£1000 System

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 14:11

Hey folks !

I've come to the decision it's about time I treat myself to a new PC, Just the tower needed, I have all other peripherals covered, What is best bang for buck ~£1000 ?

My current system is an Antec 1200 and is loud as hell (Quite hot too, GTX480)

Impress me !

Danny75 · 8 Jan 2014 at 14:38

Do you need Windows too?

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 14:49

I have Windows

Purely hardware needed

Fulax · 8 Jan 2014 at 15:13

As you already have a 2500k, I wouldn't bother with a new CPU or motherboard. I'd just get a 780 or a non-reference 290 and spend some money on a new, quieter case. And an SSD if you don't have one. Then upgrade the rest of your system with the next generation of Intel CPUs.

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:08

To be honest, I think I'd rather do it all at once, Probably got a buyer lined up for my old system to that takes a chunk out of the new one, And I want to get rid whilst prices are still decent, Will have a gander.

DaleTheWhale · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £1,016.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:33

PSU is the only thing that worries me, Then again I'm sure it'll be more than enough !

Gboyd · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:46

That's a nice case and build Reaper.

PSU is fine unless you want the option to Xfire your GPUs at a later date.

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:51

Love the case, Was checking some BitFenix ones earlier.

Gboyd · 8 Jan 2014 at 16:58

Wow - I thought I joined this forum a long time ago MikGriff but 2002!

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 17:12

Lol, I'm sure there are people who've been here longer than me

jesusismyairbag · 8 Jan 2014 at 18:47

av been here since ufc 1

DaleTheWhale · 8 Jan 2014 at 18:54

MikGriff said:
Love the case, Was checking some BitFenix ones earlier.

Only thing I can think of changing is the board to the G1, and some black/green 2133mhz RAM, along with a BeQuiet cooler to match.

I chose an orange theme this time, without losing performance any where, but the choice is yours!

MikGriff · 8 Jan 2014 at 19:04

Thanks for the alternatives !

Danny75 · 8 Jan 2014 at 19:05

I like ThaReaper's spec too.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Orange £28.45
1 x BitFenix Mesh Stripes for Shinobi Tower Case - Orange £6.98
1 x Xigmatek Orange Line 120mm White LED Fan (XLF-F1253) £4.99
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - Orange £1.98