£1k gaming PC

foomonkey

foomonkey

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Hey all,

I'm in need of some advice on what to go for.

I'm looking to buy a new gaming PC as my current one is coming on 7 years old. Looking to pick the parts up through the Black Friday deals and my budget is £1k. I need advice on the below parts and i'm happy to build the PC myself.

Case
Power Supply
Motherboard
Processor (Water Cooled)
RAM
Graphics Card
SSD
1TB Hard Disk
Fans
OS not required

I don't know if it is possible to just upgrade my old PC with better parts or at least reuse the case to save some money/spend it elsewhere. below is a part list of what i originally ordered for my current 7 year old pc.

Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
Antec 300 Three Hundred Case
Asus P6T SE iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM
Corsair 750W TX PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24) for i7 motherboards

I'm also looking for a new gaming monitor and looking at a 2k/1440p, 144hz, 1ms, 27inch for spec (would consider 4k but I think that might be overkill for gaming?) if anyone could lend some advice here too? Was hoping to keep my spending on the monitor under £300 if that's possible?

Thanks for any advice :)

EDIT : Irrelevant now

EDIT 2 : Forgot to mention, i'd be interested in doing some streaming/editing with my gaming.
 
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foomonkey said:
Hey all,

I'm in need of some advice on what to go for.

I'm looking to buy a new gaming PC as my current one is coming on 7 years old. Looking to pick the parts up through the Black Friday deals and my budget is £1k. I need advice on the below parts and i'm happy to build the PC myself.

Case
Power Supply
Motherboard
Processor (Water Cooled)
RAM
Graphics Card
SSD
1TB Hard Disk
Fans
OS not required

I don't know if it is possible to just upgrade my old PC with better parts or at least reuse the case to save some money/spend it elsewhere. below is a part list of what i originally ordered for my current 7 year old pc.

Sony AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
Antec 300 Three Hundred Case
Asus P6T SE iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM
Corsair 750W TX PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24) for i7 motherboards

I'm also looking for a new gaming monitor and looking at a 2k/1440p, 144hz, 1ms, 27inch for spec (would consider 4k but I think that might be overkill for gaming?) if anyone could lend some advice here too? Was hoping to keep my spending on the monitor under £300 if that's possible?

Thanks for any advice :)

EDIT : I saw the below link being talked about and was wondering if this is something I should consider or are there better options?

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18758178
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https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ics-card-gv-n1070g1-gaming-8gd-gx-188-gi.html

comes with a free Gigabyte Power supply which would save some penny's

NZXT is also on sale for their AIO, older Gen but still does the trick

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt-kraken-x61-280mm-aio-water-cooling-unit-hs-014-nx.html

CAM is very nice to use now, specially with HUE+ for lighting and fan control via Grid+

have a feeling though at £1k GTX 1060 6GB or RX 480 may be more in reach .

as for deals on case, in win 303

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/in-win-303-midi-tower-case-black-ca-073-iw.html

lovely to show off your system and something different
 
Thanks for the reply. Forgot to mention i'd be interested in doing some streaming/editing with my gaming if anyone else can lend some advice please?

Thanks
 
Streaming just PC or console games?
seen theirs now PCIe device to plug directly into your PC for 1080p 60hz streaming but hopefully someone will be able to help you with the streaming in more detail

running an old dog myself , i7 860 @ 4.5Ghz. will be sticking in an AMD RX480. Hoping this, along with using DX12 and 1440p will stop any cpu-bottling but all DX12 test have been on 4***K cards an higher . Really dont want to fork out on new tech but have a feeling a might have to.

hopefully some combo deals might pop up tomorrow, if not Kaby Lake and Zen or out next year, might knock down some prices of current gen or pricing war for the new tech :D
 
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