New Gaming Rig

diTchY

diTchY

diTchY

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I posted this in the monitors section yesterday but had no replies as yet so thought i would paste it here as I'm after help with a PC build as well.

Basically £1300 for the tower, i have no clue about building my own computer but from reading a few posts it looks like I'm going to have to man up and look into it.

PC will be used for gaming pretty much. I have copied my post below from the Monitor forum to tie in with this. Thanks

***Been looking at your forums for the last few weeks now and thought i would get involved as i'm looking to come back to PC gaming

Had one nearly 7 years ago on a old Dell PC to play Landwarrior / Joint Ops which was basic gaming.

I'm still stuck in respect to a gaming rig but i will be posting this in the build forum later.

In regards to budget i'm looking around £1300 for the tower and anywhere up to £300 for a monitor.

I'm happy to take the hit now so i can have something that will last me for a good few years.

Back on topic for a monitor. I was browsing and saw a few on the weekly deals and thought it would be good to get it now when cheap and get my tower later.

I've seen

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...&sort=dateDesc

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-088-BQ

Few questions as i'm a newb for tech etc

Which one is better? or can you recommend a better one in the same price bracket?

And what is the best monitor size for gaming? 24" or 27"

Hopefully your responses will point me in the right direction.

Thanks
 
Welcome to the forum!

Here is a spec for you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £341.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £125.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £84.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
Total : £1,240.45 (includes shipping : £22.20).



This would be a great start. Gives you the opportunity to learn to overclock too, which is dead easy. Plenty of assistance on the forum too :)

The links you've provided are not valid, they appear to have been moved.

In regards to gaming on 24"/27", it's your preference. How close to the monitor will you be? 24" is regarded as a happy medium, but ultimately, the choice is yours.
 
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YOUR BASKET
2 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £239.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST1000-G) £127.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £97.99
1 x Enermax ELC240 with 2x T.B.Silence 12cm Fans £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,771.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
diTchY said:
Sorry Snips86x

Not sure why they didnt work and have copied them in again

BenQ XL2420T rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-088-BQ&groupid=17&catid=1851

Iiyama Prolite GB2773HS-GB1 144Hz 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-110-IY&groupid=17&catid=1851
Click to expand...

BenQ is a really nice monitor!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £341.99
1 x BenQ XL2420T rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £84.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
Total : £1,374.46 (includes shipping : £22.20).



It may also be worth mentioning that people have reported issues with their eyes when it came to using a 120/144hz monitor at 27". Some even sold theirs. Not saying it's going to happen, but be aware it may not be what you expect.

Tamzzy, that is almost £400 over budget ;)
 
tamzzy said:
the m500 isn't *that* bad, and besides, at <50p per gb, its a steal
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hmmm.....at 250mb write though, personally not convinced! Doesn't mean it's not a steal though!

@OP - What kind of games are you going to be playing?
 
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Main games i will be looking to play are BF4, DayZ, Bioshock - Generally shooting games

Will that gfx card the same level as the GTX 780?
 
£1300 for just the tower ......... would you maybe consider spending a little bit more and get a themed machine other wise known as an Ethermaster or Doomedspeed special?
 
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