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Gaming PC - £800 ($1250)

Tomthehitman
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Hey!

 

 

1. Budget & Location

 

I live in the UK and my budget is around £800 (Roughly $1250) 

2. Aim

 

The main aim of the build is to use it for gaming. I'll probably do abit of web browsing and watching films but mainly gaming. 
 

3. Monitors

 

I only plan on using 1 monitor.

4. Peripherals
 

I don't need a keyboard, mouse or OS. Just the PC and Monitor. If possible I would like the case to have USB slot accessible from the front and USB 3.0. This isn't essential though.

5. Why are you upgrading?
 

I am upgrading because I am currently gaming on my laptop (Aspire 5553G) and want to finally game on a proper PC.

 

 

 

I have been looking around for the last couple of days at different components but thought I would come here and ask more experienced people their opinions. 

 

 

Thanks :)

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What kind of games you play/plan to play, OP?

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($125.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($349.89 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor  ($149.64 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1268.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 18:21 EST-0500

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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Pointless posting US prices, since OP is in the UK, he'd pay a hefty shipping price. Change the setting to "United Kingdom" in the top right of PCPartpicker.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£63.70 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.04 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£249.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£113.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £814.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 23:25 GMT+0000

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Pointless posting US prices, since OP is in the UK, he'd pay a hefty shipping price. Change the setting to "United Kingdom" in the top right of PCPartpicker.

good point, i apologize :P

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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good point, i apologize :P

Also, some don't even ship to the UK.

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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resolution?

 

I'd like to play in 1080p 

 

What kind of games you play/plan to play, OP?

 

I play alot of CSGO as my laptop just about handles it. I'd like to be able to play this years games and for them to look nice :) 

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Slight bit over-budget, but it has future upgrade capabilities - you can slap in an i5/i7 in the future. As is you can overclock the cpu to ~4.5GHz with ease, and add another drive or two for more storage in the future.

 

 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£47.98 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.54 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£97.35 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.54 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£267.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£128.69 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £837.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 00:03 GMT+0000

Shot through the heart and you're to blame, 30fps and i'll pirate your game - Bon Jovi

Take me down to the console city where the games are blurry and the frames are thirty - Guns N' Roses

Arguing with religious people is like explaining to your mother that online games can't be paused...

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I aimed to be different as best as I could. That 780 Ti was hard to fit
 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£103.78 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£37.75 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£399.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Asus VS228HR 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £816.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 00:16 GMT+0000

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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I aimed to be different as best as I could. That 780 Ti was hard to fit

 

 
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£103.78 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£37.75 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£399.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.25 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Asus VS228HR 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £816.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-24 00:16 GMT+0000
 

 

 

Do you think the 780 Ti is worth the price increase over the GTX 970? I ask as everyone has used that one in the build. Cheers :) 

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Do you think the 780 Ti is worth the price increase over the GTX 970? I ask as everyone has used that one in the build. Cheers :) 

yh but im skeptical myself if what i did will be fine. i know the 780 ti is a stronger card but to tell the truth I think you might get more fps out of the intel rigs than what the amds tend to push

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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Do you think the 780 Ti is worth the price increase over the GTX 970? I ask as everyone has used that one in the build. Cheers :) 

just confirmed, not worth it, not enough difference in games to make me choose over the 970 and plus the intel combo will give you more fps overall cuz the cpu is faster per core so yh, get the 970 build instead

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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