Spec Gaming Machine for £1200

bwfc0907 · 19 Jul 2015 at 15:22

Hi
After much deliberating (again) have decided to sell my 2014 MacBook Pro.

At the moment I'm looking to replace with an MSI Laptop with a 970m. Cost of this would be £1200.

Before I decide to get the laptop I was wondering if somebody could spec me a PC for £1200 for gaming.

My current PC is dying & I could poss only salvage the BluRay writer. Even the case needs replacing. I do have a 1080p monitor though.

Graphics are my highest priority.

Regards

CEUOTC · 19 Jul 2015 at 16:53

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £509.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £73.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 650w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £68.99
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case (CC-9011036-WW) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £58.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X31 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 120mm - Variable Speed Control £54.95
Total : £1,197.86 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).

bwfc0907 · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:03

CEUOTC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £509.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £73.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 650w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £68.99
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case (CC-9011036-WW) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £58.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X31 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 120mm - Variable Speed Control £54.95
Total : £1,197.86 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).

Cheers for the help. Why an i5 processor & not an i7. To make it fit my price or better for gaming. Will also be doing some video editing, will the i5 be sufficient?

Never used a water cooling system, how easy are they to install?

Any way to increase the size of the SSD whilst still hitting price of performance of this build?

CEUOTC · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:11

I went for the i5 as I assumed it was for gaming, and is a fair bit cheaper than an i7

Water coolers are really easy to fit and "can" be quieter than a air cooler.

The Crucial is fine for an OS drive and a few games, as you stated GPU was a priority l fired most of the cash that way, dropping to a GTX 980/970 would allow for a larger SSD and possibly an i7.

bwfc0907 · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:13

CEUOTC said:
I went for the i5 as I assumed it was for gaming, and is a fair bit cheaper than an i7

Water coolers are really easy to fit and "can" be quieter than a air cooler.

The Crucial is fine for an OS drive and a few games, as you stated GPU was a priority l fired most of the cash that way, dropping to a GTX 980/970 would allow for a larger SSD and possibly an i7.

Cheers for the help. Will look at the configuration in more detail

CEUOTC · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:16

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £139.99
1 x MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £73.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 550W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £71.99
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Black (CC-9011042-WW) £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £58.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X31 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 120mm - Variable Speed Control £54.95
Total : £1,112.87 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

CEUOTC · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:19

YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X980014G2-2042J) £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Crucial BX100 500GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT500BX100SSD1) £139.99
1 x MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £73.99
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Black (CC-9011042-WW) £62.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £58.99
1 x SuperFlower FX 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - Black £57.95
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X31 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 120mm - Variable Speed Control £54.95
Total : £1,203.83 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).

bwfc0907 · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:22

Cheers, even more food for thought.

CEUOTC · 19 Jul 2015 at 17:45