£1500 gaming rig

billyonecan · 28 Nov 2014 at 09:32

Hi guys

I'm looking to treat myself to a new machine this Christmas, the one I've had for the last 3 years is starting to struggle with newer games, I'm going to keep this as a secondary machine however.

I have a budget of around £1500, I have an SSD which I can move over to the new machine, as well as a sound card and optical drives, so I just need a new case, PSU, GPU, CPU, RAM, motherboard, and a cheap 1TB HDD for storage.

What would you guys suggest?

Thanks

billyonecan · 28 Nov 2014 at 12:13

Just saw the mega Black Friday bundle (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-014-GI), would it be worth getting that and adding another graphics card?

stulid · 28 Nov 2014 at 13:19

That is an amazing deal.

Do you need a 2nd card?

billyonecan · 28 Nov 2014 at 13:23

It depends if it'd be worthwhile. I just want a rig that'll last me for the next 3 years or so, the only reason I'd consider a second card is because the bundle is way below my budget. If it's not going to make that much of a difference I'll just stick with one and save the money

stulid · 28 Nov 2014 at 13:25

All depends on the games and resolution you use.

If its 1080P then the single card will never struggle.

billyonecan · 28 Nov 2014 at 13:29

Okay single card it is then. Thanks for the help