£1800 gaming PC tower??

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:03

Hi guys

Turns out my old PC is worthless so it will sit in the cupboard.......

Can somebody spec me a good quick PC for 1800 ish please??

It will be mostly for playing games, thinking 120Hz screen?? Never seen 120Hz, is it worth it?

Josh · 9 Jul 2015 at 12:15

Roadrunner_668 said:
If you know of any deals on different sites and things that would be great too

Dude, read the big FAQ on board usage and rules.

You can't price link other etailers other than OcUK, this is their forum.

Do you need OS/KB&M or is £1800 just for Tower and Screen?

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 13:42

Sorry Josh86!

The £1800 is just for the tower and screen, I'll get the rest sorted somewhen else!

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 14:24

Any deals that OcUK have would be useful though, if they would be good for the PC

I noticed they have today onlys and this week onlys sometimes which are good

stulid · 9 Jul 2015 at 15:54

Do you know how to build a PC?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £521.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £329.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Titanium Green £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £35.99
Total : £1,865.48 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

Massively strong CPU+GFX.

A 144Hz screen which is good for fast paced games.

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £521.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £374.98
1 x Acer Predator XB240H 24" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red (UM.FB0EE.A01) £329.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case with Window - Titanium Green £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED316G2133HC11ADC01) £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £35.99
Total : £1,840.44 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

Gsync monitor.

2for1 upgrade deal on this board - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 16:06

I built my current pc a few years ago, but I haven't done it since. How much more would it be to have it built?

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 16:09

I probably won't touch it again for a few years, like with my currently PC. I have a 2600XT at the moment, I didn't realise how old it was!!!

stulid · 9 Jul 2015 at 16:49

The cost to build starts at £60 and thats for a basic system, it can skyrocket from there.

If you've done it before then I dont see why you cant do it again.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 16:51

If a professional did it then I would probably have neater cables and things though, and I would have no worry.

But I'm willing to give it another go.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 17:45

Hi Stulid, I've just been poking around in a few other threads, and it seems that "Skylake" is coming out soon. Is this something worth waiting for?

stulid · 9 Jul 2015 at 18:14

Possibly.

The good boards will use DDR4 so thats something to consider, hopefully there will be just dual channel RAM kits available rather than having to buy a quad kit (four individual sticks).

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 19:39

I don't mind waiting a little bit longer, but I noticed that your first basket has DDR4 RAM, so would a "Haswell-E" setup serve me better than a "Skylake" setup, or is "Skylake" the better of the two?

Apparently "Skylake" is the replacement for "Haswell"?

stulid · 9 Jul 2015 at 19:43

Yes, haswell+Devils canyon (the same thing effectively)

Haswell-E you get CPUs with more core (six or eight cores with Hyperthreading) and the quad channel memory controller.

Skylake at the moment is quad core cpus with hyperthreading and dual channel memory controllers.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 19:45

OK thanks.

Would one offer much performance over the other?

It sounds like Haswell-E is the one to go for, but it would be more costly.

stulid · 9 Jul 2015 at 19:46

Haswell-E is stronger than Haswell+Devils Canyon, I cant comment on Skylake as its under NDA

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 19:58

I understand that... But you can tell me if you would wait for Skylake if you were in my position though, right..?

I suppose I could always wait and see what Skylake is like!!

stulid · 9 Jul 2015 at 20:02

The boards (well some of them) will come with lots of goodies such as awesome sound, loads of SATA (although X99 has lots of SATA too) and some have more than one m.2 slot and other stuff.

Roadrunner_668 · 9 Jul 2015 at 20:05

I think I might wait then. I do like my sound, and my current PC is still chugging along.

Roadrunner_668 · 10 Jul 2015 at 17:21

Stulid, would those specs you made work OK with a 4K screen?

I just saw a big Phillips one in another thread, at 40" I could have it as my display for everything!!

stulid · 10 Jul 2015 at 20:17

Add a 2nd GTX980ti and it will.