New Gaming PC (Obviously)

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Hi All,

I My brother posted on here a few weeks/months back and got some good feedback so here's my attempt to see if you can help a PC novice

I'm looking to buy a gaming PC, and i primarily play games (and will going forward) such as Battlefield 4 and games of this quality, what i am looking for is the cheapest build that could play games like this on highest settings and not to overkill it. as games progress over the next few months/years ect i don't mind upgrading down the line.

Basically im not looking to have a £5000 future prof gaming system just something for the now and the ability to upgrade down the line

Any help will be appreciated,

Thanks
 
Not really, wouldn't like to go above £1000. but i dont know what is possible with a budget of that size

Also, i don't require a monitor but i do need a keyboard, mouse and a oporating system
 
GTX 780 of your choice (MSI/GB/EVGA), Haswell/Devil's Canyon i7 unlocked CPU, a Z97 motherboard that will fit your budget (I would go for around £110-130 for the motherboard, so even Maximus VII Rogue is plausable), 120GB SSD - Samsung 840 EVO seems like a good choise, a case in the margin of £70-100, an air cooler, preferably TRUE Spirit 140 Power. It would be a lot more helpful if you throw some stuff at us so we can comment and make recommendations based on what you like/want. On a rough estimate you seem to be well below £1000 for a system of that spec and would be able to get a decent KB+Mouse.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **MSI Cashback** £114.95
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
Total : £1,029.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).



You can get 20% cashback on the motherboard if you buy between 15th-31st May, so that's a good £20 off the price.

The PSU will support another GPU. Ideally you'd also want a 4770k for that, but that'll push you over budget.

You'll end up with a better system if you use a 3-month free trial of Windows 8.1 for now and put the money elsewhere.
 
Stuen4y said:
GTX 780 of your choice (MSI/GB/EVGA), Haswell/Devil's Canyon i7 unlocked CPU, a Z97 motherboard that will fit your budget (I would go for around £110-130 for the motherboard, so even Maximus VII Rogue is plausable), 120GB SSD - Samsung 840 EVO seems like a good choise, a case in the margin of £70-100, an air cooler, preferably TRUE Spirit 140 Power. It would be a lot more helpful if you throw some stuff at us so we can comment and make recommendations based on what you like/want. On a rough estimate you seem to be well below £1000 for a system of that spec and would be able to get a decent KB+Mouse.
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You won't get an i7 and a GTX780 based system for under £1000, unless you compromise on other areas of the build. You are looking at around £550+ just for those two items alone.
 
lee32uk said:
You won't get an i7 and a GTX780 based system for under £1000, unless you compromise on other areas of the build. You are looking at around £550+ just for those two items alone.
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Glad I'm not the only one who thought that!
 
Thats good, didnt want to have to pay out for a new monitor aswell.

By the way, if there is a significant benefit of increasing my budget too £1,100 or £1,200 then i can look to stretch too that its just i would like to keep it below £1,000 if there isnt much more of a benefit
 
With my spec above as a starting point, the next obvious upgrade would be a 4770k instead of the 4670k. The 4670k could be a slight bottleneck if you were to add another 290.
 
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