Spec me a £1,000 - £2,000 Gaming PC

AndrewHK2

AndrewHK2

AndrewHK2

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Hi all,

I've been here a few times in the past and have always received such incredible advice. Thank you in advance to those who do contribute their expertise!

What am I looking for: a fairly solid gaming PC that will last for a year or so without any major upgrades - looking to create a set of 7 or so for tournament builds/conferences. Doesn't need to run games at the highest quality, but should be able to stream games ideally too.

Budget: £1,000 - £2,000; will look to make the final purchase solely from the Overclockers website.

Most importantly looking to have a solid GFX/mobo combo, processor, RAM (not sure whether to go 16 or 32, or higher, here).

Should include: monitor (144hz ideally), good storage and SSD, OS, LED strips?!

If options are similar, lean towards Corsair products where possible.

Suggestions welcome, and thank you!
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,880.82
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Here's a quick go at it. A larger SSD might be worth thinking about, And a more powerful PSU if you're looking to move to SLI in the future.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,184.68
(includes shipping: £20.82)
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Got bored, so I did another spec closer to the 1000 mark :P
 
The graphics card comes with a free 750w 80+ Gold PSU at the moment if you're wondering where the PSU is :)

White and red theme to the build with the white LED memory, LED strips, case and mobo.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,920.84
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Thanks for all the options so far guys, really appreciate it.

I wonder if there would be some more compact (ideally windowless) case options we could go for given that we will be storing/transporting these systems often? Will a build like this for in a mid tower or something even more compact?

SSD is also a must - the 250gb Samsung from your first build looks great StarShock.
 
By the by, as an alternative, Linus Tech Tips did a video where they had 8 or so people gaming off one highly-specced PC. I can't find it now but IIRC their biggest problem was matching the keyboards and mice to the monitors
 
StarShock said:
Not sure if this is the way forward :p 2 xeons and 7 titan Xs all on water.
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Well found. I expect the parts will be cheaper today. While the two Xeons are likely necessary, that rig has high-end wide-screen monitors and the OP wants 1080p (albeit 144 Hz) and can make do with less costly GPUs. So there's two immediate groups of cost savings. The GTX 1070 is £360 and a 144 Hz monitor is £200, so that's £560, a combined cost less than the cost of a single Titan X in the video.
 
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You know, we might be on to something here: a single box makes the whole thing much easier to transport and set up. There's only one power cable and only one network cable, so there's no need to spend loads of time setting up a switch and much less cable mess. If the monitors can act as USB hubs, then that makes that aspect of the setup much easier too.
 
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