PC Build £1100 Advice Please

sBold · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:41

Hi guys,

Building my first pc soon and wondered if you guys can help me out as im a little stuck with picking parts. I have a budget of around £1100, but can stretch a little more if needed, I also wont be needing a monitor. Im hoping to get a 1440p monitor in the future so im not sure which card I should be getting, but as ive only ever used consoles im not fussed about super high FPS as long as games are playable and look great. I will be playing stuff like Rome 2, Battlefield and mabye Arma.

Thanks for any help

snips86x · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:52

Do you need an OS, K/B, Mouse?

Idleman · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:53

I assume you will need an OS?
What about keyboard, mouse and speakers!

sBold · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:54

snips86x said:
Do you need an OS, K/B, Mouse?

Just an OS please, budget is flexible ish but hoping to be around £1100

sBold · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:55

snips86x said:
Do you need an OS, K/B, Mouse?

OS yes, the rest is not included in the budget as I plan on getting them later

snips86x · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:58

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal £84.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £76.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £64
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
Total : £1,181.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The AMD card gives you all this too - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=XX-006-AM

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £76.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £64
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
Total : £1,239.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Idleman · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:59

A little over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² GHz Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QMC3G2M) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,138.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

dave28 · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:02

For 1100 pounds just get i5 4670K, a decent mobo Z78, a 550/650w psu, 8GB ram, 1 or 2 TB HDD and maybe SSD if budget allow. Graphics card any modern mid range card that has good rep and reviews. If you make a shortlist then people can help you better, oh and say if you never want to overclock so you wont need a K edition cpu or Z78 mobo

sBold · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:15

Thank you both for your ideas . I think i will probably go for the smaller SSD as I will have a hard time filling that larger one up.

Ive also heard windows 8 isnt great for gaming but im assuming its ok as you both chose it ?

sBold · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:18

dave28 said:
For 1100 pounds just get i5 4670K, a decent mobo Z78, a 550/650w psu, 8GB ram, 1 or 2 TB HDD and maybe SSD if budget allow. Graphics card any modern mid range card that has good rep and reviews. If you make a shortlist then people can help you better, oh and say if you never want to overclock so you wont need a K edition cpu or Z78 mobo

I plan on doing a little overclocking but as ive never done it before I dont want to get in over my head. Is there a standout motherboard in the £100-£140 price range which allows as much?

RJC · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:31

sBold said:
I plan on doing a little overclocking but as ive never done it before I dont want to get in over my head. Is there a standout motherboard in the £100-£140 price range which allows as much?

See Idlemans spec above, offers what you require

mickyflinn · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:31

Most motherboards have auto overclocking or software based overclocking.

dave28 · 2 Jul 2013 at 21:28

sBold said:
I plan on doing a little overclocking but as ive never done it before I dont want to get in over my head. Is there a standout motherboard in the £100-£140 price range which allows as much?

I would get Asus Z87-PLus at 135 but I am bias because I have two Asus mobos already. You can get more features with MSI, Gigabyte and Asrock tho sometimes it depends what you want. I always want firewire and bluetouth so that makes the list much smaller to pick from.