£900-£1000 Gaming PC

CRJ

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I'm looking to purchase components for a new gaming PC and as the title suggests im looking to spend something in the region of £900-£1000.

I already have some components such as (8GB) RAM, 2 CD Drives and Hard drives (2 500GB) and the budget is not including OS or Monitor.

I am looking to play high end games at max graphics such as the new Battlefield (4) in a few months. (For this reason, from what i hear at the moment i will be needing around 4VGB)

I have already had a look and have selected some components:

1.) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-013-KF&tool=3
2.) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-CS
3.) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-153-CS
4.) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-471-IN
5.) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-436-GI
6.) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-005-CS

I have yet to select a case and would also like some advice on chosing that.

I have had problems with temps in the room the PC will be in so cooling will need to be pretty good.

Any advice at all is appreciated whether that be on the components i have already listed or a new list completely.

Many Thanks!
 
The 7970 is a better value card by miles.

Cases are always a subjective choice. Corsair cases are well built and well respected around here.
 
This is what id do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £249.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £82.99
Total : £955.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



The Matrix is today only so if your not getting today id go for the 7970 TFIII.

Enough juice in the system to Xfire too (i think)
 
Thanks for fast reply guys!

I forgot to mention in original post but I would like to stick with NVIDEA (it's always been my preference).

Thanks for the advice on case i think i will look into Corsair :)

Is there anything else you would recommend/change/purchase?

PS i forgot to mention
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £109.99
Total : £118.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

 
Doomedspeed is there anyway i can test to see if it definitely will have enough (Xfire)?

And also are there any real drawbacks with going AMD as oppose to NVIDIA? (As i posted earlier i'd always say i'd like to stick with NVIDEA)

And lastly will the original PSU i posted have enough power for that basket?
 
CRJ said:
Doomedspeed is there anyway i can test to see if it definitely will have enough (Xfire)?

And also are there any real drawbacks with going AMD as oppose to NVIDEA? (As i posted earlier i'd always say i'd like to stick with NVIDEA)

And lastly will the original PSU i posted have enough power for that basket?
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Haha Doomsday.. I like it. :)

Well for a standard 7970 (the TFIII for example) 750W would be more than enough but the matrix has a reccomended wattage of 600W for a single card system, whereas other 7970's are 500W..

I can't see why it shoudln't work but if you're worried, either go for a 850W PSU (more money) or drop to the 7970 TFIII.. (less money).

AMD doesn't have PhysX but not many games use that anymore anyway.. and Mantle (AMD PhysX, bacisally) is being rolled out for BF4 so it should benifit that..

Other that that, the 7970 is on-par/tiny-bit-better than the GTX 680 and cheaper.

The orignal PSU will be enough for that system with no Xfire but id personally go with the seasonic, has the same features (as in fan being off on idle)... The RM's are not reviewed yet either..
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £114.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £42.95
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
Total : £999.19 (includes shipping : £27.80).



If you are buying fans to upgrade the H100i then you should really being looking at SP (Static pressure) fans. I've used a refurb'd H100 to help keep costs down and in a way the saving helps pay for the improved fans.

Best of luck with the build fella, we all look forward to seeing what you choose :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
Haha Doomsday.. I like it. :)

Well for a standard 7970 (the TFIII for example) 750W would be more than enough but the matrix has a reccomended wattage of 600W for a single card system, whereas other 7970's are 500W..

I can't see why it shoudln't work but if you're worried, either go for a 850W PSU (more money) or drop to the 7970 TFIII.. (less money).

AMD doesn't have PhysX but not many games use that anymore anyway.. and Mantle (AMD PhysX, bacisally) is being rolled out for BF4 so it should benifit that..

Other that that, the 7970 is on-par/tiny-bit-better than the GTX 680 and cheaper.


The orignal PSU will be enough for that system with no Xfire but id personally go with the seasonic, has the same features (as in fan being off on idle)... The RM's are not reviewed yet either..
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Haha i should really proof read my posts :P

Thanks for all the help it's really appreciated.

Would you say it's worth waiting for the new AMD cards or is it better to buy now?
 
CRJ said:
Haha i should really proof read my posts :P

Thanks for all the help it's really appreciated.

Would you say it's worth waiting for the new AMD cards or is it better to buy now?
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No worries..

Personally i'd go for it now.

I could be wrong but i don't think the new AMD cards will be a massive advance.
 
My crack at it :)

Sexy blue and silver build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST75F-G) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £78.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £42.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Blue £28.45
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Blue £6.98
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Blue £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Blue £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Blue £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,014.31 (includes shipping : £23.20).

 
Ethermaster said:
My crack at it :)

Sexy blue and silver build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST75F-G) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £78.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £42.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Blue £28.45
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Blue £6.98
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Blue £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Blue £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Blue £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,014.31 (includes shipping : £23.20).

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Mobo is no good for Dual GPUs so PSU is OTT. Rare for you to make a slip up fella ;)

The Bitfenix Ronin might be worth a look too. It's cheaper for a start and the window has no fans vents which means a better view through the window.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
Total : £80.45 (includes shipping : £8.75).

 
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Ethermaster said:
It would work for Crossfire ;) just not SLI....... but yeah I could have picked a different board.
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The PCI-E lanes don't run in sync fella so it's not really ideal for Xfire or SLI either if it supported it. The Z87X-D3H the OP picked does run them in sync though :)

Apart from that the rig looked sweeeet :D
 
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Thanks for all the help guys!

I notice both Ethermaster and honosuseri you both suggested the i5 instead of the i7.

Was this simply just to bring price down or do you think it can handle it?

Thanks again
 
OK with the correct Motherboard :D

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST75F-G) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £78.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £42.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Blue £28.45
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Blue £6.98
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Blue £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Blue £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Blue £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,029.31 (includes shipping : £23.20).

 
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