£800 Gaming build, all in.

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Swifty55

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Hey guys. Looking to get back into gaming and to build up a new PC after a year of not having one, woundered what my money could buy.

It's mainly for gaming, although I'm not interested in high/ultra graphics as I'm competivive and FPS means more to me than eye candy - so a decent GFX card will suffice for now.

I do have an old MX518 and Diamondback 3G spare, although loved my Deathadder when I had it. So a mouse insn't needed unless theres a decent one now worth the price.

So what I need mainly is the base unit, 24" monitor and headphones. Maybe a soundcard for the Virtual surround I was used to on my Audigy?

Also, is it worth overclocking anymore? Last PC i had an i5-760 @ 4.2ghz without problems.

All help is appreciated.

Cheers.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card (11221-12-20G) £175.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Windowed Midi Tower Gaming Case £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
Total : £801.94 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Tried to keep it all blue, the keyboard just happens to come with a mouse.

Free shipping you get so with a headset thats £800-810 ish.

Gold ticket with the GFX card for some free games.


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If you dont care for "looks",

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £54.95
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 Gaming Headset £24.95
1 x Zalman ZM-K400G Gaming Keyboard £19.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
Total : £810.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Thanks for the reply Stulid. Apperance doesnt bother me. Both systems looks great. 2nd seems good as it gives me an SSD.

Which would you go with?

Is it worth getting the Asus soundcard at £20 also?
 
Try the onboard and see what you think of the sound.

I would get the 280X one as the card is just that bit better.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £43.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £870.19 (includes shipping : £24.45).



GTX970, SSD, Cooler, yeah pushed the budget but the results should be worth it.
 
Hi Stulid, I can push the budget to £900. What would you recommend changing/adding?

Maybe a better cooler or SSD or better PSU? Thinking of going with the first build.

Thanks.

Misjah - thanks for the build, but i dont think 1 128GB SSD will suffice.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011052-WW) £47.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £921.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).



A 128GB SSD is better than no SSD.



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card (11221-12-20G) £179.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CI) - Blue Light £65.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £54.95
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Windowed Midi Tower Gaming Case £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £35.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £21.49
Total : £906.41 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Thats got a big SSD and is rather nice I think overall.
 
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