First Gaming PC need some advice

GAC1996 · 4 May 2015 at 13:15

Hey
Heard about this place from a friend and thought id register and get some assistance

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This will be my first gaming pc and im totally lost on what to get, I have a budget of £1000 in mind, this does not cover an OS as being a student i can get my hands on a 64bit OS. it would be great if the budget would cover a monitor also but im not overly fussed on that part.

I would like to build it myself although i have no experience in building PC's i have a few friends that do

Note: it may take me a month or two to save up the funds.

stulid · 4 May 2015 at 13:16

Hi and welcome.

Do you also need a keyboard+mouse?

GAC1996 · 4 May 2015 at 13:17

Thanks for the welcome, I have a gaming mouse and just a standard keyboard so i should be good on that part

stulid · 4 May 2015 at 13:19

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £1,003.97 (includes shipping : £20.10 Ex.VAT).

• PSU is made by Seasonic and has a 5yr warranty.
• Fast GFX card and a 1ms response monitor.

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Without a monitor you can get an i7 and fancy case with a window,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - Red Window £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,012.40 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).

GAC1996 · 4 May 2015 at 13:29

Thanks for such a quick response time

They both look great! Im guessing if i opt for the i7 i wont have to upgrade the CPU for a long while? plus i love the look of that second case!

stulid · 4 May 2015 at 13:32

That case has no option for an external drive bay if thats needed?

You wont have to upgrade the CPU for ages, plus a nice little overclock can help.

There is also this bundle,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £399.98
Total : £409.58 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

This board has a 5yr warranty and a 2for1 upgrade offer.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £399.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED38G2133HC11ADC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £1,031.87 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

GAC1996 · 4 May 2015 at 13:53

That other motherboard does look nicer and with a free upgrade...very tempting.
Is there much difference between the MSI and KFA2 card? apart from one says its silent?
Also whats an external drive bay? is it for disk drives such as cd roms?
sorry for all the questions! very new at this.

stulid · 4 May 2015 at 13:56

The MSI runs passive at Idle, so is silent and also under load, its also cheaper.

The KFA2 gives free delivery it seems, plus "coil whine" technology to reduce this (i.e it has some gunk on the coils to keep them in place and stop them moving).

External bays is for DVD drives or some fan controller etc, the case has all the internal 3.5+2.5" bays you need.

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Had a play and without a HDD you can get a i5+GTX980,

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2981-KR) £449.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - Red Window £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £47.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,022.41 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).

lee32uk · 4 May 2015 at 14:01

I would get this PSU if you can buy it before the price goes back up on Wed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA Supernova GS 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £64.99
Total : £74.59 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).