£1200 - £1500 Self Build Gaming PC?

[monkeyblue]

Hi,

I'm looking to return back to the PC Gaming scene having moved over to the Mac a few years ago and consoles for gaming, however having such a gap in not building PCs I'm a little overwhelmed with all the options now.

Does anyone have any specs to recommend for my budget, a few friends have recommended the i7 over i5 along with a GTX 970.

Also I would need a new monitor but not sure if the 4K route is worthwhile yet.

I'm also keen for the PC to be fairly quiet and not resemble a lawn mower

Thanks in advance.

Aaron

 

[monkeyblue]

This is what I have specced up so far any thoughts?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x SuperFlower FX 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black= £57.95
• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X99M Gaming 5 - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving***= £444.98
• 1 x Acer B276HULA 27" 2560x1440 VA Widescreen LED Professional/Gaming Slim Bezel Flicker FREE Monitor - = £269.99
• 1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001608G-2C= £89.99
• 1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Blue= £39.95
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £8.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £85.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW)= £65.99
• 1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 CPU Cooler= £34.99
• 1 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK)= £1.80

Total: £1,547.91
(includes shipping: £46.32)
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[lee32uk]

Hi

If you are only gaming then an i5 and 8GB Ram is still fine. You can always upgrade to an i7 later on, and also add extra Ram if needed.

If you are doing other things such as Video Editing/Rendering or Streaming etc then an i7 has the advantage.


If you can go a bit over your budget then you can get an i5 and GTX 980 ti build. You don't need extra thermal paste as the cooler will come with it's own.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Midi Tower Case with Window - Black= £59.99
• 1 x MSI Z170A Gaming Pro - Skylake Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £309.97
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK8GX4M2A2400C1= £47.99
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £39.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £85.99
• 1 x Acer B276HULA 27" 2560x1440 VA Widescreen LED Professional/Gaming Slim Bezel Flicker FREE Monitor - = £269.99
• 1 x OcUK Cobra Advanced Gaming box set - Red= £39.95
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 980Ti "Infin8 Black Edition" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £499.99

Total: £1,570.81
(includes shipping: £28.02)
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