Some advice for a build

tijminion

tijminion

tijminion

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Hey guys,

I come to you in the hope that you can advise me.

I am looking to build my first gaming machine and I am in need of your advice to make sure all the components are compatible.

I have a budget of £1100, and with that I need the machine, monitor, mouse, keyboard and headset with mic.

I was thinking that some of the requirements would be a solid state, min of 12GB memory, a 22' monitor and probably Windows 7.

Any information and help offered would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum,

These days it's more like 8GB in Dual Channel (no Triple Channel). Then add another 8GB later on if you need. 8GB is fine for gaming, more is recommended for editing and rendering.

Basket(s) coming up, I'm sure.
 
To get things kicked off - black/blue theme. Went slightly over budget to make it CrossFire ready (powerful enough PSU and dual x8 PCI-E slots motherboard). If you have no intention of ever adding a second card, please let us know. :)


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £233.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x iiyama Prolite XU2390 23" Widescreen Slim Bezel LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G55 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £91.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x TT Esports Gamers Headset Shock - Blue £34.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,124.90 (includes shipping : £20.10).



If you prefer Nvidia, swap the R9 280X for a GTX 770.
 
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Thanks for that very quick response.

I probably will add another card in future as well as upgrade the memory.

If I was to swap the R9 for a 770 would you recommend any in particular.

I very much appreciate the help.

Thanks again.
 
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