Gaming PC for £1500

[TheCSM]

Hi All,

It's time for a new build. I built my current PC in 2008 and I'm not familiar with what the latest/greatest components are. Can you please spec me a system for £1500?

Please include:
- Motherboard
- Graphics
- CPU
- SSD
- Memory
- Case
- Power Supply
- Windows
- Fans, coolers etc... if necessary.

Not needed:
- Monitor
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Storage HDD
- CD/DVD Drive

I'll be using it for a bit of everything - gaming, work, Photoshop, video editing...

Cheers!

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
2 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £114.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.60
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £1,501.01 (includes shipping : £13.75).





The Gaming 7 comes with 8GB of RAM for free.

Also be aware that the case does not have any 5.25" external bays, so if you have a DVD drive then it will either have to hang out the side when you install windows or buy a external drive and connect it when needed.

 

[lee32uk]

Do you plan on running 2 gpu's ?

Also what resolution is your current monitor ?

 

[TheCSM]

Do you plan on running 2 gpu's ?

Also what resolution is your current monitor ?

Not necessarily. To be honest, I don't know enough to know whether it's worth it or not. I'm really out of touch with PC components now.

My resolution is 1920x1080.

 

[stulid]

Well basically Crossfire (which is 2 or more AMD cards) allow you to eat up games at maximum settings and upto much higher resolutions.

You dont have to get 2 cards now, you can always add another later on either new or 2nd hand.

 

[lee32uk]

Here is a single card setup, although the 850W would allow crossfire. Pretty similar to Stulid's build, just a different gpu and case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £114.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £107.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Total : £1,191.12 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[Danny75]

Yeah, at 1920 x 1080 the one card is best then, as by the time you upgrade your monitor (if you ever do), obtaining a second card will be cheaper.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780Ti Gaming Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £479.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011044-WW) £144.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £114.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £61.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
Total : £1,498.97 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Maxed the budget to include 16GB RAM and a 780Ti... also a case I'm in love with lol. But the two cases Stu and Lee specced are lovely as well. You absolutely don't need to spend all your budget. It's just for if you want to do that anyway.

 

[TheCSM]

Excellent, thanks guys. Not sure which case I'll go for yet - they all look great.

Yeah, at 1920 x 1080 the one card is best then...

Why is that? [/noob question]

 

[lee32uk]

Excellent, thanks guys. Not sure which case I'll go for yet - they all look great.


Why is that? [/noob question]

That resolution doesn't really require the horsepower of a high end crossfire/sli setup. A higher resolution setup is when cf/sli would be beneficial.