£1400 - Pre-built or Build myself?

Murdin999

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Ok so I've got a max limit (can't go higher, so technically £1387.50 for shipping I guess) of £1400 for my new gaming machine.

I'm going to salvage a few parts of my current PC but nothing overly important:

1 x 128 SSD (this is my games, so can't be a boot drive)
1 x 2TB HDD (this is my storage drive)
1 x Sound card

I'm more than happy to build a computer myself, but I'd rather not have to overclock it if I can get away with it.

Here's my current two options, I'm aiming for i7 (though prebuilt isn't that) and 780 to make it last at least 2-3 years before I get the upgrade itch again. Although the pre-built is i5, the fact it's all built for me and the warranty makes me lend towards that could i do better?

Build myself

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Quasar 245i" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Haswell Gaming PC Bundle £499.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Memory Upgrade £0.00
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £116.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020042-UK) £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £67.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,394.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Prebuilt

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Red Dragon" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked MSI Gaming Edition PC £574.00
- 1 x NO STORAGE UPGRADE £0.00
- 1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £116.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £77.99
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
- 1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £515.99
- 1 x No Crossfire Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x No Optical Option £0.00
Total : £1,387.16 (includes shipping : £18.50).



Thanks for any help!
 
You should be able to get X79 with that budget such as,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4820K 3.70GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74820K) £249.95
2 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £197.99 (£395.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Quad Channel Kit (PVI316G186C9QK) £129.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £116.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £41.39
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,386.16 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Ha thanks for that :) I'll see what they will say, I'll be playing BF4 a lot for sure so maybe AMD and this mantle thing I keep hearing about may be an idea?

Thanks!
 
Yes Mantle is suppose to work on all GCN architectures. You also get free games with the cards could sell one of the Silver tickets that comes with one of the cards to recoup some cash:)
 
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