Gaming PC £1500 max budget

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I have been trying to find the best possible pc to build myself to replace my current one. My intentions are to max out most, if not all games at 1440p minimum 60fps in Multiplayer. Any help would be much appreciated.

To name a few games:
Battlefield 4
Evolve
Middle Earth: Shador of Mordor
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

Components i need help to pick (following items are what should be included in budget):
CPU - Motherboard - PSU - RAM - GPU - Pc Case

Components/Peripherals i already have (Do not Include these items in £1500 Budget):
Windows 7 Professional
Samsung 500gb 850 EVO ssd (already purchased)
keyboard
mouse
monitor
speakers
 
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Hi,

So is this a PC to build yourself?

Are you just after the tower? or do you need an OS or keyboard etc also?

The budget is to also include those items also listed?
 
yes, i will be building the PC myself. I have purchased windows 7 Professional already and i already have keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers etc

I will edit my post to make it clearer, thanks
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £387.98
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) £151.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 240mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
Total : £1,346.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).



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YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £869.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £387.98
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Case & HCG-620M 620W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU Bundle £116.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,523.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



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YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £869.99
1 x Asus Z97 Pro Gamer - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K OEM CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 OFF** £348.97
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 650w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £65.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - Red Window £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,495.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
You're the first person to reply and you have already made me change my mind/ think about other components I didn't think possible.

A GTX Titan would be awesome if I could include that, but are there any other graphics cards that offer good performance for maxing settings on games?

I like the mobo and cpu bundle option, seem like a good choice price/ performance wise, so either of those options you provided I would go for, preferably Asus

Also is 8gb enough ram for now? what would be a good option if I was to choose 16gb ram?

Forgot to mention I have 2x1tb hard drives (2tb total) as well as my 500gb ssdentioned in post, so I will not need any more hard drives

Thanks stulid for help!!
 
8Gb is plenty for games.

As for the GFX card, well ummm the Titan X will blitz 1440P res, no question about it, fastest single gaming card on the market, unlike the Crossfire 290X option you dont have to wait for Crossfire/SLI profiles to make full use in games.

Im surprised it fits in the spec too, amazing really, a GTX980 does a good job at 1440P.



YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce Titan X 12288MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £869.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £411.98
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Case & HCG-620M 620W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU Bundle £116.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £59.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14S 140mm CPU Cooler £38.99
Total : £1,511.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).




This motherboard has a 5yr warranty and a 2for1 upgrade offer - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511
 
The R9 295 is 4GB, it has 4Gb per gpu but its duplicated, but DX12 is suppose to alter this to max it a true 8GB.

If you go look at reviews (techpowerup and pcperspective) of the titanX it will also have the 980 and 295X2 in a large variety of games and resolutions.
 
ok thanks, it does seem like a good card that 295x2 for price.

I cant decide on which motherboard, as they are all much the same, any help?

Might go down to an i5 cpu to save some money. Was thinking about this motherboard? although i dont know if its overkill as it seems to be same spec as gigabyte ones that are in the cpu/mobo bundle. any advice on brand?


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-608-AS
 
The Hero is overkill, if you want to stick with ASUS then the Z97 Pro gamer does most things you could want.

The Gigabyte black edition with that 241 offer is also great.
 
hi, just about to say.. compared the asus pro gamer one to the others and its seems to be the best option, but u beat me to it.

my only question with the cpu, what is the oem version, is it just no cooler and less warranty? its not a refurb or anything?
 
The EVGA is also made by Superflower, has a 10yr warranty, you can also get custom braided cable kits for it.
 
ok i didnt know that. just ordered:

asus z97 pro gamer and i7 4790k cpu bundle
16gb hyper x 2400 mhz ram
evga superflower g2 850w psu
red braided cables

still cant decide on gpu, would like the titan but price/performance puts me off, its a lot of money for a gpu, although im sure worth it. read that the titan is expensive in the UK compared to america (dollars). so hopefully it might come down in price. i would buy two 970 sli if they was 8gb, hopefully nvidia do that or wait wait 980 ti 8gb.

thanks for your help stulid, appreciate it
 
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