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Nope.
Will say that the pre-built system you are looking at is very imbalanced budget wise for gaming if you were to choose the lower end of GPU's. If you are after a pre-built system for that sort of budget, i would be looking at an i5 rig with a better graphics card over an i7 rig with a 760. In the end, this will net you far more frames.
Will say that the pre-built system you are looking at is very imbalanced budget wise for gaming if you were to choose the lower end of GPU's. If you are after a pre-built system for that sort of budget, i would be looking at an i5 rig with a better graphics card over an i7 rig with a 760. In the end, this will net you far more frames.
Many Many thanks for the reply A7Fold.
Look im purchasing the PC for my son and if im honest i know very very little about PCs ( and yes i know its much cheaper to home build , but that's not an option .. really ) so please any input would be very much appreciated
(100% gaming ) preferable from this site ... i have a budget of £1250 which im hoping will include an OS, also am i right in Windows 8 Pro is best ??
Again thanks in advance.. Jason
Look im purchasing the PC for my son and if im honest i know very very little about PCs ( and yes i know its much cheaper to home build , but that's not an option .. really ) so please any input would be very much appreciated
(100% gaming ) preferable from this site ... i have a budget of £1250 which im hoping will include an OS, also am i right in Windows 8 Pro is best ??
Again thanks in advance.. Jason
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YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Katana" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Gaming PC £313.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £67.99
- 1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
- 1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £69.95
- 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 Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
Total : £1,236.06 (includes shipping : £13.50).
Overclocked 4770k and a 290 - muuuuch better performance than a 760. Be warned: I think this is the reference version of the 290, which runs hot and loud. So if you do go for this option, contact customer service and ask them to put one of these custom 290s in instead:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £347.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £335.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £329.99
Total : £1,373.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
(they're all good - just get whichever is cheapest at the time of asking)
1 x "Titan Katana" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked AMD Radeon Gaming PC £313.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
- 1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
- 1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
- 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £67.99
- 1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
- 1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £69.95
- 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 Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0.00
Total : £1,236.06 (includes shipping : £13.50).
Overclocked 4770k and a 290 - muuuuch better performance than a 760. Be warned: I think this is the reference version of the 290, which runs hot and loud. So if you do go for this option, contact customer service and ask them to put one of these custom 290s in instead:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £347.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £335.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £329.99
Total : £1,373.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
(they're all good - just get whichever is cheapest at the time of asking)
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As suggested I would probably plump for a higher spec card over the 4GB version of what comes as standard 
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Fulax spec is spot on IMO!
(I think he meant 4670k in his post rather than 4770k. He did spec the 4670k which is spot on for single card high end gaming)
I myself game on a 290x, which is basically a 290 but with 5% more performance and will tell you that if i were to buy again for pure gaming, the 290 would be my first choice. They are great cards, insane value for money considering they target the upper performance bracket.
(I think he meant 4670k in his post rather than 4770k. He did spec the 4670k which is spot on for single card high end gaming)
I myself game on a 290x, which is basically a 290 but with 5% more performance and will tell you that if i were to buy again for pure gaming, the 290 would be my first choice. They are great cards, insane value for money considering they target the upper performance bracket.