£1300 PC Spec

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 10:33

Hello guys!

Family friend wants a new gaming computer, he has £1300-£1400 to spend on the machine. Will not need monitor mouse keyboard he only wants to have Intel and Nvidia.

I have done one myself but want to see the best bang for buck.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £114.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2400C11R) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EFRX - OEM HDD £49.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £10.99
Total : £1,375.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

joeyjojo · 17 Jun 2014 at 10:37

Needs more GPU, 780Ti should be possible. Also you can get a much less powerful PSU.

stulid · 17 Jun 2014 at 10:40

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,318.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thats £60 saved already.

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:20

Big saving already.

Iv changed the CPU cooler and like the warranty on the PSU 10 Years!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,314.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:23

joeyjojo said:
Needs more GPU, 780Ti should be possible. Also you can get a much less powerful PSU.

Spec me a system

lee32uk · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:27

Do you need the option of adding a 2nd gpu ? If not then you could drop the psu down to a 650W.

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:28

lee32uk said:
Do you need the option of adding a 2nd gpu ? If not then you could drop the psu down to a 650W.

I think he wants just the single gpu.

So with a Corsair RM Series RM 650 drops it down to £1,298.51

or can you suggest a better cheaper psu?

lee32uk · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:32

dannywaugh1 said:
I think he wants just the single gpu.

So with a Corsair RM Series RM 650 drops it down to £1,298.51

or can you suggest a better cheaper psu?

This is a better psu.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
Total : £89.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

lee32uk · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:39

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-L5HSX) £389.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,260.35 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Fallen god · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:42

dannywaugh1 said:
Big saving already.

Iv changed the CPU cooler and like the warranty on the PSU 10 Years!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,314.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

h100i software doesn't play nice with Windows 8.1 so you get limited control over it.

stulid · 17 Jun 2014 at 11:47

dannywaugh1 said:
Big saving already.

Iv changed the CPU cooler and like the warranty on the PSU 10 Years!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,314.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

You have not changed the cooler, it is the same as your OP spec.

In fact all you have done is take what I've done and put the original cooler back in LOL.

H100/H105 > H100i, but as the H105 doesn't fit then that leaves the H110.

joeyjojo · 17 Jun 2014 at 12:55

dannywaugh1 said:
Spec me a system

OK. The case and drives I will leave to you, but a 250 G SSD and a large HDD look right. The motherboard and cooler I'll leave to others too.

Only thing I would say is save £90 by dropping down to an i5 and spend £80 more to go up to a 780 Ti. Also, save some money (£38) by getting a 550 W PSU from a top-quality manufacturer like Enermax or Seasonic.

YOUR BASKET
1 x msi geforce gtx 780ti gaming edition 3072mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £499.99
1 x intel core i5-4690k 3.50ghz (devil's canyon) socket lga1150 processor - oem £179.99
1 x enermax triathlor 550w '80 plus bronze' power supply (etl550awt) £69.95
total : £759.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

an entire system with a 780 Ti uses about 370 W fully loaded so don't stress about 550 W not being enough. Don't forget to remind your mate that an AMD system will be faster for the same money

Edit: and comes in under-budget using stulid's spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
1 x Enermax Triathlor 550w '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (ETL550AWT) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,270.45 (includes shipping : £8.00).

lee32uk · 17 Jun 2014 at 15:22

You could argue that the 780ti isn't worth the extra £110 over the 780.

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 16:49

stulid said:
You have not changed the cooler, it is the same as your OP spec.

In fact all you have done is take what I've done and put the original cooler back in LOL.

H100/H105 > H100i, but as the H105 doesn't fit then that leaves the H110.

I know I did lol. Little cheaper

Cheers for helping by the way

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 17:10

joeyjojo said:
OK. The case and drives I will leave to you, but a 250 G SSD and a large HDD look right. The motherboard and cooler I'll leave to others too.

Only thing I would say is save £90 by dropping down to an i5 and spend £80 more to go up to a 780 Ti. Also, save some money (£38) by getting a 550 W PSU from a top-quality manufacturer like Enermax or Seasonic.

YOUR BASKET
1 x msi geforce gtx 780ti gaming edition 3072mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £499.99
1 x intel core i5-4690k 3.50ghz (devil's canyon) socket lga1150 processor - oem £179.99
1 x enermax triathlor 550w '80 plus bronze' power supply (etl550awt) £69.95
total : £759.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

an entire system with a 780 Ti uses about 370 W fully loaded so don't stress about 550 W not being enough. Don't forget to remind your mate that an AMD system will be faster for the same money

Edit: and comes in under-budget using stulid's spec

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
1 x Enermax Triathlor 550w '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (ETL550AWT) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,270.45 (includes shipping : £8.00).

I have told him about an amd system. I don't really know much about amd components to make a spec. Would it be an fx pile driver with a 290/x or?

lee32uk · 17 Jun 2014 at 17:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Asus Cerberus Gaming Headset £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £128.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,188.60 (includes shipping : £8.00).

AMD gpu offers better value than Nvidia.

joeyjojo · 17 Jun 2014 at 17:21

lee32uk said:
You could argue that the 780ti isn't worth the extra £110 over the 780.

Not really - it's about 20% faster for about 20% more money, so since the budget is large enough it's a pretty sweet spot to be in.

dannywaugh1 said:
I have told him about an amd system. I don't really know much about amd components to make a spec. Would it be an fx pile driver with a 290/x or?

The budget is large so an Intel CPU is affordable and better all-round. As lee32uk recommends above, the R9 290 is pretty well the same speed as a 780 (non-Ti) for a chunk less cash.

dannywaugh1 · 17 Jun 2014 at 20:38

So basically the 780 or r290 are kind of the same in terms of performance. The 780 being more money and then the 780ti being more money but better performance then both.
How much better is the 780ti? I have ask him what resolution he will be gaming at and he going to be on 1080p.