Spec me a gaming computer

dalehitchy1 · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:14

Need everything (keyboard mouse etc) besides a monitor.
Budget of £1000 can maybe stratch a little more if needed but ideally 1k is my top end.

Want the best gaming PC i can with that.

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:15

Including an OS?

dalehitchy1 · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:20

no os

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:21

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £49.99
1 x CM Storm Octane Gaming Peripheral Bundle (MS35 & MB7C) £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £980.82 (includes shipping : ).

i7+290X Matrix.

The RAM is on today only deal, if you dont buy now, then grab this - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-061-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2429

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There are Bgrade GTX970s - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-001-GX&groupid=595&catid=683 - but wonder why they were returned? Coil whine or maybe just because of the memory "issue"

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:26

With a higher quality case and a stronger PSU,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Case & HCG-620M 620W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU Bundle £120.91
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £49.99
1 x CM Storm Octane Gaming Peripheral Bundle (MS35 & MB7C) £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,001.80 (includes shipping : ).

P.S what resolution do you use?

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:34

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Asus Strix Tactic Pro Backlit Gaming Mechanical Keyboard - Red Switch £74.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Corsair Gaming CG SABRE Optical RGB, 6400 DPI Optical Mouse, 3 zone RGB, Black (CH-9000056-EU) £37.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £1,006.82 (includes shipping : ).

Do away with the HDD (add one later) and get a mechanical keyboard and nicer mouse.

dalehitchy1 · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:34

thanks.... i think id prefer a GTX 970 as i prefer nvidia. this is the equivilant powered card of the 290x right?

with the CPU cooler... i was thinking of getting a closed loop cpu cooler... are the corsair ones any good?

ill only be gaming at 1080p

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 21:36

Yes a GTX970 is equivalent.

So either swap the 290X out for the Bgrade GTX970 I linked to or,

A GTX970 mean you cant have a i7.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Online ONLY Promo** £319.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Case & HCG-620M 620W 80+ Bronze Modular PSU Bundle £120.91
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1250 Liquid CPU Cooler £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x CM Storm Octane Gaming Peripheral Bundle (MS35 & MB7C) £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,006.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Two free games and a mouse mat with this GTX970.

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Maybe you can have an i7,

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £289.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
1 x CM Storm Octane Gaming Peripheral Bundle (MS35 & MB7C) £44.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £997.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).