Gaming Pc Help - approx £800. Clueless!

Paintedhair

Paintedhair

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Hello.

I am looking for a gaming pc and don't really have a clue to where to start, it will be for playing games, battle field 4 etc. I don't need the monitor or keyboard etc but will need it to be able to connect to the wifi. I will need the pc built, I do not know anyone that could build it for us.

The person it is for would like a Nvidia graphics card, that much I do know! If possible I would like to get a gaming pc that wont be out of date in 6 months.

Can anyone advise me, or point me in the right direction?

Thank you very much for any help.:)
 
Hi stulid, thank you for replying. Yes it will need to have an OS.

My budget is a bit flexible, after weeks of reading, I am still not sure how to make sure I get the best set up that I can, so thank you for your time.
 
Cool.

It is a shame you want it built for you as that swallows £££.

But OcUK may build it for you for around £60,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £730.04 (includes shipping : £8.00).



You can claim £22.50 cashback because of the CPU+board - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856

And I think maybe free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207 - but im not sure on that as its being built for you.
 
This is with Nvidia,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (77XPH6DV6KTZ) £215.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £762.10 (includes shipping : £8.00).



There are cheaper cards like the GTX760 range, but the R9 280 is a better buy than that.
 
Or AMD CPU+Nvidia GTX970 (fastest card out of these three)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P) £239.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £107.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 III - USB 3.0 ATX Case - Seidon Promotion Free cooler Master Seidon £69.95
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £757.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).




The case was £100 and includes a £30+ water cooler for the CPU.

Do you know what resolution your friend plays at?
 
Thank you so much for this help. It's for my son.. He better be putting as much thought into my gift from Santa ;)

I am not sure about resolution, I'm sorry. I do know that he has a 24" monitor. That probably doesn't help does it? Sorry.

We would like the best graphics card that we can get, with the intel i5 that you listed. Is it then just a case of asking the store to build for us?

Thank you again.
 
As for actual prebuilt systems,

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Machete" Intel Core i5 4690 @ 3.9GHz Turbo Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC £271.02
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x OcUK Standard System Warranty - 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) £0.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
- 1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
- 1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £247.99
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £37.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
Total : £844.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Upgrade to a GTX970 and selected win8.1 to give that price.
 
Paintedhair said:
Thank you so much for this help. It's for my son.. He better be putting as much thought into my gift from Santa ;)

I am not sure about resolution, I'm sorry. I do know that he has a 24" monitor. That probably doesn't help does it? Sorry.

We would like the best graphics card that we can get, with the intel i5 that you listed. Is it then just a case of asking the store to build for us?

Thank you again.
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Yes, point them to the post/basket I have listed and see what they say.

Ask in customer services.

What I will say is that going AMD on the CPU to get the best card you can afford (i.e the GTX970) will be better for gaming.

GTX970 vs 770 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1355?vs=1037

And various videos out recently from Linus Tech Tips and Tek Syndicate also say just get the best card you can afford.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P) £239.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £50.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN823N) £11.48
Total : £751.00 (includes shipping : ).




Subtracting £22.50 for the cashback and assuming you get free shipping with code SFCASE then this totals £728.50, + £60 for build charge makes £788.50

Windows can be installed via USB by OcUK I think, or add £13 to the total making £801.50, or add a CPU cooler of choice
Best of both worlds this way
 
A few pointers OP,

Haswell like fast RAM that is why I put 2400Mhz rated stuff in, AMD doesn't matter and most of the boards are limited in speed anyway.

The cashback is not instant either, you have to wait 30 days before you can even make the claim (and before the 60th day on the receipt) then once approved it can take a further 30 days for it to be paid.

Full terms/conditions and questions found here - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying
 
Thank you both so much! I really appreciate this, to me it's like a different language all this stuff lol.

I think it deff has to be the 970 graphics card, thank you.

Shivy, what cooler would you add to that? Does it definitely need one?

Sorry for all the extra questions.
 
stulid said:
This is with Nvidia,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (77XPH6DV6KTZ) £215.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £56.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Xigmatek Mach Midi-Tower Black £19.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £762.10 (includes shipping : £8.00).



There are cheaper cards like the GTX760 range, but the R9 280 is a better buy than that.
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Would this card work with the above?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-ZT
 
And one more question (most likely will end up more than one!) if he wanted over time to upgrade and had the confidence to learn how to do it, would that build with the GTX970 allow that?

And would it be a case of unpacking, plugging this in and playing - bar the odd thing? But it would be ok on wifi?

Would you be happy with such a build? Would you enjoy gaming on it?

See! I knew it would be more that one question! This forum is a lifesaver, thank you.
 
I would be happy with it, play BF4 no problem upto 1440P resolution.

What do you mean buy upgrades?

extra RAM? sure, add more in the free slots.

extra GTX970 for SLI, can be added but the PSU needs to be 750W for that.
 
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