Help with a new system build for my partner

Hadriel

Hadriel

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Hey guys

My partner is after getting a new system and I thought asking the brains that reside here would be the best bet :D.

Budget wise she is looking to spend no more than £850, she could stretch to £1000 possibly but anything £850 or under would be fantastic.

The system itself doesn't need to be anything fancy (lights and what not) just a good powerful machine aimed at casual gaming (guild wars 2 etc) but mainly with a focus on video editing, this is the biggie as she does a lot of youtube stuff.

I am planning on getting this built by Overclockers also and so it will also need a copy of windows and the building fee included.

Thanks for any help guys. It is very much appreciated.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £115.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED316G2133HC11ADC01) £68.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB) £64.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001) £54.95
1 x Alpenfhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black £23.99
Total : £862.42 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).




That should be £920-ish with build fee. Can ask in Customer Service forum for quote.

Can go for nicer case, slightly better SSD (Samsung 850 EVO) or larger SSD, or GTX 780, slightly better motherboard (look at the bundles) etc, if you don't mind spending more.

A 6-core X99 system would be around £1040-ish. Over budget but worth considering for video-editing in the long term:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***50 Saving*** £441.98
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £115.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017) £85.99
1 x Avexir Core White Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4UZ124001604G-4CIW) - White Light £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/240GB) £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM001) £54.95
1 x Alpenfhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black £23.99
Total : £977.42 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 
Thank you for the Reply Danny75. Sorry for taking so long to respond :).

Just wondering if there is much point in going for a 970 over the 770?

Cheers
 
Hadriel said:
Thank you for the Reply Danny75. Sorry for taking so long to respond :).

Just wondering if there is much point in going for a 970 over the 770?

Cheers
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The 970 is a decent upgrade on a 770 and will last longer of course.

If you can somehow squeeze a 5820k and 970 build together then you will have a fine machine that will be a video and 1080p gaming powerhouse.

Saying that, a 4790k and 770 won't be miles off.

It just depends on how much you want to spend of course.
 
McGraw said:
The 970 is a decent upgrade on a 770 and will last longer of course.

If you can somehow squeeze a 5820k and 970 build together then you will have a fine machine that will be a video and 1080p gaming powerhouse.

Saying that, a 4790k and 770 won't be miles off.

It just depends on how much you want to spend of course.
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I feel stretching the budget a little more will be worth it for the 970 and the 5820k also. Thanks McGraw. Hopefully get this ordered this week :).
 
 
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