£700 Gaming PC Build Request

ollie1502 · 4 Jan 2014 at 21:05

Hi there,

I'm trying to build a Gaming PC and am calling on you guys to help me out!

Here are some essential things and some requests:

1) Must be able to fit into a Advent CBE1401 Centurion Case (I already have one from my brother)
2) Preferably Intel but if that's not possible then okay.
3) Doesn't have to have a monitor either.

Cheers Guys!

Danny75 · 4 Jan 2014 at 22:30

Hi Ollie,

If Intel, I'd go for something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270X Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £715.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

And then add an aftermarket cooler in future, when I wanted to overclock, and a better video card in a year or two (if really necessary).

If you go AMD, or pick out cheaper components for the Intel build, you could get a better video card straightaway.

Actually, since the OEM processor doesn't come with cooler... just remembered... it would need an aftermarket cooler straightaway.

RJC · 4 Jan 2014 at 22:43

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 270X DirectCUII TOP 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £680.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

ollie1502 · 5 Jan 2014 at 15:51

Thanks Guys! I've combined the Graphics card from the first build into the second and tweaked some of the components (Discovered a DiskDrive and some Hard Disks) and got it down to £590.

Cheers!

SiDeards73 · 5 Jan 2014 at 16:01

Not meaning to be rude but that Advent Centurion case is a horrendous piece of junk, you would be well placed to buy a cheap branded case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Windowed Tower Case - Black £44.99
Total : £274.93 (includes shipping : £29.15).

Some examples