£1500 gaming pc

keerthan

keerthan

keerthan

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Hello guys , ive been researching about gaming pc and some of the components etc and i would like to ask some questions and require some of your help :)

First of all would u say building a computer by buying parts which is cheaper better than buying a custom built computer from overclockers pc ?

2) Does all the parts come with any sort of warranty ? like 1 year -3 year replacement and such ?

3) I got a budget of 1.5k , and would like to know which is a good build. If its going to be a custom built computer , then i would like it to have 36 months warranty as well as a monitor - (It doesnt have to be perfect or good ) I want to play games such as fifa , bf4 , watch dogs and more. I would also be doing Photoshop and After effects/Sony vegas (Not a pro though :( )

4) If its going to be in parts i would like a monitor included and also want to know if i can do a 1 -3 years warranty on the parts or the system.

I would like the pc to be quiet as possible and would like to have a good cooling , prefer liquid or even water if needed is fine.

Last one :) if i get a custom built pc , would warranty help me replace it if any parts are not working or i have accidently did something to the pc ?

Well , Im sorry its so much question :( im new to Overclockers xD and im thinking to purchase my first gaming pc here as it seems a reliable and a good company.

Thanks ^^ - Have a nice day.

P.S - Also , it would be nice if you guys built me a custom pc or gimme some specs where the motherboard has slot for 2 or more grpahics card and 4 or 8 slots for ram as i will be upgrading them probably 4-6 months after i have bought the new pc or bought the parts to build my own one which ever one is better will do ^^.
 
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If you build you will only get the manufacturers warranty on most bits. Prebuilt id be looking at something like this.

YOUR BASKETYOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Envy M DC" Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC £701.02
1 x NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED £0
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £61.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x BenQ XL2411Z 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £249.95
Total : £1,382.42 (includes shipping : £13.75).




24 month collect and return warranty pre oced with good cooling, you just have to add in which ever keyboard and mouse you like or use what you have


Building you own you could get more stuff but less warranty



YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x BenQ XL2411Z 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £249.95
1 x Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £129.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £1,486.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).



You can get money off by going with cheaper mobo 8gb or ram, this is just an idea
 
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Welcome to ocuk :)

I would say you get better value for money by building yourself. You get the individual warranty on each component if you build yourself. Some parts such as power supplies will have 5 years warranty and above depending on what you choose.

If you buy a pre-built then you get 2 years I believe.

Are you looking for a 1080P (1920x1080) monitor ?

I presume you need a copy of windows ?

You should be able to get an i7/ GTX 780 build with that sort of budget.

Do you want the option to add a second graphics card in the future ? Or do you just want a single card setup ?
 
As lee has said 780ti setup can be had also (Smidgen over budget) but had to drop down to 8gb of ram and different mobo

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 780Ti HOF 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £479.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x BenQ XL2411Z 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £136.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £1,570.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Hello guys :) Thanks for suggestion and builds :D and "lee" yes im looking for 1080p monitor and windows :) and yes i would like to add more ram and gpu in the future ^^.

Btw from my understanding , if i decide to build my own one , i have little warranty on parts where if i buy a prebuilt one i can get up to 36 months of warranty ?

and also i see there are type of bundles , are they worth it ? like for example , are they used or are they new ? also are they much cheaper den buying lyk ram and umm say motherboard differently.

Thanks , i appreciate your help very much :)
 
keerthan said:
Hello guys :) Thanks for suggestion and builds :D and "lee" yes im looking for 1080p monitor and windows :) and yes i would like to add more ram and gpu in the future ^^.

Btw from my understanding , if i decide to build my own one , i have little warranty on parts where if i buy a prebuilt one i can get up to 36 months of warranty ?

and also i see there are type of bundles , are they worth it ? like for example , are they used or are they new ? also are they much cheaper den buying lyk ram and umm say motherboard differently.

Thanks , i appreciate your help very much :)
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With a pre-built system you get 24 months warranty as standard. You can upgrade it to 36 months, but you would have to pay an extra £119.99. After the warranty period is up, you should still get any remaining manufacturers warranty, so if the psu in your system has a 5 year warranty then you should have 2 years left on it.


If you buys parts separately then you get whatever the manufacturer gives you. So if you look at the EVGA Supernova G2 power supply for example, you get 10 years warranty with that.

Graphics cards from the likes of Gigabyte, Asus and MSI give you 3 years warranty.

Some of the Gigabyte motherboards have 4 years or more warranty.

The bundles are all new. I think most of them come already overclocked. I don't know if they work out cheaper than buying separate.
 
Here is a spec with a AMD 290 gpu. I don't know if any of those programs you use support CUDA ? (Forgive my ignorance) If they do then you could swap the gpu to a GTX780.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £185.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,334.36 (includes shipping : £20.10).



If you don't feel comfortable building your own computer then you can ask ocuk to build it for you. You would just ask them for a quote in the customer services section at the top of the forum. So any basket you come up with, they can build for you.

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Wow , thanks for your help guys :) and ye i think they do , and i think i will be swapping it to a gtx as Photoshop and video editing has some 3d features and nvidea might aid me with that more than amd. and Yea im not really sure if i can make the pc clean as possible xD but thanks for your help , i really appreciate it.
 
This would be a good choice for a 780 card. I would also keep an eye on Asus and Gigabyte cards, as they offer the same 3 year warranty.

The Inno3D ichill card is very nice as well, although it is a triple slot design so they would be closer together if you sli them.

A bit more expensive than the 290 cards, but if you need CUDA support then you need Nvidia :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £379.99
Total : £389.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
keerthan said:
Wow , thanks for your help guys :) and ye i think they do , and i think i will be swapping it to a gtx as Photoshop and video editing has some 3d features and nvidea might aid me with that more than amd. and Yea im not really sure if i can make the pc clean as possible xD but thanks for your help , i really appreciate it.
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I think most of the CUDA intensive parts of the processing are starting to adopt Open GL now, that was the case a few years ago, so you shouldn't see much difference really.
 
keerthan said:
ahh i see , but which would u recommend for better gaming at the highest settings possible + quiet and high performance.
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If they were free, The 780. By a cat's whisker the better card (debatable), maybe a little cooler and i know Memory overclocking is great on Nvidia cards.

If i were buying one with my own money (as much as i would like to think id get a 780) i'd get the 290.

Saving a lot of money and not losing much performance atall.

Neither choice is a bad one though, Win win. :)
 
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This would be a good choice for a 780 card. I would also keep an eye on Asus and Gigabyte cards, as they offer the same 3 year warranty.

The Inno3D ichill card is very nice as well, although it is a triple slot design so they would be closer together if you sli them.

A bit more expensive than the 290 cards, but if you need CUDA support then you need Nvidia :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £379.99
Total : £389.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Our warranty is with the card, not sure if others do it the same. If you gonna sell our card, the second hand purchaser can also benefit from the 3 years which will occur higher prices
 
Hello again guys , do u guys think i will be able to play bf4 or some other game at high or ultra settings with £1000-1500 budget gaming build ?.

Thanks.
 
keerthan said:
Hello again guys , do u guys think i will be able to play bf4 or some other game at high or ultra settings with £1000-1500 budget gaming build ?.

Thanks.
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Easily,

Any of the specs above will dominate BF4 At ultra, the only thing that may let you down is the servers. :p
 
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