£2k to spend, what is necessary

muddledump

muddledump

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Been gaming for over 30 years but just recently been bitten by the PC bug - have an MSI GS70 laptop at moment.

I'm looking to build a gaming pc for budget of £2k, I'm new to this but had in mind:

I7 - don't really know the pros and cons of the different ones
16 gb memory
970 gtx in sli
motherboard?? - don't really know difference
case, cooling - again I'm new to pc gaming so not really sure
ssd & normal hd

If I've replicated previous posts then I'm sorry - please give me a link. Otherwise, if anyone has any ideas/guidance please fire away.

Also, I'm hoping this would be good for say four years - would this still be upgradeable then? - What sort of second hand value could I expect in four years?

Thanks in advance
 
Do you need just the tower? or as you have a laptop do you need the whole lot from OS to mouse.

Also is this pre-built or diy?


YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £557.98
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99 (£563.98)
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £197.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Roccat - Value Gamer Bundle £118.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 280L, AIO Cooling Solutions £87.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £56.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,976.96 (includes shipping : £22.20).




Z97 boards are rumored to be Broadwell ready when that CPU is released but anything after that is doubtful as 4 years is a long time.
 
It's just the tower as have monitor, mouse, keyboard. In terms of pre built or diy, was going to get pre-built unless it is really straightforward to diy?

Whether Z97 or X99. I have no idea. What are the respective merits of each?
 
Thanks Stulid. So I take it that as long as I am not completely stupid, I should be able to figure it out?

Let's say a pre build was £2k with overclockers. Approx how much could I expect to save by building it myself? - Just a rough general figure or %, I realise it will vary.

Thanks
 
muddledump said:
Thanks Stulid. So I take it that as long as I am not completely stupid, I should be able to figure it out?

Let's say a pre build was £2k with overclockers. Approx how much could I expect to save by building it myself? - Just a rough general figure or %, I realise it will vary.

Thanks
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Don't be scared of building a system yourself.

I don't know exactly how much can be saved however with a 2k build id probably say in the region of £100-£150, guys please correct me if im wrong on that as i possibly am

However the fact is you WILL save some money.

Anyone can build a PC - It's just like LEGO for grown ups if it looks like it will fit in that hole, that is the only hole it will fit in. I think personaly the most complicated part of putting a pc together, matching the triangle on the cpu to the triangle on the motherboard. I would like to point out that on newer boards the triangle on the motherboard is now more prominent

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If you feel this is to complicated then don't build a pc, but you won't find that complicated as you made an account on ocuk.
 
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Quick spec with 970 SLI and 4k G-Sync

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £541.97
1 x Acer 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £499.99
2 x Palit GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £263.99 (£527.98)
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £2,069.00 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
muddledump said:
Thanks Stulid. So I take it that as long as I am not completely stupid, I should be able to figure it out?

Let's say a pre build was £2k with overclockers. Approx how much could I expect to save by building it myself? - Just a rough general figure or %, I realise it will vary.

Thanks
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You will save the labour cost, so if they charge £100 to build/test it, then that is what you would save by building it yourself.
 
Self build is the way to go...I was terrified when I did my first build lol....but now after doing a build for my wife and kids its a walk in the park :)...actually I'm about to upgrade the wife's PC ...she don't know yet though :)
 
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But with the rog in the spec, that leaves £1300 for everything else and with 2 970's in sli, you can't do x99 :( unless you spend over the £2k.
 
Meh the Swift ROG is glorified TN panel IMO get a decent 27"IPS 1440p screen for around 400 and enjoy the games as they were meant to be seen!

Even though he has the budget I wouldn't bother with x99, for gamers z97 is were it's at x99 doesn't offer any tangible benefits for what you want other then improved synthetic benchmark scores.
 
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