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Hi everyone,

 

A friend has asked me to build a pc for him and I've never really been the best at picking parts.

 

The guy has €1000 to spend and will be mainly used for gaming (BF4, Skyrim, some indie titles) and general use.

 

I'm in Ireland so can only really buy from UK and Europe.

 

My friend has never had a pc before so needs OS, but he already has peripherals.

 

Any lists of parts within the budget would be greatly appreciated.

 

Tks,

 

Cian

 

P.S. A small SSD would be a nice bonus in the price, and aesthetics will be valued.  

 

 

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Well I'm Not around you, but i can give you some hardware just not (accurate) pricing 

 

Maybe I'm Close maybe not, Totally winging it over here

 

Core i5 4690K

 

Nvidia GTX 970/AMD r9 290x

 

8GB Corsair Dominator Series

 

240 Crucial M Series SSD

 

1TB Western Digital Black

 

Corsair / EVGA 650 Watt

 

Windows blah blah Pro

 

MSI Z97 PC MATE 1150 Motherboard

 

Corsair Carbide Serie C70 Case 

Current: R2600X@4.0GHz\\ Corsair Air 280x \\ RTX 2070 \\ 16GB DDR3 2666 \\ 1KW EVGA Supernova\\ Asus B450 TUF

Old Systems: A6 5200 APU -- A10 7800K + HD6670 -- FX 9370 + 2X R9 290 -- G3258 + R9 280 -- 4690K + RX480

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Hey man I would go for a motherboard with an LGA 1155 socket and z97 chipset and any of the i7s that can go with it if unlocked better so you could oc,ddr3 or more Asus has some nice options for the motherboard. As far as the graphics card either 970 or gtx 780 ti maybe 2 in sli. HDD or sdd all depends on your friend and how he wants to use it and type of performance he wants, I would go for any Samsung ssd. corsair or ripsaw has some nice options for ram don't go for anything under 8gb. Just throwing some idea out there. The beauty of a custom PC is that it's custom for you (your friend In this case) I can't do any detailed research at the moment and I don't know the specs of everything of the top of my head but these should be a good place to start, if you have any questions let me know

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Hey man I would go for a motherboard with an LGA 1155 socket and z97 chipset and any of the i7s that can go with it if unlocked better so you could oc,ddr3 or more Asus has some nice options for the motherboard. As far as the graphics card either 970 or gtx 780 ti maybe 2 in sli. HDD or sdd all depends on your friend and how he wants to use it and type of performance he wants, I would go for any Samsung ssd. corsair or ripsaw has some nice options for ram don't go for anything under 8gb. Just throwing some idea out there. The beauty of a custom PC is that it's custom for you (your friend In this case) I can't do any detailed research at the moment and I don't know the specs of everything of the top of my head but these should be a good place to start, if you have any questions let me know

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Z97 is on LGA1150 not LGA1155.

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Hi everyone,

 

A friend has asked me to build a pc for him and I've never really been the best at picking parts.

 

The guy has €1000 to spend and will be mainly used for gaming (BF4, Skyrim, some indie titles) and general use.

 

I'm in Ireland so can only really buy from UK and Europe.

 

My friend has never had a pc before so needs OS, but he already has peripherals.

 

Any lists of parts within the budget would be greatly appreciated.

 

Tks,

 

Cian

 

P.S. A small SSD would be a nice bonus in the price, and aesthetics will be valued.  

hows this?

 

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/27H7gs
 
without ssd
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£263.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£106.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£279.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £930.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
with ssd
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/bTRYt6
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£263.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£106.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£99.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£52.74 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£279.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £982.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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1000 Euro's is around £728.

 

You could go with a locked i5 if you want to fit an SSD in.

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£50.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£51.80 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£61.62 @ CCL Computers) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.50 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.09 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £735.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 18:20 GMT+0000
 
 
 
Locked i5 and stock cooler.
 
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£50.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£175.54 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£51.80 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£61.62 @ CCL Computers) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.50 @ CCL Computers) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£74.09 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £722.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-03 18:24 GMT+0000
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oh ok sorry, how bout this?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yQJpJx
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£279.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £705.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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oh ok sorry, how bout this?

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/yQJpJx
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£279.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £705.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Ram ? Windows ?

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Ram ? Windows ?

oh sorry forgot,

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/gNQwFT
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£64.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£73.01 @ Dabs) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£56.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£229.55 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.94 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £727.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-04 13:21 GMT+0000
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