Thoughts on £1500+ Gaming PC.

[liammorris1990]

So i dunno wether to build my own or buy a pre-made.

If i get one made i can have it pre-overclocked and ready to go since i haven't a clue about overclocking.

The system i'm looking at right now is as followers.

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Full Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0 & Full Side*Panel Window

CPU: INTEL® Core™ i7 5820K

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100

Motherboard: ASUS X99*A INTEL X99 Chipset

Memory: 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4/2133mhz Quad Channel Memory

Video Card: MSI Armor OC NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Power Supply: 850 Watts (Cooler Master 850watt Silent Pro M2 Modular Gaming Power Supply * Triple SLI Ready)

Hard Drive: 500 GB Samsung 840 EVO SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk

Secondary Hard Drive: 2TB SATA*III 6.0Gb/s 64M Cache 7200rpm Hard Drive

Quote: £1580.


I think that's a pretty decent system, and maybe sli it in the future. Or would i be able to make a lot better myself for around the same price?

 

[ShivP]

Hi,

For gaming ideally you want Z97 as it will be faster in the real world. You could also save a lot of money with it. Will you be editing or such as well or just gaming? Also, do you require an operating system?

What resolution will you be playing at?

Building yourself is good fun, and cheaper also, and there's loads of videos on youtube etc on how to build it - not too hard at all!

 

[liammorris1990]

Hi,

For gaming ideally you want Z97 as it will be faster in the real world. You could also save a lot of money with it. Will you be editing or such as well or just gaming? Also, do you require an operating system?

What resolution will you be playing at?

I'll primarily be gaming, no editing or the likes, right now my monitor is only 1920x1080 but i'll probably be wanting to upgrade to 4k and sli in the future.

 

[ShivP]

Cool,

You could look at something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £399.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £162.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm £25.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
Total : £1,459.84 (includes shipping : £14.75).



That has a 980 + a PSU suitable for SLI
Your choice of case, though there are other options, such as the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe, Corsair 760T/780T etc

Overclockers charge about £60 for building the PC for you

16GB RAM;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 "Herculez X3 Ultra" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N98V-1SDN-M5DNX) £399.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £162.95
1 x Avexir Core White Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIW) - White Light £129.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm £25.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
Total : £1,523.80 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Motherboard upgrade program - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

You could even get SLI 970s for this budget, but it's a waste right now for 1440p and probably better to go for a slightly faster single card

Again, assumes you have an operating system also

8GB RAM is ample for gaming and probably will be for a good while, however 16GB could be a good idea seeing as you have the budget for it
Cables and LEDs are not strictly necessary of course, but there to add to the "blingness" etc

Also just realised the H105 is out of stock so you could look at an alternative option, though it seems Corsair stuff gets restocked quite quickly

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £289.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £162.95
1 x Avexir Core White Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIW) - White Light £129.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £119.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
Total : £1,465.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).



I bet that will be quicker than X99.


Free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

£32.50 cashback - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856

5 year warranty and free upgrade on the board in 3 years - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

OcUK may build it for you for £60, ask them and show them the basket.

 

[liammorris1990]

Nice will OCUK Overclock and is that coolermaster CPU cooler good/better than the corsair or should i wait for them to get the H100 back in stock?

Also if i buy all separate and OCUK build for me do i keep all warranty on my components?

And is it worth getting a 980 over 970 or is it wasted money?

 

[stulid]

Ask OcUK if they will overclock it (but i don't think so) as they reserve that for systems and tech bundles.

Warranty on parts is unaffected.

The coolermaster is decent.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Avexir Golden Blitz 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001008G-2BZ1SE) £139.99
Total : £149.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Strong chance they are Samsung ICs.

Have flashy lights that dance around.