Need gaming rig. How much will I realistically need to spend?

jaybee82

jaybee82

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So I'm going to need a complete new setup,desktop, monitor, mouse, keyboard etc.

I've not got a budget as such, but don't really want to spend a lot more for minimal performance benefits.

I'll be playing all performance heavy games and want them to run smoothly on the highest settings.

I had a rough figure in my mind of around 1,200 but I can push on that if needed.

Also I'll consider building it myself if there's significant benefits, but am concerned about the lack of warranty in this.

Would really appreciate any help!
 
Take a look at this self build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Packard Bell Viseo 243DH 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011012-WW) £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £71.99
1 x Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,225.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
A bit more than you were willing to spend, mostly because of GPU.
Quite a few of those parts are on weekly offer which ends Wednesday.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £395.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Parvum Systems S2.0 MicroATX Case - Black with Green £139.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Asus Z87 GRYPHON Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler £44.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £29.99
2 x Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Venom Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £11.99 (£23.98)
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
2 x Akasa AK-182-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 80mm Fan - 3 pin £4.98 (£9.96)
Total : £1,364.60 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £29.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,241.28 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £235.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x BenQ GL2460 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £71.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £29.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,197.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Before I even read the replies I was about to post this:

"a budget of £1200 all in will net you a potent gaming machine and all essentially peripherals to match"

Seems I was right on the money :D
 
Thanks for the replies guys, going to look into this now.

Couple of questions, do you get no warranty for a self build?

Should I really go for Win 8 (I despise it), is there any performance benefits?
 
jaybee82 said:
Thanks for the replies guys, going to look into this now.

Couple of questions, do you get no warranty for a self build?

Should I really go for Win 8 (I despise it), is there any performance benefits?
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You get warranty on the individual parts but not he system itself.

So if you have a problem you cant just send the system to us, you would have to remove the problem part (so you would have to self diagnose).

Whereas with a pre-built you can send the whole system back and we will do the rest :)
 
NathWraith said:
You get warranty on the individual parts but not he system itself.

So if you have a problem you cant just send the system to us, you would have to remove the problem part (so you would have to self diagnose).

Whereas with a pre-built you can send the whole system back and we will do the rest :)
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Pros and cons to both

Individual part - you have to diagnose it, have to remove it, have to send it back

System - you don't diagnose it, you send the system back, but at your cost, and you take responsibility in sending it - imagine if it got smashed!!
 
BaDBoY_uK said:
Pros and cons to both

Individual part - you have to diagnose it, have to remove it, have to send it back

System - you don't diagnose it, you send the system back, but at your cost, and you take responsibility in sending it - imagine if it got smashed!!
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nail on the head there :)

If a system arrives to us clearly courier damaged we sort that out with the courier and provide new parts/system if required. As long as the system was packed appropriately,

Same goes on the way back to you.
 
NathWraith said:
nail on the head there :)

If a system arrives to us clearly courier damaged we sort that out with the courier and provide new parts/system if required. As long as the system was packed appropriately,

Same goes on the way back to you.
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Oh nice. I thought a drama would ensue. Glad to see OCUK taking on that responsibility. Are there guidelines on what constitutes "packaged appropriately"?

Might make my decision on whether to buy pre-made easier ;)

Cheers Nath
 
BaDBoY_uK said:
Oh nice. I thought a drama would ensue. Glad to see OCUK taking on that responsibility. Are there guidelines on what constitutes "packaged appropriately"?

Might make my decision on whether to buy pre-made easier ;)

Cheers Nath
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Essentially it is just your original packaging or if you no longer have that, something similar.

If you sent a tower without a box and just in brown paper that counts as inappropriately packaged lol.
 
NathWraith said:
You get warranty on the individual parts but not he system itself.

So if you have a problem you cant just send the system to us, you would have to remove the problem part (so you would have to self diagnose).

Whereas with a pre-built you can send the whole system back and we will do the rest :)
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Thank you very much, clears that up =)

Just wondering whether to go for the more expensive GPUs suggested or stick with the lower end.

Also some of those cases I don't like so will pick one meself as well as switch to Windows 7.
 
I've decided to spend that bit more on GPU and go for the one lee32uk (essential going for his build), the card is around £330, would people say this is the best for the price? Is it offering signficant benefits over the cheaper ones suggested here?
 
jaybee82 said:
referring to VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) (£319.99)
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The Gigabyte 290 is now at the same price so I would go for that one.

Also you can get the Corsair RM650W for the same price as the BeQuiet one in my spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £329.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £79.99
Total : £419.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




You would also need to choose a different keyboard, as the Gigabyte K3 is out of stock atm.
 
lee32uk said:
The Gigabyte 290 is now at the same price so I would go for that one.

Also you can get the Corsair RM650W for the same price as the BeQuiet one in my spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £329.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £79.99
Total : £419.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




You would also need to choose a different keyboard, as the Gigabyte K3 is out of stock atm.
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Already spotted the price on the new card and changed it, have now changed the Power supply over, cheers for the heads up pal!
 
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