New Computer

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 11:50

Hi there,

I Was wondering if anyone could help me. I am looking into buying a new pc from Overclockers. I wanted to build it myself and pick parts/case from the overclockers website. I don't really have any experience in it and would greatly appreciate some help. I have an old DELL XPS 420. Could I use its case?

I was looking into spending £750/800. I just wanted something that could play all the new games coming out on good graphics?

Would anyone mind helping me

?

Thanks

Sara

Threepwood · 21 Dec 2014 at 11:53

Hi - Welcome to the forum

Do you need a monitor, or will you be reusing your current one?

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 12:13

Hi I will be using my current monitor

Threepwood · 21 Dec 2014 at 12:17

If you don't need a monitor, I'll start the ball rolling with this £50 over budget spec:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £287.94
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £284.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator Cube Micro-ATX Case - Black/Red £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
Total : £848.47 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Danny75 · 21 Dec 2014 at 12:29

How about an operating system, can you re-use your present one? Any Sata (not IDE) HDD's still in good condition? DVD (again Sata) drive maybe?

Ryan-3 · 21 Dec 2014 at 12:50

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £49.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £47.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £577.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

I don't know whether an OS or an ODD is required, but here would be a good start. If you don't plan to overclock, then a lower i5 would be fine and if those aren't required then you have the rest to spend on a graphics card, such as a GTX970. I've also done a quick check and that cooler should fit into the case (as long as the measurements stated are correct on the product pages).

stulid · 21 Dec 2014 at 12:52

Pretty sure the ereboss doesnt fit in the NZXT 340 case.

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/151-s340-mid-tower-atx-case.html#

CPU Cooler: 161mm

Yeah, it wont.

Magazorb · 21 Dec 2014 at 13:25

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £284.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - White Window £47.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
Total : £864.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Over budget i know, Do you do anything other then gaming?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x MSI 970 Gaming AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case - White Window £47.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
Total : £732.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Something a little cheeper

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 15:41

Hi,

I dont really do anything other than gaming. Netflix etc is about it. :cool:

What operating system might be best?

I have never assembled a computer... is it easy :confused:

Thanks

Sara

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 17:32

Threepwood said:
If you don't need a monitor, I'll start the ball rolling with this £50 over budget spec:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £287.94
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £284.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator Cube Micro-ATX Case - Black/Red £64.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
Total : £848.47 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Hi threepwood for this ssd will I need brackets for it? I noticed one of the reviewers said it doesn't come with it

stulid · 21 Dec 2014 at 17:46

The case itself can fit 2.5" drives, so no adapter needed.

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 18:28

stulid said:
The case itself can fit 2.5" drives, so no adapter needed.

Thank you

Is there any big difference between Magazorb and Threepwood's £800 builds? As I think I may order one of these

.

Thanks

Sara

stulid · 21 Dec 2014 at 18:39

Both look fine, just a size difference.

If you wanted to crossfire the MSI lightening card then a better PSU is needed.

750w to SLI the GTX970s.

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 19:02

stulid said:
Both look fine, just a size difference.

If you wanted to crossfire the MSI lightening card then a better PSU is needed.

750w to SLI the GTX970s.

Sorry I dont Understand

stulid · 21 Dec 2014 at 19:05

All the boards listed support dual graphic cards.

Except - MSI Z97 Gaming 3 which is 16X/4X so Crossfire only.

550W maybe enough for a single card, but should you want to add a 2nd, then its not.

SaraKeene · 21 Dec 2014 at 19:07

stulid said:
All the boards listed support dual graphic cards.

Except - MSI Z97 Gaming 3 which is 16X/4X so Crossfire only.

550W maybe enough for a single card, but should you want to add a 2nd, then its not.

AH ok so if I were to buy this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-011-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

I could upgrade to the 2x 970's at a later date?

stulid · 21 Dec 2014 at 19:09

Yes.

But - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-012-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2390

10 year warranty, made by Superflower.

SaraKeene · 25 Dec 2014 at 18:54

I have been thinking about buying a pc rather than building one.

Is this good for the price of £549?
350-watt 80+ Bronze power supply
Military Class 4 - Top quality and stability
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Intel® Pentium™ K G3258 processor, 3.2Ghz
8Gb RAM
1Tb hard drive storage
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 730 4Gb Dedicated Graphics
DVD-RW drive
E2200 Killer Gigabit LAN
7.1 Channel HD Audio Front
H 570, W 490, D 300 mm
MSI Nightblade B85 desktop PC base unit

Oh and merry xmas

Danny75 · 25 Dec 2014 at 20:07

SaraKeene said:
I have been thinking about buying a pc rather than building one.

Is this good for the price of £549?
350-watt 80+ Bronze power supply
Military Class 4 - Top quality and stability
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Intel® Pentium™ K G3258 processor, 3.2Ghz
8Gb RAM
1Tb hard drive storage
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 730 4Gb Dedicated Graphics
DVD-RW drive
E2200 Killer Gigabit LAN
7.1 Channel HD Audio Front
H 570, W 490, D 300 mm
MSI Nightblade B85 desktop PC base unit

Oh and merry xmas

With that you can forget about playing new games at good graphics settings, and the PSU does not provide for upgrade improvements.

Tell us the total you can spend, and we might be able to spec something a little better, which OcUK can build you for approximately £60 (if that general fee still holds).