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Hi guys, been lurking here for what seems like forever, and it's finally time to buy my first desktop (I've had a laptop which has been brilliant for 3 years, but the motherboard needs reballing and the specs are starting to fall behind).

I've got the following wishes:
*I don't have much interest in AAA titles with monstrous graphical requirements - the most advanced thing I play in that respect is probably DayZ. I also play FIFA, Hearthstone, and tend to emulate PS2 titles if any of that makes a difference. My gaming habits have been dictated by my rigs thus far
*I want to be able to twitch stream whilst playing with good FPS
*I want to be able to edit together music videos - nothing massively intensive, but I don't want it to grind to a halt processing a 4-minute video
*I already have a monitor so that isn't a factor, but some tidy speakers would be great for when I'm making music, and maybe the equipment required to twitch stream (I want to show off some FIFA skills!)

I have a "budget" of around £1000, although it's not going to break my heart to go a bit higher as I'm doing the finance thing (hopefully!).

As far as PC specs go, I've been looking at i5/7, GTX 970 VS AMD R390, 8GB ram, 250gb SSD & 1TB HDD. Sorry if that's vague, and I'm fully open to suggestions as I know from lurking countless threads that you guys normally have the best build ideas. I can also yank the 600gb HDD out of my laptop and plug that in for extra storage, so perhaps the 1TB HDD won't be necessary...

Questions:

1. Has anyone bought a PC on finance and paid in full before the 6/12 months - were there any complications? Or is it as simple as calling the finance company and making ad-hoc payments?

2. Also is there a cart option where I can buy the separate components, and have OC UK assemble, Overclock and test them, and if so, how much does it cost? I've only looked at pre-built systems so far.

Sorry if I could have made this simpler... Currently on a night shift with a half-friend brain!

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1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £136.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £101.99
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1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £86.99
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If you want to twitch stream Nvidia IMHO is the only option here with shadowplay you can record/stream with like 1-5 fps drop in performance.

Powersuply is enough for a second gtx 970 if wanted.

good cooling will allow a nice cpu overclock and plenty of storage in a 500GB SSD


PS DAYZ WILL RUN WELL ON NOTHING! Ive pitted £+4500 systems at that and got 15 fps in towns still. It's a terribly optimized mess! So don't expect any MAJOR fps gains there.

EDIT : you could also go for a cheaper case / smaller SSD and invest the money elsewhere IE your speakers ( i know nothing about them. )
 
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PS DAYZ WILL RUN WELL ON NOTHING! Ive pitted £+4500 systems at that and got 15 fps in towns still. It's a terribly optimized mess! So don't expect any MAJOR fps gains there.

HA! True... True. :( I just enjoy playing it so much, it'd be good to have a better experience. To be fair right now I'm running it on a dual-core i5 with a 635m gpu... On a laptop that has major overheating issues.

Thank you very much for the reply. Say I went ahead and bought those, my housemate COULD help me put it together... But would OC do it for me, for a fee? I'm not bad with computers, I've just never built one, so I've got that fear of screwing up or that the components won't be compatible or something.
 
HA! True... True. :( I just enjoy playing it so much, it'd be good to have a better experience. To be fair right now I'm running it on a dual-core i5 with a 635m gpu... On a laptop that has major overheating issues.

Thank you very much for the reply. Say I went ahead and bought those, my housemate COULD help me put it together... But would OC do it for me, for a fee? I'm not bad with computers, I've just never built one, so I've got that fear of screwing up or that the components won't be compatible or something.

Im pretty sure they offer that service but i can't tell you how much it would cost you so somebody else will need to answer that one for you.

^ Above components are all compatible and building a PC is like LEGO for grownups. Though i understand your apprehension about building one it really is a great thing to learn, check some videos out :).
 
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