£900 Max gaming build

uksoldierboy · 18 Nov 2013 at 11:36

Hi guys,
My mate is looking at getting back into the pc gaming and has a max budget of £900.

He's needs everything including OS and would like a 24" monitor if possible please.

Not fussed on either Intel or AMD, just looking for the best performance and bang for buck.

Massive thanks for any helps as we are looking at ordering today.

Cheers guys

David

stulid · 18 Nov 2013 at 11:42

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9KBL) £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £57.95
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £9.95
Total : £927.12 (includes shipping : £24.45).

As for the OS, you can download a 90 day windows 8.1 trial and buy an OS later.

uksoldierboy · 18 Nov 2013 at 11:50

Cheers Stulid,

Forgot to mention, he doesn't need a keyboard, mouse or speakers as i can help him with that, sorry should have said.

Any chance of an AMD based build too pal, just so we can compare.

stulid · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:10

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £115.99
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £61.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £57.95
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A [BW] Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £984.76 (includes shipping : £19.10).

nikki5974 · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:12

2cpu's in that last build Stulid m8

stulid · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:13

Lets fix that then,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £115.99
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £61.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £57.95
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A [BW] Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £884.76 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Martini1991 · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:23

Idleman · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:51

Martini1991 said:
Here's my attempt.

CPU 4670K ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-470-IN
Motherboard Z87 ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-438-GI
GPU 7970 ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-204-MS
Monitor 22" 1080p DVI ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-010-AO (Using one like this at work, pleasantly surprised)
2TB HDD ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-255-SE
SSD 128GB ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-035-TS
8GB RAM ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-PA
600W PSU ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-074-BQ
Cooler H100 ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-021-CS
Case ; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-047-BX

I'd get 2 quiet fans for the cooler too.

~920 shipped.

£47 for a case with no fans. The Bitfenix Shadow Stulid specced, is a better option.

uksoldierboy · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:52

Cheers Stulid,
Went with your build

Doomedspeed · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:55

uksoldierboy said:
Cheers Stulid,
Went with your build

Which one?

Martini1991 · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:55

Idleman said:
£47 for a case with no fans. The Bitfenix Shadow Stulid specced, is a better option.

Agh my bad

Either way, 925 with that case, that's a 4670K, overclockable with a 7970 and an 128GB SSD with 2TB HDD, that's pretty good

EDIT : I hope he's gone for the AMD one due to the SSD tbh.

Idleman · 18 Nov 2013 at 12:59

Doomedspeed said:
Which one?

The dual Cpu set up.

Doomedspeed · 18 Nov 2013 at 13:01

Idleman said:
The dual Cpu set up.

Im glad, That was my favourite.

uksoldierboy · 18 Nov 2013 at 14:26

stulid said:
Lets fix that then,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £115.99
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £61.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £57.95
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A [BW] Performance CPU Cooler £24.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £884.76 (includes shipping : £19.10).

This one

Should be here tomorrow so we can get cracking start away.