£1400 budget Gaming PC advice

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jun 2018 at 06:40

Max1musae said:
Ahh that's really handy, thanks!

Looking at this for an Nvidia prebuilt:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...S2'4wbhNT2'5;bhOa2'5,bhOb2'53bhOc2'5*bjaG2_7@

The 3 year guarantee / warranty is really attractive to be honest since I'm a novice so that is influencing me. I think it would do everything I'd need it too from what you've been saying. Plus little bit below budget so wouldn't have to save long for a badass monitor. I'd just use a regular 1080 for a month ha!

Looks solid bud !

lee32uk · 28 Jun 2018 at 09:44

I would suggest going with a better psu if you choose that prebuild. The description just says '500W 80 Plus Bronze' which is a bit vague. At least get something like a Bitfenix Formula.

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jun 2018 at 10:20

^^^^^ worth the extra £20-30

Quartz · 28 Jun 2018 at 10:33

Max1musae said:
Brand new on here and have heard there's unbelievable knowledge on these forums so hopefully I can get some adbice. Have made a build on OCUK and just wondering if anyone would swap any parts out on it? Budget is £1400 as stated.

For which games are you going to be using the PC? Different games have different requirements.

Max1musae · 28 Jun 2018 at 13:44

lee32uk said:
I would suggest going with a better psu if you choose that prebuild. The description just says '500W 80 Plus Bronze' which is a bit vague. At least get something like a Bitfenix Formula.

For some reason I can't seem to edit the PSU on OCUK for this build? Or am I being stupid?

Max1musae · 28 Jun 2018 at 13:45

Quartz said:
For which games are you going to be using the PC? Different games have different requirements.

I play FPS mainly: battlefield 5, BO4, fortnite. Bit also RPGs like mass effect, Witcher, Warframe etc as well. Quite a large range.

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jun 2018 at 13:45

Max1musae said:
For some reason I can't seem to edit the PSU on OCUK for this build? Or am I being stupid?

I think you'll have to call up customer service as it would be change of parts not on the list . They should be able to do it as it's a sale.. but as always, will cost

For smooth gameplay I. FPS, G-sync or Freesync is nice to have , is I listed above there's a £200 price difference though .

Max1musae · 28 Jun 2018 at 13:48

orbitalwalsh said:
I think you'll have to call up customer service as it would be change of parts not on the list . They should be able to do it as it's a sale.. but as always, will cost

For smooth gameplay I. FPS, G-sync or Freesync is nice to have , is I listed above there's a £200 price difference though .

I'll give them a call and check for sure.

Yeah I'd get gsync on a monitor in a month or so for sure.

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jun 2018 at 14:14

Max1musae said:
I'll give them a call and check for sure.

Yeah I'd get gsync on a monitor in a month or so for sure.

High cost but should last you a very long time !

Max1musae · 28 Jun 2018 at 19:18

orbitalwalsh said:
High cost but should last you a very long time !

It's replacing a £900 custom laptop that I've had 4 years and that runs older stuff like WoW on ultra so I'm all about future proofing where possible!

orbitalwalsh · 28 Jun 2018 at 20:50

Max1musae said:
It's replacing a £900 custom laptop that I've had 4 years and that runs older stuff like WoW on ultra so I'm all about future proofing where possible!

Amd

Max1musae · 4 Jul 2018 at 13:39

Hi guys,

Just thought I'd update you with what I'm currently looking at buying, morphed a little bit from last discussion on here. As below:

UK Gaming Chromium ATX Gaming PC
CA-06U-PT Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black 1
CA-230-BX Bitfenix Formula Series 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply 1
CP-63U-IN Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail 1
GX-41P-AS *Build Stock* Asus GeForce GTX 1080Ti ROG Strix OC 11264MB Graphics 1
Card
HD-004-TG TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive 1
HD-384-SE Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD 1
HS-013-RT Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black 1
MB-560-GI Gigabyte Z370-HD3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard 1
MY-088-TG Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz 1
Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
NW-088-AS Asus PCE-AC56 Dual-Band Wireless AC1300 PCI-E Adapter

orbitalwalsh · 4 Jul 2018 at 14:00

whats the total cost of the build ? can use 650w Formula to save a little cash

lee32uk · 4 Jul 2018 at 14:04

Max1musae said:
Hi guys,

Just thought I'd update you with what I'm currently looking at buying, morphed a little bit from last discussion on here. As below:

UK Gaming Chromium ATX Gaming PC
CA-06U-PT Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black 1
CA-230-BX Bitfenix Formula Series 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply 1
CP-63U-IN Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail 1
GX-41P-AS *Build Stock* Asus GeForce GTX 1080Ti ROG Strix OC 11264MB Graphics 1
Card
HD-004-TG TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive 1
HD-384-SE Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD 1
HS-013-RT Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black 1
MB-560-GI Gigabyte Z370-HD3 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard 1
MY-088-TG Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz 1
Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
NW-088-AS Asus PCE-AC56 Dual-Band Wireless AC1300 PCI-E Adapter

You would be fine with a 550W - 650W for that build as you can't overclock the cpu.

This Gigabyte board has wifi and should be cheaper.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £95.99

Total: £105.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)

That Asus 1080 ti is one of the more expensive ones, at least on the item page. You might be able to swap it for a cheaper one.

orbitalwalsh · 4 Jul 2018 at 14:05

^^^ saves on wifi card to, believe aorus has the better tech

Max1musae · 4 Jul 2018 at 17:02

Interesting, didn't realise that. Sales guy didn't mention . Went for higher watts just for future proofing and only £9 difference.

orbitalwalsh · 4 Jul 2018 at 18:20

Max1musae said:
Interesting, didn't realise that. Sales guy didn't mention . Went for higher watts just for future proofing and only £9 difference.

Clear z370 stock before new boards roll in . WiFi chip on board is Intel's own and drivers for latest Windows build is on download page, could call and have changed if you wanted

Max1musae · 4 Jul 2018 at 18:57

orbitalwalsh said:
Clear z370 stock before new boards roll in . WiFi chip on board is Intel's own and drivers for latest Windows build is on download page, could call and have changed if you wanted

Definitely will do. Saves £30 on WiFi. Total build was £1500 - sorry missed question earlier.

orbitalwalsh · 4 Jul 2018 at 19:17

Max1musae said:
Definitely will do. Saves £30 on WiFi. Total build was £1500 - sorry missed question earlier.

Nice price , Aorus card more expensive ? Do see Strix is on sale

Or evga hybrid

Max1musae · 4 Jul 2018 at 19:31

Haven't looked at pricing on the site for the other card yet so unsure. Doesn't matter if +/- £30 ish. Yes and I don't intend to buy for 3/4/5 weeks so possibly pricing will fluctuate some more in that time too.