New build advice.

BigTed15

BigTed15

BigTed15

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I am looking into getting a new system for gaming. My budget is around £750. I would prefer Intel and Nvidia as I have heard mixed reviews on AMD due to driver issues.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-540-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-128-KS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-206-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

These are a few things I had in mind but not sure where to start in terms of motherboard. I am looking to get a SSD also.

Any advice is appreciated.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £254.58
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
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 £38.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £758.47 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Not sure what parts you actually need or if you need a copy of windows etc.

But there's a quick spec for you.

You get further cashback of £17.50 from buying that CPU+board - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18618965
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £254.58
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KTZ) £215.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £781.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



slightly overbudget, but as stulid mentions, the cpu mobo combo has a cash back offer...
 
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Thanks for the advice. I was going to have OC build the system but after browsing the forums and seeing it would mean me lowering my budget I may look into customizing a one of the pre-built options they have. Any opinions on which way is best to go to get value for money and a computer that wont need upgrading for a few years
 
you're better off speccing your own and asking oc to build it for you rather than buying an oc prebuilt.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £254.58
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £735.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



ocuk charge £60 to build it for you so total cost would be £795 (then less £17.5 cashback)
 
BigTed15 said:
Thanks for the advice. I was going to have OC build the system but after browsing the forums and seeing it would mean me lowering my budget I may look into customizing a one of the pre-built options they have. Any opinions on which way is best to go to get value for money and a computer that wont need upgrading for a few years
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This one seems ok if you can configure it to what you need - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-001-OG


YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Machete" Intel Core i5 4690 @ 3.9GHz Turbo Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC £279.95
- 1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £99.95
- 1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
- 1 x ESET Smart Security - Trial Key £0.00
- 1 x No Operating System £0.00
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
- 1 x No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
Total : £785.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte z97x-sli - devils canyon core i5 4690k bundle **£14 saving** £254.58
1 x kfa2 geforce gtx 770 ex oc 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card (77xph6dv6ktz) £215.99
1 x crucial mx100 256gb sata 2.5” 7mm ssd + 9.5mm adapter (ct256mx100ssd1) £79.99
1 x teamgroup vulcan red 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-17100c11 2133mhz dual channel kit (tld38g2133hc11adc01) £65.99
1 x western digital caviar blue 1tb sata 6gb/s 64mb cache wd10ezex - oem ** single platter ** hdd £41.98
1 x raijintek agos midi tower - black £39.95
1 x bequiet pure power l8 400w '80 plus bronze' power supply - with 120mm silent wing fan built in £39.95
1 x raijintek themis black heatpipe cpu cooler pwm - 120mm £19.99
1 x pioneer 24x internal dvr-221lbk dvd rewriter - oem £13.49
total : £781.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



slightly overbudget, but as stulid mentions, the cpu mobo combo has a cash back offer...
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no way would i use a 400w psu to run that gtx770 or indeed 760, even guru3d says and recommends more,

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_760_asus_directcu_oc_review,5.html

GeForce GTX 760 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550 Watt power supply unit.
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