Building a computer

[JimJoeRooney]

hi im looking a build for a computer, im gonna use a site like this to build it for me and ill choose the parts. I have about £1000 budget so I would appreciate some help please.


Here is 1 setup I found but Its a small bit over my limit but I could push for it if its good enough to run games like battlefield 4 and future games, let me know your opinions please.

Optical Drive
1 x 24x DVD-RW Optical Drive £19.99

1 x 1TB (1000GB) Sata III Hard Drive £49.99

1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64bit £74.99

1 x £60 PC Build Charge, FREE UK Delivery, FREE Shockproof Packaging + FREE 1 Year Standard Warranty Package £59.99

1 x 300MBs Wireless PCI Card WiFi Network Adaptor £15.99

1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Motherboard £84.99

1 x **10% OFF** 4.4GHz Intel Core i5 4670K 4-Core CPU *Overclocked* £175.99

1 x **10% OFF** Vibox Tactician Blue Gaming Case £42.99

1 x Zalman CNPS11X Extreme CPU Cooler £49.99

1 x XFX Pro Series 850W 80+ Bronze PSU £79.99

1 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz Gaming RAM £122.99
Graphics Card

1 x XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB Graphics Card £314.99


Subtotal £910.73
Shipping & Handling £13.99
Tax £182.15
Grand Total £1,106.87

 

[Randall8686]

Build it yourself, if you can put a 10 piece Lego model together you can put a PC together. There really is nothing more than a dozen screws to do up and a couple of cables to plug in.

 

[ExtremeIC3cream]

I built my computer back in November it was very easy and I am only 14 and if you did get stuck the wonderful people on the forum will help you

 

[implosiveturnip]

Build it yourself, if you can put a 10 piece Lego model together you can put a PC together. There really is nothing more than a dozen screws to do up and a couple of cables to plug in.

+1

It's a great experience and you'll get a bit more for your money, plus a much nicer case! And the money saved could go towards a nice fast ssd

Oh and yeah and I wouldn't touch vibox with someone else's mate.

 

[implosiveturnip]

quick spec for ya

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £341.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £107.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £107.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £83.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,063.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[JimJoeRooney]

Thanks for the advice, but i was worried i wouldn't have the time or enough know how to build one myself and went and ordered that 1, maybe next time ill try building one, its something I've always wanted to do and everyone here seems genuine and helpful, pity i didn't come here first.
Anyway, do you think the one i bought above will be good enough to run games on high settings without much problems?

 

[Randall8686]

Seemed a bit pointless you asking if you just bought that one any way but never mind.

Yes it will run games fine with a 290 and an i5 however the lack of SSD is your only let down. Personally i would have put a SSD in for the OS and most played games/favorite apps especially on a 1k build. Hence the build it yourself and thats the cost of an SSD nearly.

I built a PC for my brother inlaw last night and it was built and running in under an hour and that was making a nice neat job of the wires too. Its half the fun too.

As you say next time maybe but it is so simple the hardest bit is trying to hide cables neatly (if you an*l about a neat case)

 

[foster grant]

Build it yourself, if you can put a 10 piece Lego model together you can put a PC together. There really is nothing more than a dozen screws to do up and a couple of cables to plug in.

+2

You would be fine with 8 Gigs of Ram too , you don't Need 16


shame you cant cancel that order and get all the parts from OcUK

 

[DaleTheWhale]

If you have a budget of 1k, I wouldn't be thinking of AMD at all:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,006.45 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I'd cancel that order almost immediately, it's not great!

XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB Graphics Card < This is going to run very hot and with the case in your spec I doubt it's going to cool it well.

EDIT: 1.1k and no ssd?!

 

[implosiveturnip]

+2

You would be fine with 8 Gigs of Ram too , you don't Need 16


shame you cant cancel that order and get all the parts from OcUK

this and the ssd. maybe you could ask them to half the ram and drop a basic ssd in, it makes a world of difference.

 

[hakank68]

If you have a budget of 1k, I wouldn't be thinking of AMD at all:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £251.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,006.45 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I'd cancel that order almost immediately, it's not great!

XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB Graphics Card < This is going to run very hot and with the case in your spec I doubt it's going to cool it well.

EDIT: 1.1k and no ssd?!

Great spec +1
Agree with the R9 290

 

[Havana_UK]

Thanks for the advice, but i was worried i wouldn't have the time or enough know how to build one myself and went and ordered that 1, maybe next time ill try building one, its something I've always wanted to do and everyone here seems genuine and helpful, pity i didn't come here first.
Anyway, do you think the one i bought above will be good enough to run games on high settings without much problems?

It should runs things fine on high settings, but...

• 16GB RAM pointless for gaming - 8GB is plenty
• I wouldn't touch anything with XFX on it! Warranty support is atrocious from all accounts (one reason I understand that OcUK stopped dealing with them)
• PSU is overkill for a single card setup - for the same money you could have a much better quality and more efficient unit
• No SSD (crazy in a £1K build)
• The price being charged for that Zalman cooler!!! For the same money there are better coolers out there

Here's another example of what you could get for your £1K budget:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £281.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £154.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,041.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).



There's a lower cost GPU in there, but there are a number of components you can play around with to move the cost around if you wanted the R9 290 instead.

I'm a bit perplexed that your asked opinions at 10pm, then ordered only an hour and a half later. You could have left it up until 2pm today and not been any worse off, plus you would have given people loads more time to reply.

Building a PC, even if you're doing it for the first time and are a total novice, is a day's work maximum. Everyone here will be very helpful with it if you run into any issues too.

I recommend you call the supplier and cancel the order, giving you time to reconsider.

 

[implosiveturnip]

It should runs things fine on high settings, but...

• I wouldn't touch anything with XFX on it! Warranty support is atrocious from all accounts (one reason I understand that OcUK stopped dealing with them)

You're right, I forgot about that. Inconsistent build quality too if memory serves me correct.

I recommend you call the supplier and cancel the order, giving you time to reconsider.

It's the right thing to do OP! you won't regret it!

 

[Havana_UK]

Here's another example of a £1K build, this time with a R9 290:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £389.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,065.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[JimJoeRooney]

I was posting on a few sites looking advice, only got cleared here late sun night which was why I bought it so soon after. I didn't realise the SSD would make such a difference, is it something I can add in myself?

 

[jpod]

Yes you can add it anytime you want.