Full system for £1200ish

[phoenixlager]

Hi

After not having a pc or console for quite a while im looking at getting a pc to play games on, (Call of Duty, GTA).

I'll be starting from scratch. I have no monitor or keyboard etc.

Can a pc that is good for a couple of years be built for a budget of 1200?

It'll only be going into a small spare room so a small monitor will be fine.

Cheers

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome.

Yes a PC with all the bits that plays games very well can be done for that budget.

Can you build a PC yourself or does it need to be built up for you?

 

[phoenixlager]

Id need it building, not very PC competant.

I have been looking at https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-084-OG&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2672

How future proof will this system be? or will it be better to get an i7 system built?

 

[stulid]

That not to bad, but the case is a little cheap and there is no SSD (highly recommended as its insanely quicker than a HDD) but you can always ask them to add one in..

Also its not worth going for an i7 if you have to make do with a slower GFX card. An i5 is very quick.


Or.

Ask OcUK customer services if they can build you this for fee,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x MicroLab FC360 45W 2.1 Speaker System - Black £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
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 CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £34.99
Total : £1,153.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x "ForceBox Gamer Plus" Intel Core i5 4670 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Quad Core Nvidia GTX Special Edition Gaming PC £313.08
- 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED38G1600HC9DC01) £43.99
- 1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Nvidia Edition - Black £74.95
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
- 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £92.99
- 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x MicroLab FC360 45W 2.1 Speaker System - Black £46.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £34.99
Total : £1,218.59 (includes shipping : £27.20).

 

[phoenixlager]

Sorry for my ignorance but is the 4670k a better processor? Which of those two systems would you buy given the budget? Thanks

 

[stulid]

I would obviously buy the parts and build it myself.

The 4690K is a 4670K with a slight speed increase (100MHz so nothing at all) and an improved thermal compound used to stick the heatspreader on to the silicon core.

If you cant build it yourself or get it built for you then the last spec has a 144Hz gaming monitor that is lovely for gaming, GTX970, SSD+1TB selected (make sure you select these in the option list and the OS), the only thing wrong is it doesnt have an overclockable CPU/board.

 

[phoenixlager]

Thanks for your help and input, much appreciated