£700 gaming pc

[Soundwave61]

Looking to buy a new gaming pc and hoping for advice in the build, all help will be much appreciated

I have a budget of £700, and have mouse, keyboard and Speaker already.
I also have a 27" iMac that I could use as a monitor. I can find the exact model later but I'm sure it has Mini Displayport.

I intend to play a broad range of games, though one main game I will likely slip in and out of an addiction to is Eve Online.

I would like to know the pros/cons of overclocking?

 

[dacads]

Do you require an OS?

Overclocking is simple you get more performance/value for your money Con is you have to buy another cooler that can handle the extra heat but this can easily be fitted into a £700 budget

 

[Soundwave61]

I have windows 7 (intended on installing it on the mac initially)

 

[Ruaille]

What Mac do you have? Would it be possible to add a GPU and bootcamp Windows 7? Depending on your Mac you might get better performance from spending 300-400 on a GPU than spending 700 on a PC. I'm not sure though, need to know what model Mac you have and then look some stuff up.

 

[Soundwave61]

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/pcs/274759/apple-27-inch-3-06ghz-imac/specifications
This is the Mac I have. It struggles running Team Fortress. I would be surprised if it's useful for anything other than a monitor.

 

[Fulax]

Intel build (not overclockable):

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £717.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



An unlocked CPU will cost around £40 extra. The motherboard is fine for it, so if you want the option to overclock in the future you could spend the extra on a 4670k and buy a CPU cooler later.

 

[tamzzy]

for near 700 quid, this is the build i'd get:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £193.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £712.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



if you can afford to spend somewhat more, i'd get this instead:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £766.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



280x with an i5k and a cooler that you can oc with straight away

 

[Soundwave61]

Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black
Asus PCE-N10 Network Adapter 150Mbps - PCI Express
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

 

[Soundwave61]

Ok I'm set, after chatting with a friend (a fine gangsters by the name of Sindri) and reviewing the builds you kind gentlemen have put together I have made my purchase I will report the results after. Let us hope I don't screw up the assembly :s

Thanks for the assistance!