£1500 Gaming PC.

Firefox201 · 12 Feb 2015 at 19:17

Hello fellow PC Enthusiasts,

I was hoping to get your input regarding the following build. Do you think there's a better compilation of PC components? The PC will solely be used for gaming. I've no interest in looks, only performance.

In summary, I require, OS, Monitor, Mouse and Base Unit for the sum of £1,500.00 Max £1,600.00.

Any advice is appreciated.

On a side note, how much does it cost for an Overclockers operative to build the PC below? Is there a standard charge or an option when you go through the purchasing system?

Kind Regards,

Fox

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK Black Edition Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit £119.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/8) £53.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £46.99
1 x Gigabyte Force M63 Raptor Gaming Mouse £39.95
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,595.89 (includes shipping : £20.10).

stulid · 12 Feb 2015 at 19:22

Hi and welcome.

OcUK charge around £60 to build a PC, just ask in customer services.

Also I have tried to refine your spec,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £409.98
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £78.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte Force M63 Raptor Gaming Mouse £39.95
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,578.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Firefox201 · 12 Feb 2015 at 19:30

Hi Stulid,

I appreciate your quick response.

Is there a better airflow case out there? I choose the NZHT case due to the reviews, but further posts suggest corsair provide better cases? It also means I don't have to buy an external DVD ROM. I see you also went for an water/air cooler, have air coolers fallen off the map of late?

Regards,

Fox.

stulid · 12 Feb 2015 at 19:35

I picked the water cooler as it clears tall RAM heatspreaders more easily than air coolers, but there are slim air coolers on the market that will also fit just fine.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £449.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £409.98
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £99.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £78.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £59.99
1 x Gigabyte Force M63 Raptor Gaming Mouse £39.95
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim £33.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,558.43 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Firefox201 · 12 Feb 2015 at 19:51

Thanks Stulid,

Could you recommend a suitable RAM brand if I were to go ahead with the Prolimatech Genesis?

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Prolimatech Genesis Black Series "Dual Boosted Static UPS PWM Edition" £79.99
Total : £89.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Regards,

Fox

stulid · 12 Feb 2015 at 20:20

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/8) £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED38G2133HC11ADC01) £50.99
Total : £113.68 (includes shipping : £7.25).

They certainly will fit.

The Kingston Beast RAM is 46.41mm tall, that cool,er claims it has 55mm clearance for RAM, so they also fit.

I also hope it fits in the case,

The case takes coolers upto 165mm tall.

That cooler is 159.7mm at the highest point without an overlapping fan fitted.

Cat_J · 12 Feb 2015 at 20:25

I can recommend the corsair 540 case for excellent cooling and cable management. It is quite wide however so worth making sire you have the room, i'll be keeping mine for a long time.

lee32uk · 12 Feb 2015 at 20:28

If you go with a GTX 970 you can get a better Monitor.

144Hz 1080p G-Sync.

YOUR BASKET
1 x aoc g2460pg 24" g-sync 144hz 1ms gaming widescreen led monitor - gunmetal £349.99
1 x kfa2 geforce gtx 970 oc silent "infin8 black edition" 4096mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card **worldwide exclusive** £281.99
1 x gigabyte z97x-sli - devils canyon core i5 4690k bundle **£12 saving** £277.98
1 x evga supernova g2 750w '80 plus gold' modular power supply £94.99
1 x phanteks enthoo pro mid tower enthusiast case with window £89.99
1 x crucial bx100 250gb ssd sata 6gbps 7mm solid state drive (ct250bx100ssd1) £78.98
1 x microsoft windows 8.1 64-bit dvd - oem (wn7-00614) £77.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) hdd £66.98
1 x be quiet! dark rock 3 cpu cooler £54.95
1 x teamgroup vulcan red 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-17100c11 2133mhz dual channel kit (tlred38g2133hc11adc01) £52.99
1 x gigabyte force m63 raptor gaming mouse £39.95
1 x pioneer 24x internal dvr-221lbk dvd rewriter - oem £14.99
total : £1,481.77 (includes shipping : ).

if you look at this link you can see that a gtx 970 performs very well at 1080p.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/msi/gtx_970_gaming/1.html

Firefox201 · 12 Feb 2015 at 20:44

So you think its best to swap out the current case for the 540, drop down to 970 and pick-up the better monitor? Is the current monitor I initially outlined not suffice for gaming 1080p?

stulid · 12 Feb 2015 at 21:00

It will allow you to fit that cooler with those fans for certain, so will that Phanteks case.

lee32uk · 12 Feb 2015 at 21:06

Firefox201 said:
So you think its best to swap out the current case for the 540, drop down to 970 and pick-up the better monitor? Is the current monitor I initially outlined not suffice for gaming 1080p?

The one you chose is a 60Hz Monitor. I would suggest going with a 144Hz monitor as the GTX 970/980 has plenty of Horsepower at this resolution.

If you still want a GTX 980 then you could do something like this and still be under your £1600 limit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £439.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £78.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £52.99
1 x Gigabyte Force M63 Raptor Gaming Mouse £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,507.48 (includes shipping : £14.75).

stulid · 12 Feb 2015 at 21:07

He wanted the Gigabyte card as it came with a free keyboard I thought?

lee32uk · 12 Feb 2015 at 21:12

stulid said:
He wanted the Gigabyte card as it came with a free keyboard I thought?

I can't see Him mentioning it anywhere :confused:

If He does want a Keyboard then the Gigabyte card is only an extra £10 anyway.

Firefox201 · 12 Feb 2015 at 22:21

Forgot to mention I choose the GPU for the keyboard. Thanks for the advice guess, I'll be making my decision tomorrow regarding which system to go with.

Again, many thanks. + Rep.

Regards,

Fox