Average price of building a high end gaming PC

Caiuse

Caiuse

Caiuse

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Hi everyone,

I've recently joined the forums because I'm looking into buying and building a gaming PC, primarily for game development.

I was wondering, if it is possible that someone could outline an average price of building my own machine, based of today's component prices. Without getting too detailed about components I would be looking at most recent GPU's, top end RAM, Solid State Drive & large HDD, Latest CPU.

I know there is a large range of possible configurations but I was hoping someone would be able to give a very general average so I can get some idea of the budget I'm going to need to raise. And maybe compare the value in building rather than buying a ready made rig.

Thanks Caius.
 
for £1k to £1.5k will get you a very high spec pc, anything over that is just over kill, don't get burnt and start buying the latest kit, wait till it's been out a while as then the price drops, get the second best of everything for most and they wouldn't know the difference anyway even if the best was as the side of it.
 
You can get under 3k..

As it stands:

Haswell i5/i7 - £180-£260
1150 motherboard - £100-£180
Ram (1600) 8Gb-16Gb -£50-£100
Cooler -£50 -£80
GPU 7970 / 770 - £250-£350 (X2?)
PSU - £80-£120
SDD 128gb/250gb - £80-£160
HDD 2tb - £70-£80
Case - £60 - £120

That seems about right, without monitors and such. Yo be honest ir could be anywhere from £600/£800 to £1500/£2000
 
Thanks for all the information, I think I can deduce that a budget of £1500 would be a sensible aim for a machine that will perform and last. and £2000 - £3000 for a machine with the all the latest components.

zakblood said:
...don't get burnt and start buying the latest kit, wait till it's been out a while as then the price drops, get the second best of everything for most and they wouldn't know the difference...
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Overclocker's being of the obvious, but are there any other places to source parts at great prices. Is importing components from say the US better value?
 
Not really a question you can or should ask on a suppliers forum. Personally I'd stick with OC's even if they are (and it is not generally the case) a few quid more expensive. they gave me great service when I ordered from them over and above what you would expect from even the best supplier.
 
To be honest, I've always found OCUK to be cheaper than most other places, and the service is great.
And I'm not just saying that because this is their forum- it's actually true!
Importing from the US may seem like good value, but you'll have to pay import duty and VAT on the kit when it arrives in the UK. And RMAing faulty kit across the pond would be a real pain...
 
Caiuse said:
Thanks for all the information, I think I can deduce that a budget of £1500 would be a sensible aim for a machine that will perform and last. and £2000 - £3000 for a machine with the all the latest components.



Overclocker's being of the obvious, but are there any other places to source parts at great prices. Is importing components from say the US better value?
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no you didn't get my meaning, OC are great to buy from, all my stuff is from here, yes you can get cheaper from elsewhere, but returns and service is no where near as good as here tbh

when i say don't get burnt, i mean leave off with the latests stuff, the next to best gen stuff is just as good for a lot less, when new parts come out you always pay a premium price for it at the start, and sometimes you also get the quite not ready bits as well like early bios's etc, better to use tried and tested bits with a lot more user comments on them and a lower price then upgrade when the newer stuff has dropped like it always does after a few months or so
 
Better to stick with OCuk, they have great customer service that you will be wishing for when something goes awry.

The gaming machine price would be massively dependent if you plan to game on one monitor or three. Also what resolution and whether it will be in 3D and also whether you have the confidence to overclock it eventually or not. Also if you would eventually want to use multiple graphics cards in the future or not.

If it is single monitor 1080p gaming, an expensive machine would be wasted. I would say you can make a pretty good 1080p build for £1200 and see it last quite a while. The types of games you play also make a difference
 
zakblood said:
no you didn't get my meaning, OC are great to buy from, all my stuff is from here, yes you can get cheaper from elsewhere, but returns and service is no where near as good as here tbh

when i say don't get burnt, i mean leave off with the latests stuff, the next to best gen stuff is just as good for a lot less, when new parts come out you always pay a premium price for it at the start, and sometimes you also get the quite not ready bits as well like early bios's etc, better to use tried and tested bits with a lot more user comments on them and a lower price then upgrade when the newer stuff has dropped like it always does after a few months or so
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Sorry I did understand your meaning, meant it more for the "thanks for the great advice" :) my follow up question was on a different note. my bad

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Thanks for all the extra advice, I'm going to stick to OCUK for parts. So no point splashing out into 2k - 3k rig, I'll do my research into which components to get and probably end up asking for more advice :)

Thanks
 
Caiuse said:
Sorry I did understand your meaning, meant it more for the "thanks for the great advice" :) my follow up question was on a different note. my bad

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Thanks for all the extra advice, I'm going to stick to OCUK for parts. So no point splashing out into 2k - 3k rig, I'll do my research into which components to get and probably end up asking for more advice :)

Thanks
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Don't forget that after you've done your research you can come back on the forums and ask us to help with your build ;)
 
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