Gaming PC £1k+

[Shash]

Please help me spec a machine, no copy of Windows required, no peripherals, no graphics card. Budget £1000 or could stretch higher if good reason to. Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

[teppic]

Here's a suggestion. This PSU would allow a second graphics card to be added later. If you didn't want watercooling you could get a very good air cooler instead within the £1k budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £187.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £976.79 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 

[Doomedspeed]

That spec looks okay.

OP, what graphics card do you have?

Is it just for gaming?

 

[mattdunnapoo]

1x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz
1XHIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB
1XCorsair Graphite 600T
1XMSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series
1XSamsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO
1XXFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular
1XSeagate Barracuda 2TB
1XTeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz
1XCorsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee
1XLG GP50NB40 8x Slim External DVD-RW Retail Kit

TOTAL £1,150
includes shipping £19.10 and the graphics card comes with 8 games and just a little over budget , or sell games and claw some money back