Gaming Rig - £1000 budget

Carkeh

Carkeh

Carkeh

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Hey guys I'm looking to build my own gaming rig that'll be able to hold its own for the next 2-3 years. The setup I'm currently looking at is as follows:
Intel Core i5 4690k 3.50GHz LGA1150
EVGA GeForce 960 SSC 2048MB GDDR5
ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer Intel Z97 Socket 1150 DDR3
Samsung 250GB 850 Evo SSD
NZXT H440 Mid Tower - Red / Black
Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16gb
Corsair Builder Series 600W Modular

I haven't included any fans, thermal paste or wires as I'm not too sure on what's good so any advise would be great. It's all just the tower and I want it in the H440 case! Water cooling is fine but I want to keep my budget on the lower end of 800, but my Max is 950-1000

Thanks
 
Hi and thank you!

No need to worry about OS as I can actually get 8.1 free as part of my Uni course. The inclusion of a Sensei raw mouse would be grand but no stressing it

Just a main tower for games!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £86.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - Red Window £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £888.90 (includes shipping : ).




PSU is ready for a 2nd GFX card and is better quality.

8GB of RAM is all you need for gaming.

Change case for the H440 is you want.
 
Looks awesome, thanks. Wouldn't really need the extra HDD as I have tons spare. Life subbing that out would you recommend anything else? I feel like the 970 is a bit overkill on a 1080p monitor, what's your opinion on that?
 
GTX970 will run all games at max at 1080P and that is what you want? why turn settings down when you can afford a good GFX card.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £136.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
Total : £1,019.90 (includes shipping : ).



Better case that you wanted.

Bigger SSD and a larger water cooler.

Remember these cases have no space for an internal optical drive.
 
Awesome that's fantastic, most games and software is digital download now a days so no real stress for an optical drive.

What would you recommend in the 800-900 price range if I did have to pay for OS? Just want a good range before I commit to the purchasing

Also what case would you/you guys personally recommend? Be it for aesthetics or functionality
 
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