and been a great system.

ExRayTed · 25 Oct 2015 at 08:46

Assuming you don't need Windows or optical drive. Case is a bit extravagant but lovely to build into.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £318.97
1 x XFX Radeon R9 390 "DD Black Edition" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-390P-8DB6)= £239.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB)= £62.99
1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99
1 x Panram Ninja-V 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (PUD43000C154G2NJK)= £55.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £100.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Black= £89.99
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £38.99

Total: £998.20
(includes shipping: £12.30)

dannywaugh1 · 26 Oct 2015 at 06:15

Nice spec. How is the r9390 Iv always used nvidia

Dave2150 · 26 Oct 2015 at 08:01

dannywaugh1 said:
Nice spec. How is the r9390 Iv always used nvidia

Cracking card, 8GB VRAM and very good DX12 performance, will mean it lasts you a few years before needing to upgrade.

olivier renault · 26 Oct 2015 at 13:47

dannywaugh1 said:
Nice spec. How is the r9390 Iv always used nvidia

Can't go much wrong with a GTX970 either. It's quieter and cooler and more efficicent. It's got less RAM, and there's some chatter about NVIDIA async-compute / multi-engine support.

Frankly, it's nothing to worry about right now, it may mean the AMD cards will have more potential for later, but then again with AMD, it also depend if the developers will take advantage of it or not (Oculus Rift may take good advantage of that, with their asynchronous timewarp shaders and custom frame sync, plus the huge VRAM available).

If you are thinking of Oculus Rift gaming, the AMD stuff maybe worth a closer look.

ExRayTed · 26 Oct 2015 at 13:49

olivier renault said:
Can't go much wrong with a GTX970 either. It's quieter and cooler and more efficicent. It's got less RAM, and there's some chatter about NVIDIA async-compute / multi-engine support.

Frankly, it's nothing to worry about right now, it may mean the AMD cards will have more potential for later, but then again with AMD, it also depend if the developers will take advantage of it or not (Oculus Rift may take good advantage of that, with their asynchronous timewarp shaders and custom frame sync, plus the huge VRAM available).

If you are thinking of Oculus Rift gaming, the AMD stuff maybe worth a closer look.

Agree completely. The only reason I chose the AMD card was to keep it within budget. In real terms there's very little to choose from between the 2 cards right now.