first gaming pc ever! £1250-£1500

[jimmyfizzle]

hey guys, thanks for reading.

like the title says im in the market for my first ever gaming pc the £1500 needs to include pc,monitor and keyboard. dont really want to build it myself as dont have the tech knowhow. any suggestions for a capable, future proof gaming rig would be much appreciated.

thanks in advance.

jimmy

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome.

Do you need an OS and mouse?

 

[jimmyfizzle]

os yes, mouse no

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £264.58
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black – Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x In Win 703 Midi Tower - Black / Red £54.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,308.07 (includes shipping : £22.20).




PSU and motherboard are ready for a 2nd GFX later.

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving** £388.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £287.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Corsair K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black – Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
Total : £1,525.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Motherboard has a 5 year warranty and a free upgrade within 3years - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

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If you go for a Superflower PSU you get free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

But the 750W one is out of stock - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-SF

The EVGA is the same unit inside, but has a 10 year warranty vs 5 years.

 

[jimmyfizzle]

thanks so much for the quick response, i havent heard to much of msi only nvidia and amd specifically the geforce gtx 980, would tha be a viable or even worthwhile upgrade to the build u reccommended?

again thanks in advance

 

[stulid]

MSI been around ages, surprised you've not heard of them before.

MSI is Nvidia, Nvidia just provides the GFX cores and MSI/gigabyte/EVGA or whoever add them in to their own PCB designs.

A GTX970 will not struggle with those monitors.
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One other thing might want is a DVD drive to install the OS disk from. But install from a USB thumb drive will be better.

if you do want a DVD drive get a external one so you keep the cases good looks.

 

[jimmyfizzle]

im new to this whole pc thing coming from console so amd and nvidia i know

another thing if u dont mind, if i ordered all of these things from overclockersUK they would prebuild this pc for me? or would i receive the components individually packaged?

 

[stulid]

These are individual parts you will have to assemble.

Or a rough price for them to build it is £60, ask customer services.

There are also plenty of youtube videos showing how to assemble a PC.

 

[jimmyfizzle]

thanks dude, much appreciated

 

[stulid]

If you do want a pre-built PC,

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Katana DC" Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Gaming PC £305.09
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
- 1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £97.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
- 1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
- 1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £101.95
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £199.99
1 x Corsair K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black – Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £89.99
Total : £1,397.17 (includes shipping : £16.85).



But you are not getting as much bang per buck.

The included PSU is only 550W so no good for a 2nd card, the board doesn't even support SLI (its crossfire only).

Crossfire = AMD multiple cards.

SLI = Nvidia Multiple cards.

 

[jimmyfizzle]

now that ive seen it building my own pc sounds like fun, think ill take the gtx 970 option.

one last thing, would it be worth investing a few 100 more over the 1500 for a capable 4k gaming rig or would it not be feasible on that kind of budget?

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Envy Duo DC" Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.6GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce SLI Gaming PC £887.03
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
- 1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
- 1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £251.99
- 1 x No Crossfire Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x NO OPTICAL DRIVE INSTALLED £0.00
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £29.99
Total : £1,553.46 (includes shipping : £13.75).



That will accept a 2nd GFX card.

one last thing, would it be worth investing a few 100 more over the 1500 for a capable 4k gaming rig or would it not be feasible on that kind of budget?

A 4K screen is £350-£400 on its own.

 

[jimmyfizzle]

awesom man, thank you very much

 

[Uncle Petey]

now that ive seen it building my own pc sounds like fun

That's what we like to hear

 

[Trojan Horse]

awesom man, thank you very much

Get an IPS 2.5K screen (2560 x 1440) way better, big screen, better colours etc. Worth the money

 

[jimmyfizzle]

Get an IPS 2.5K screen (2560 x 1440) way better, big screen, better colours etc. Worth the money

could u link one please?

 

[stulid]

Heres one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-110-BQ

Need to find one with a quick response time (the grey to grey switching time of the pixel).

G-Sync (1080P) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-067-AC&groupid=17&catid=948

 

[Trojan Horse]

You don't really need that "quick of a response" time... coming from a Console I doubt you would notice speed up to 10ms. I would say purchase monitors under 5ms though like the one stulid provided - but gysnc only works on Nvidia cards and isn't really all that is needed.

Anyways the colour accuracy of the IPS/PLS screens offsets the slight small lag (that I nor do many people ever notice) because though the normal panels (TN) are fast they will never have as good colour as an IPS screen.