New PC for gaming.

tayturtots · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:06

Hello,

I currently have a budget of £800 for a new PC and will be able to build myself. I do not require keyboard, mouse or monitor (using a 24" ASUS). Can't say I have a preference between Nvidia or AMD but from what I read online games tend to be more stable with Nvidia? Is there any truth to this or is there more factors based on other than the graphics card.

Thanks for the time and help.

stulid · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:09

Hi and welcome.

Building your self is good as that means all the money cann be spent on the parts.

AMD or Nvidia both are fine, but at the moment nvidia do have the newest GFX cards.

Is it just the main tower you are after? no OS, keyboard, monitor etc?

tayturtots · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:12

Hello,

Just the tower. I do not require peripherals or OS.

Thanks

stulid · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:16

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £827.87 (includes shipping : ).

It's a bit over £800 but that is because I did add a DVD drive that perhaps you dont actually need.

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Or if you dicth the DVD+HDD as a 256Gb SSD isnt too bad and you can always add a HDD later,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £791.88 (includes shipping : ).

tayturtots · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:41

Hello,

Thanks for the build. Regarding cases, do you find there is a big different between the cases that are marketed with better airflow that prevents dust from building up quickly and cooler temperatures. I would spend a bit extra if it means the insides won't be caked in dust after a month.

stulid · 21 Apr 2015 at 18:52

That Antec case has three fans with low+high speed fan controllers, also it says it has washable dust filters, so these are what you would remove after sometime and clean and refit.

It has a front filter and a PSU filter.

This pic - http://store.antec.com/2539-thickbox_default/p70.jpg

Shows the front filter and the odd shaped thing is the optional roof panel.

So if you do not want fans in the roof you can fit it and reduce noise or open and exhausting air up and out.

tayturtots · 22 Apr 2015 at 00:12

Will be keeping that in the basket for sure.

One other question for the gpu. I've been looking up on the 970 and have seen the backlash with it being actually 3.5gb with the other 0.5 not used effectively. Would it be worth switching it over to something like a Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 instead?

stulid · 22 Apr 2015 at 08:38

The 970 performance in games is still the same as when it was first reviewed before this memory issue was discovered.

Not all games get close to using 3.5GB and resolution plays a part to.

But - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18667462

Might be worth looking at.

Freddie1980 · 22 Apr 2015 at 09:03

There's not that many regular 290's left in the store which could mean new cards from AMD are imminent but if you could find one for 200 it's worth considering.

stulid · 22 Apr 2015 at 15:40

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9290X-DC2-4GD5) £229.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £799.87 (includes shipping : ).

Prices have changed due to the weekly offers, but here is that 290X deal.

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Personally I would grab this 290X,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £819.83 (includes shipping : ).