New PC, But No Budget In Mind

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Hi All,

I know there are hundreds of threads with different value builds but im starting this as i don't have a set budget.

What i want help with is i want to buy a gaming PC that can run all the new games (mainly Battlefield 4) on high settings. and i want to do this without breaking the bank too much. Can anyone suggest a build which would be capable of running the new games on high settings?

Thanks,
 
Is it just the tower that is required or do you need an OS?
Also, do you have any components from an existing system, that can be reused?
 
Case is down to personal preference, so you can change it. Also assuming you have keyboard, mouse and monitor. This should give you some idea as to what you can get.

Intel.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £87.95
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) £65.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Deepcool Lucifer CPU-Cooler - 140mm £28.99
Total : £892.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



AMD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
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) £65.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Deepcool Lucifer CPU-Cooler - 140mm £28.99
Total : £818.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Also i will need to invest into two monitors (work requires me to have two and i want to do some stuff from home on the machine as well).
 
Hmmmmmmm New PC, But No Budget In Mind + Ethermaster = Beans and Toast for a while ..... now you know that what is the most that you would "willing" spend :p
 
For the tower, i would like to keep it below £1000. but if the benefit of spending a little more is great then i would consider it.
 
Idleman said:
I would go Intel, always have.

Oh hell, Ethermaster's here. Get out the credit cards. :D
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You know I dont just do spec's for mega performance machines I also spec works of art!

tentpeg said:
Ethermaster seems to have a reputation of a big spender haha.

Thanks, ive always gone intel aswell
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Kinda, I'm like the TTL of OcUK specing quite, powerful & beautboot computers for the masses :)

I will be back at around 18:00 to do a spec!
 
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Well as Ether didn't turn up I'll do a semi-sensible spec. (£50 over but you get a 290).
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,045.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2913WM 29" Super-Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £87.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Enermax ELC240 with 2x T.B.Silence 12cm Fans £69.98
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Grey (CC-9011040-WW) £66.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x Creative A320 2.1 Speakers (51MF0405AA003) £32.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,423.94 (includes shipping : £16.85).



screw 2 screens lol. just get 1 superwide screen ;p
 
Yeah, two screen is a must ... Just makes life 100x easier for me.

These sort of machines, how long till I would need to upgrade them? ( yeah I'm a complete novice with pcs)
 
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