spec me good gaming pc

Efour · 18 Jun 2013 at 06:58

budget 1k want to run stuff high end/ultra settings - lol spec me A good gaming PC

open to AMD if performance is on par but been years skt 939, since i had one.

no kb + mouse needed
no monitor needed already using 1080p
no os needed
SSD Sata 3 for OS + few games 128gb
2tb of Sata 3 HDD
nvidia or AMD - whatever is best for the buck - single card
everything else go go go !
overclockable.

cpu
gpu
ram
mobo
psu
cooler
case - looks not too important

but room to work good air flow.

Idleman · 18 Jun 2013 at 07:50

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
Total : £1,032.32 (includes shipping : £17.85).

edit: included a mobo.

danclivo · 18 Jun 2013 at 09:22

Idleman said:
Have included the GTX770 but you could swap it out for the HD7970.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £365.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
Total : £955.33 (includes shipping : £17.85).

^ This plus a Motherboard

. This one will be fine - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI

It does take the build over your budget though. If that's a problem then you could change the GPU to a stock 770/7970 or even a 7950 and still get great performance.

DaleTheWhale · 18 Jun 2013 at 09:44

Idleman, how did you miss out the motherboard?

danclivo · 18 Jun 2013 at 09:51

ThaReaperGuy said:
Idleman, how did you miss out the motherboard?

I can't say much - I did the same when I was speccing my own build

Doomedspeed · 18 Jun 2013 at 09:53

ThaReaperGuy said:
Idleman, how did you miss out the motherboard?

That's what happens when you spec before breakfast.

Idleman · 18 Jun 2013 at 10:29

Doomedspeed said:
That's what happens when you spec before breakfast.

Actually, I specced it while I was waiting for my eggs to boil.

honosuseri · 18 Jun 2013 at 18:24

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £187.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £67.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
Total : £1,000.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

Efour · 19 Jun 2013 at 06:57

87p over budget ! tsk tsk

thanks ill pass this info on

Spikey · 19 Jun 2013 at 08:11

I can highly recommend that gigabyte board if you're only wanting a single card setup (nvidia). Got one for my brother in law, great board. I ordered one for myself to go with my new rig.

Doomedspeed · 19 Jun 2013 at 08:16

Efour said:
87p over budget ! tsk tsk

thanks ill pass this info on

if you do want that spec though you'll have to be quick as that 670 is at sale prices to get rid of them, I expect they eont be that price/available ant later than next week.

Just a heads up..

honosuseri · 19 Jun 2013 at 11:09

Efour said:
87p over budget ! tsk tsk

thanks ill pass this info on

My buddy Idleman is a good £14 over if you knock the P&P off!

No disrespect to my bud but I prefer the way I balanced it out. The 670s are reduced as the 770 is now out. This 670 will OC well and handle anything you throw at it @1080p. You also get PhysX support for games that use it and CUDA aswell......it ties in with the blue colour scheme too as does the LED RAM which is much faster

The Retail CPU would give an extra 2 years on the warranty and a stock heatsink that you don't need. CPU failure is very rare but if you want the extra peace of mind then you can pay the extra. I worked in a decent 256GB SSD. My full install for Total War Shogun 2 (& expansions) is around 30GB, it wouldn't be hard to fill a 128GB SSD with games along with the OS.....it will vary from user to user though.

I look forward to seeing what you settle on in the end