Friends build £1000

[BenJRL]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a PC build, budget is £1000 and the PC will be used for gaming, media and browsing. Monitor and Peripherals not required, just case and contents. Shipping not required.

 

[stulid]

No OS either?

 

[BenJRL]

No OS needed, Windows 7 64bit already purchased.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £365.98
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £229.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011024-WW) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Silverstone Heligon SST-HE01 CPU Cooler £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,031.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).



• PSU is made by Superflower and has a 10 year warranty.

• £30 off the GFX card - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631947

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

 

[BenJRL]

That is awesome thanks, I'll pass this on.

 

[stulid]

Here is another,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £399.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x NZXT SOURCE 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £993.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Smaller PSU as the board doesn't do SLI.

Fastest single gpu GFX card.

Windowed case with gold bits on the board and RAM with gold/yellow lighting

Everything fits too which helps.

 

[stulid]

Or another,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £252.58
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £82.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,003.04 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Board does SLI, PSU will power two GTX970 as they use less power than a R9 290.

External drives on this one and the NZXT to either keep the good looks or because the case has no external bays. The Corsair 330R has a door.

 

[Doomedspeed]

3 different colour coordinated specs, I very much like.

First one is for silence, with a noise damped case and a passive cooler. It also has an i7, which isn't essential for a gaming rig (the i5 is more than enough 90% of the time) but doesnt harm. The 290 is good value too.

Second one is 'gaming rig' as is. No need to add another card or touch it at all. Just run it into the ground. Easy.

The third is ready to be added too, 970 SLI is on the cards (haha) and it will give you epic performance.

All great specs for compketely different reasons.. The choice is yours.. .

 

[Fallen god]

I would go with the last build i5+970 is the best balance I feel.