£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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