Gaming Build For Around £700

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Hi,

My friend is looking to get a nice gaming PC. He is looking to spend around £700 for just the pc itself (he has a monitor, keyboard, mouse etc).

We are looking for something that can play all the modern games at the moment and hopefully last him a good couple of years before he has to upgrade anything.

He was asking for something similar to mine (what I have is in my signature) but I mentioned he could get better than mine for the same £700 price I paid a year ago.

All builds appreciated,

Thanks
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.59
Total : £760.49 (includes shipping : £12.50).



unfortunately the 4690k is suffering from etailer price gouging of ~£30ish quid at the moment =(
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97-D3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
2 x Arctic F12 PWM Case Fan - 120mm £4.39 (£8.78)
Total : £875.68 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
dacads said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97-D3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
2 x Arctic F12 PWM Case Fan - 120mm £4.39 (£8.78)
Total : £875.68 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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OP ^that would be a good start however i'd try to invest some more money into the case.
 
Thanks for that I will show him later.

I like the idea of an SSD being a lot faster but if you buy one only for the OS and a seperate SATA 1TB hard drive for everything else would does that not eliminate the speed of SSD since most stuff is installed on the other drive?
 
yes, but not quite.
you install your apps on the ssd (hence a nice big 256gb ssd) and keep you media files like videos and music on the hdd
and are you still getting ocuk to build your custom rig? if you are, be prepared to set aside £50-100 extra
ps: need os?
 
No I will build it for him and he already has a Windows so no OS.

So in terms of the hard drive you install everything onto the SSD but only use the 1TB SATA as a storage for movies/music/pictures etc, you don't install anything to this drive.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £275.5
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Evo Professional CPU Cooler £27.95
Total : £911.34 (includes shipping : £12.50).




- 2TB HDD
- Z87X-SLI mobo (better than D3H)
- Better cooler
- Ronin, really nice case
- SuperFlower PSU
- The nice VTX3D cooler on the R9 290
 
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