Need advice/help on new £1000 gaming build

BlackFudge

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Apr 30, 2013
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Approximate Purchase Date: 2 weeks from now

Budget Range: £1000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming,programming,light editing and browsing the internet.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes


Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (Manchester. scan , Aria , ebuyer , amazon

Parts Preferences: No brand preference just best bang for the buck

Overclocking: Yes /Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No/Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Need to have a nice clear window not look tacky, I would like a quiet PC. Going to be playing Bf4, arma series , Dayz and most next gen games
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Currently running rubbish old pc.

Already though about an i5 4670k with a msi gd45 and picking up a radeon 7970 on sale. Unsure about case and keyboard and mouse.

 

Marcopolo123

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Be Quiet DARK ROCK PRO 2 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£53.24 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£129.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£72.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£62.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (£220.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 White ATX Full Tower Case (£99.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£98.95 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.00 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1007.24
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-10 18:23 BST+0100)
 

g-unit1111

Titan
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On that budget I would not go AMD FX, gaming generally favors Intel on most every benchmark you can name. I would do this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler (£41.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£121.92 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£72.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (£280.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£72.19 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1028.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-10 21:50 BST+0100)

If you do not need OS, drop it and upgrade your GPU to GTX 770.