Spec me an AMD Gaming Computer (with components, peripherals and software) for £3000

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Hello all,

I am looking into buying a computer and need help on deciding the internal components, external peripherals and software.

As the title states, my price limit is £3000 for everything.

It needs the following components, peripherals and software for it:

Components:
Motherboard
CPU
Heat Sink
RAM
Graphic Card
Sound Card
Optical Drive
Hard Drive
PSU
USB Ports
Network Card
Cables
Tower/Case

Peripherals:
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
Printer

Software:
Operating System
Anti Virus
Application programs, e.g. Microsoft Office, etc (optional).
 
AMD's fine for the GPU choice (More than fine really, Nvidia/AMD are nigh on parity) but at this budget? It'd be pure madness to go for an AMD CPU.

Are you open to Intel?
 
Martini1991 said:
AMD's fine for the GPU choice (More than fine really, Nvidia/AMD are nigh on parity) but at this budget? It'd be pure madness to go for an AMD CPU.

Are you open to Intel?
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Intel then, although I've been an AMD user for a long time. I could switch, no problem. My last gaming PC I built in 2008 and it is outdated now.

Many thanks.
 
My first pass:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £509.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £333.94
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £289.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £176.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - OEM (0S03356) HDD £163.99
1 x Seasonic 860w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £155.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black (CC650DW) £139.94
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-06949) £109.99
1 x Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-79G-03549) £104.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CM) £95.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x Zowie EC1 eVo 2300 DPI Pro-Gaming Mouse - Black £51.95
Total : £2,800.31 (includes shipping : £22.20).



Stelly
 
My take on this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Ultima Bullion" Intel Core i7 4930K @ 4.4GHz Six Core Overclocked Extreme Gaming PC £2107.07
- 1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99
- 1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
- 1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292702) £429.95
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
- 1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Asus VS24AHL 24.1" Widescreen Professional/Gaming LED Monitor - Black £229.99
Total : £3,061.68 (includes shipping : £19.75).




Use libreoffice for document duties, job done.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £341.99 (£683.98)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x BenQ XL2420T rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI FORMULA Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £219.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) £169.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £138.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance K95 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Red Switch (CH-9000020-UK) £129.95
1 x Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-79G-03549) £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2133C11R) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M95 Performance MMO/RTS Laser Gaming Mouse - Gun Metal Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £25.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98 (£13.96)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.49 (£12.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 12V 20cm - Red £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved red/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95
Total : £2,869.58 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
^ No printer? :(

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Asus VG248QE 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £275.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001008G-2BZ1) £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £138.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 1000w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST1000-G) £127.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-6GQ-00020) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI Sound Card £52.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £25.99 (£51.98)
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £19.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98 (£13.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3 x Molex Extension Adaptor 55cm - Orange £6.29
3 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£17.97)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to SATA Adapter 45 cm - sleeved orange/black £5.98 (£11.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 4-Pin ATX12V Extension 45cm - sleeved orange/black £4.99
Total : £2,726.99 (includes shipping : £27.55).



Remaining money would be for the keyboard, mouse and printer of your choice - I feel it's more of a personal touch :)
 
Samsung 750GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE750BW) £399.95
2 of Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £341.99 - £683.98
2 of BenQ XL2420T rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £259.99 - £519.98
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition 4.40GHz (4.70GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM £179.99
Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) £149.99
Asus M5A99X PRO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-79G-03549) £104.99
Creative Sound Blaster Zx High Performance Gaming Sound Card - Retail (70SB150600001) £104.99
Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
Anidees AI-6B Midi Tower Case - Black £89.99
Pioneer BDR-208EBK 15x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - Retail £85.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
2 of TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99 - £135.98
Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total - £2,936.70

The rest would give you your cables and a couple of extra case fans...

Just looking as an out of interest - if you did go AMD you can put in a second 290 and a second monitor.

Obviously there is going to be a bit of bottle necking from the CPU in some cases - but I would think that over the next 18 months changes in graphics engine would ease that bottle neck.
 
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Beren said:
Samsung 750GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE750BW) £399.95
2 of Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £341.99 - £683.98
2 of BenQ XL2420T rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £259.99 - £519.98
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9370 Black Edition 4.40GHz (4.70GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM £179.99
Corsair RM Series RM 1000 '80+ Gold' 1000W Power Supply (CP-9020062-UK) £149.99
Asus M5A99X PRO R2.0 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-79G-03549) £104.99
Creative Sound Blaster Zx High Performance Gaming Sound Card - Retail (70SB150600001) £104.99
Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
Anidees AI-6B Midi Tower Case - Black £89.99
Pioneer BDR-208EBK 15x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - Retail £85.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
2 of TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99 - £135.98
Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total - £2,936.70

The rest would give you your cables and a couple of extra case fans...

Just looking as an out of interest - if you did go AMD you can put in a second 290 and a second monitor.

Obviously there is going to be a bit of bottle necking from the CPU in some cases - but I would think that over the next 18 months changes in graphics engine would ease that bottle neck.
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No printer and apparently the 8xxx series are pretty much better than the 9xxx series of AMD CPU's (at least I've heard.) Tbh at 3k no i7 is pretty pointless?
 
Beren said:
Obviously there is going to be a bit of bottle necking from the CPU in some cases - but I would think that over the next 18 months changes in graphics engine would ease that bottle neck.
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You'd bottleneck one card a bit, two would be a lot.

An FX system at this price point is completely out of the question frankly.

Shivy011 said:
No printer and apparently the 8xxx series are pretty much better than the 9xxx series of AMD CPU's (at least I've heard.) Tbh at 3k no i7 is pretty pointless?
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It's on the grounds of price/performance, the FX9's don't have good price/performance, an Intel is next to always a better choice.
 
Some good options put forward.

Just a question though, what are you going to be using the system for? Just gaming?

You could build a great gaming setup for a lot less than £3K, however it is obviously your money.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £395.99 (£791.98)
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Toshiba SSD Q Series 512GB Solid State Hard Drive - (HDTS251EZSTA) £229.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX 860W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020044-UK) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £138.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black – Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £86.99
1 x Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-6GQ-00020) £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIO) - Orange Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Roccat Kone Pure Core Performance Gaming Mouse - Inferno Orange £64.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / TXM) - White £64.99
1 x TP-Link AV200+ Multi-Streaming Powerline Starter Kit with AC Pass Through (TL-PA251KIT) £39.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £25.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved 24 Pin Cable (AX) - White £14.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050003-WW) £13.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - White £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - White £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - White £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - White £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £2,858.93 (includes shipping : FREE).




You would have to buy a printer from elsewhere as OCUK don't seem to sell them :confused:

Haven't included a soundcard as onboard should be good enough.

I would wait for blingmaster and doomed to do you a spec as well :D
 
Shivy011 said:
No printer and apparently the 8xxx series are pretty much better than the 9xxx series of AMD CPU's (at least I've heard.) Tbh at 3k no i7 is pretty pointless?
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OCUK don't do printers, but if they did they would obviously be the best printers on the planet.

I was only playing to see what the extra $$$ would let you put in the spec, especially as the OP asked for an AMD build. At that price if I was looking at AMD a 9xxx might be a thought just in case they were a better binned piece of silicon.

@martini - Even at 3 grand there is always compromise though, at the speeds of top end CPU's if the choice was a top end AMD and a twin monitor setup or single monitor and Intel I would probably go AMD on the basis that multi-thread optimization over the next 3 years would narrow the current gap.
I'm not saying that the AMD will ever be better than the Intel - just that you are going to have an amazing gaming performance with two 290's and either and two monitors is always awesome.
 
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