£800 Gaming PC - Need Help

« VK » · 24 Sep 2013 at 12:53

£875 Gaming PC - Need Help

Hi all

A friend of mine recently asked me to spec him a PC for £800 so I immediately turned to you guys for help

He said that this PC has to run Battlefield 4 and a few other high spec games.
Exclude the peripherals for now, not sure whether he needs them or not.

EDIT!!! Peripherals must be included in the budget of £875. (Mouse, Keyboard and Monitor)

Thanks a lot.

Leprechaun312 · 24 Sep 2013 at 13:03

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
Total : £808.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

overclockable as the motherboard comes with a free aftermarket cooler

snips86x · 24 Sep 2013 at 13:15

Leprechaun312 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £808.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Nothing to add! Nice spec

Leprechaun312 · 24 Sep 2013 at 13:17

snips86x said:
Nothing to add! Nice spec

why thank you

oceaness · 24 Sep 2013 at 13:23

Maybe just squeeze the budget slightly, if the OP can, and upgrade the SSD, only £6 afterall ?

And swap the Corsair PSU for a Seasonic or Antec?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99

1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99

Doomedspeed · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:02

That is if he's going to overclock...

Leprechaun312 · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:05

Doomedspeed said:
That is if he's going to overclock...

i put it in as a general requirement, even if he doesnt want to overclock now, it means a year or two down the line he can, without going "damn i wish i had spent that extra 30 quid then." I see what you mean though

snips86x · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:07

...i would also consider swapping the Corsair for the Antec,same price, better unit.

Leprechaun312 · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:11

snips86x said:
...i would also consider swapping the Corsair for the Antec,same price, better unit.

editted

snips86x · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:17

Leprechaun312 said:
editted

You could also get a quicker & cheaper SSD:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...=HD-051-KS&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

There is nothing wrong with the sandforce controller, the new firmware is great at managing it. My 2 OCZ drives have been rock solid from day 1

oceaness · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:38

I agree, I am very much enjoying my 120gb Vertex 3. It opens Photoshop CS6 in approximately 1 second, can't ask for more than that

Though I still think for the sake of £7 over the original speced or £9 over that one it'd be worth getting the Samsung EVO, if the budget can be stretched by a few quid

Leprechaun312 · 24 Sep 2013 at 15:59

oceaness said:
I agree, I am very much enjoying my 120gb Vertex 3. It opens Photoshop CS6 in approximately 1 second, can't ask for more than that

Though I still think for the sake of £7 over the original speced or £9 over that one it'd be worth getting the Samsung EVO, if the budget can be stretched by a few quid

i'd be more inclined to go with the samsung, i have one of the 830's and it is outstanding, if only it was 256gb instead of 128gb

snips86x · 24 Sep 2013 at 16:03

But the write speed is less than 1/3rd of the Kingston!!

oceaness · 24 Sep 2013 at 16:10

It's not quite that simple is it?

If you feed the Kingston non compressible data I believe it's write speed will drop to something similar to that of the Samsung 840. I think the figures they give you are often with optimal testing not worst case.

The EVO that I suggested has a different type of flash memory and a different controller, I'm not sure but I believe it will maintain a higher speed?

Edit:

Indeed.

The 840 actually slightly outperforms the SSDnow v300 in benches. The EVO decimates both.
Although in gaming it's unlikely you'll see any difference and it's generally not recommend to store games on SSD's anyway, they don't really benefit, other than slightly reduced loading times.

AS-SSD Overall Scores
Samsung EVO - 813
Samsung 840 - 689
Kingston v300 - 471

snips86x · 24 Sep 2013 at 17:14

I would recommend the EVO and expect it to obliterate older drives as not only is it newer tech, its more intelligent with it's data management.

840EVO is a great choice, but comes at a price.

« VK » · 25 Sep 2013 at 16:10

Hi all,

I had to edit the thread to a £875 budget. This includes peripherals (Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor). Just spoken to my friend and that's what he said he wanted. Thanks a lot for the feedback as well guys.