£1100 Build it yourself PC?

PocketRocket

PocketRocket

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Hello ladies and gents,

I'm looking to build my very first Gaming PC, with a set budget of £1100. I've become a little bit lost with all this PC jargon. So really what I'm asking is for your advice. What can I build with a budget of £1100? This is too include a case, and exclude gaming peripherals like the monitor, mouse, and keyboard.

I don't want to build a spaceship, I.e there is no need for LED's etc (nothing fancy). And of course would like all of the components to be compatible.

Any help is much appreciated.

Kindest Regards,

Pocket.
P.s Side question, is there much money to be saved, when building it yourself?
 
Yes a lot of money to be saved building yourself, do you have any specifics inmind for the PC? i will put something together for you, any particular preferences on things like noise etc?
 
To be honest, not much in savings. However you do get better components for the money and the satisfaction of having built it yourself.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,090.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
I would prefer it to be quiet, however its not much of a priority, I would be hoping to be playing games like BF4 on ultra graphics if possible. Something that's going to last for the next 2 years. If you need anything else let me know.

Is that all of the components that I would need to build my PC ExRay, looks very nice indeed. What sort of games could it run? (1080p max resolution would be a perference)

Thanks SiDeards73 and ExRayTed

Pocket.
 
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Not really focussing on aesthetics, so here is 1 suggestion:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Raider Tower Case - Black £68.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler £28.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,093.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
Heres what i would look at, theres room to juggle some bits around if need be

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Corsair Force LS Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBLS) £89.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x Zalman Reserator 3 MAX Liquid CPU Cooler £84.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £46.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,129.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The PSU provides a bit of future proofing with a bit more power available than you need plus its very quiet, the case is also very quiet im led to believe, it gives you a smaller SSD to use as a primary and a 1tb as a storage drive and a decent OC'd R9 280 card, plus the mobo will give you some room to push the cpu if you want to overclock it and the Zalman cooler will help keep the temps down on that while running fairly quiet :) Oh and its an i7 as opposed to the i5 above.
 
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You think its worth pushing the extra £40 for? I will push another £100 if it makes a big difference. Do you think those systems would both run the likes of BF4 on Ultra or Arma 3?

Thanks for your help so far guys, very much appreciated.

Pocket.
 
ExRayTed said:
To be honest, not much in savings. However you do get better components for the money and the satisfaction of having built it yourself.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,090.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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This is a nice spec. :)
 
Well my machine in my sig runs BF4 at Ultra at 1080p, admittedly im running a 290 though but that 280x aint going to be far behind that in performance, i7 4770k is going to give you a lot of extra oomph in games that support its features also.

Plus with the rumored mantle patch coming, the 280 will see the benefits of it, that 280 is a non ref version and really decently clocked.

I would say any of those rigs listed above will give you BF4 on Ultra nps, the extra i spent went really into the PSU and a bit of extra silence on the case etc.
 
For an extra £100 you could get ExRayTed's spec with a 290 instead of a 280X. That looks good to me, although I'd just get a 1TB hard drive and put the savings into either the CPU cooler or the motherboard.
 
PocketRocket said:
Excellent builds guys, thank you for your help. I'm moving towards Ex's build, would it be possible to put in a second graphics card at a later point, maybe after Xmas?
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The motherboard would support it, but you'd need to get a 750w PSU at least.

It would also depend on the resolution you are gaming at. 1080p for dual cards is not really worth it. If you're gaming at 1440p/1600p or over multiple monitors, then yes. It would be a worth while addition.
 
PocketRocket said:
Excellent builds guys, thank you for your help. I'm moving towards Ex's build, would it be possible to put in a second graphics card at a later point, maybe after Xmas?
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Na, you'll need a bit beefer PSU and the case isn't ideal for two cards, you'll need to spalsh a bit more cash for that..
 
Ah no problem, thank you guys, one more question then I will leave you in peace, whats the best possible budget monitor, something around £125 if possible.

Pocket Rocket.
 
Got in a bigger PSU, slightly bigger case and drop the SSD down a bit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06225-1) £125.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC10TDC01) £71.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,094.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).



For the monitor I would recommend this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-091-IY&groupid=17&catid=1425
 
My 2 cents

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Desktop Kit - (MZ-7TE120KW) £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 750W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (120-PB-0750-KR) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £31.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,144.37 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Your be OK your just need to use the outside lanes,

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