£700 gaming PC?
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £753.94 (includes shipping : £8.00).
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £753.94 (includes shipping : £8.00).
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Just ordered a new rig for my housemate, we ended up scratching the £700 mark, two of the suggested specs are here(were aiming for £600 to start):
And this was the rig we ordered:
The idea for us is to upgrade the cpu to one of the i5's being released next year, and add a second r9 270 in a couple months.
Just ordered a new rig for my housemate, we ended up scratching the £700 mark, two of the suggested specs are here(were aiming for £600 to start):
Under price
YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £61.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x RAIJINTEK Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £19.99
Total : £598.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).
YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold Window £33.95
1 x Antec VP450P 450W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £19.99
1 x RAIJINTEK Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £615.79 (includes shipping : £13.75).
And this was the rig we ordered:
Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.99 1 £99.99
AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £99.99 1 £99.99
Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £66.66 1 £66.66
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £54.99 1 £54.99
TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £54.99 1 £54.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £54.16 1 £54.16
CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £54.16 1 £54.16
Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £44.16 1 £44.16
BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red £24.99 1 £24.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £16.66 1 £16.66
LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.66 1 £11.66
AMD Radeon SILVER Reward Ticket (Emailed) £0.00 1 £0.00
NVIDIA PROMOTION: WATCHDOGS Special Edition PC Game - Email Download £0.00 1 £0.00
SNIPER ELITE 3 - CM STORM PROMO £0.00 1 £0.00
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day): £0.00
VAT: £116.48
Order Total: £698.89
Woops, not totally correct, some stuff was out of stock so we swapped for this stuff:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard £73.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooler £37.99[/QUOTE]
AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £99.99 1 £99.99
Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £66.66 1 £66.66
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £54.99 1 £54.99
TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £54.99 1 £54.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £54.16 1 £54.16
CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £54.16 1 £54.16
Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £44.16 1 £44.16
BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red £24.99 1 £24.99
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £16.66 1 £16.66
LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.66 1 £11.66
AMD Radeon SILVER Reward Ticket (Emailed) £0.00 1 £0.00
NVIDIA PROMOTION: WATCHDOGS Special Edition PC Game - Email Download £0.00 1 £0.00
SNIPER ELITE 3 - CM STORM PROMO £0.00 1 £0.00
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day): £0.00
VAT: £116.48
Order Total: £698.89
Woops, not totally correct, some stuff was out of stock so we swapped for this stuff:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard £73.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooler £37.99[/QUOTE]
The idea for us is to upgrade the cpu to one of the i5's being released next year, and add a second r9 270 in a couple months.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £109.99
1 x BenQ DL2215 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £79.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £19.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £693.34 (includes shipping : ).
£700 all in. you get free shipping so i didn't include it in the price.
lots of trade-offs though, unfortunately.
didn't spec a hdd to keep costs down, dunno how important that is, but to make up, there's a 256gb ssd in there ;p
one trade-off is a weaker gpu (just a 270), but that being said, it's the same card as a 270x, so just oc to get 270x speeds
other trade-offs are a half-decent budget case, a 22 inch monitor and a kb+mouse combo to tide things over
did include a heatsink so you can oc straight away
also, you get 2 copies of watchdogs (one from monitor, other from psu) which i guess you can sell one of em to bring the price further down lol
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G) £109.99
1 x BenQ DL2215 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £79.99
1 x Intel 335 Series 20nm 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A4K5) £79.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £19.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £693.34 (includes shipping : ).
£700 all in. you get free shipping so i didn't include it in the price.
lots of trade-offs though, unfortunately.
didn't spec a hdd to keep costs down, dunno how important that is, but to make up, there's a 256gb ssd in there ;p
one trade-off is a weaker gpu (just a 270), but that being said, it's the same card as a 270x, so just oc to get 270x speeds
other trade-offs are a half-decent budget case, a 22 inch monitor and a kb+mouse combo to tide things over
did include a heatsink so you can oc straight away
also, you get 2 copies of watchdogs (one from monitor, other from psu) which i guess you can sell one of em to bring the price further down lol
Possibly, if the difference is big enough to justify it.
I see, well here's a go moi
This is your go to £900 "I probably won't buy this" build, but anyway here it is...
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 280X DD Black Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-280X-TDBD) £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £917.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).
£850
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £857.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).
£800-ish (you get free shipping
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £804.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Do you want an SSD as well?
This is your go to £900 "I probably won't buy this" build, but anyway here it is...
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 280X DD Black Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-280X-TDBD) £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £917.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).
£850
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £857.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).
£800-ish (you get free shipping
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £107.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - White £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £804.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Do you want an SSD as well?
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