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chipuuuks

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Could someone suggest me a good gaming system for about 1600 pounds, I want it to last for quite some time till I need to upgrade it. Not looking for monitor just the system in price for about 1600 to 1700

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Approximate Purchase Date: Around late January 2014, around 20th
Budget Range: Including shipping it could be 1700 pounds

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Priority is gaming and having the great experience rest of it comes after that/

Are you buying a monitor: No


Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire:Maybe around 2014 October I would get a second video card for my computer

Location: London, England
 
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chipuuuks

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I would prefer with windows, however, it could be without too. I'm open to all suggestions.
For me it will be for playing latest games on high res to experience good gaming quality and in the meantime not playing with low fps.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2inxi
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2inxi/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2inxi/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£257.06 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£75.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£176.98 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£130.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£108.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.35 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (£527.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£93.42 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (£98.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1626.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 00:13 GMT+0000)

cheers

 
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godfish

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i7 offers little to no performance compared to the i5 in gaming.
SLI is not supported in most games as well.
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS24ck7GPQo
this will destroy everything here is a video of a similar system running the BF4 Beta, so you should see much better performance with the full version with optimization.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£104.66 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£113.03 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£126.76 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£82.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card (£319.33 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£67.90 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£138.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) (£85.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1215.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 00:22 GMT+0000)
 
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Yes if you do have the money the 4770k will be more future proof, and the 780 ti is better, you will not see any improvement between the i5 and i7 for a while, I would go for the i7 if money is not a concern for you.
 
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There's nothing wrong with the i5 build but since budget is really open for alot of things may as well futureproof urself instead of posting another thread here 3 years down the rode.

Also should use dual channel with the i5 3570k :p

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£257.06 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£143.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£120.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.35 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (£536.64 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£127.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£115.06 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) (£85.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1656.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 00:52 GMT+0000)

^ the case is your pick I just put it in to fill the spot :p
 
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The is the exact same build that I would create, except maybe a Corsair AX860 (not "i"), but they're both basically the same thing. This gets my vote.
 
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revised pc with opinions and toughts.


PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2ipJP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2ipJP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2ipJP/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£162.94 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£75.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£176.98 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£119.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£158.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£62.24 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (£527.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£93.42 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (£98.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1591.01
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-11 01:25 GMT+0000)

booyah

 
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I don't understand the difference between these two. Could you please explain me why one with 1600Mhz are more expensive than the 2133Mhz and is there a big difference in those two?
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£119.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
 
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It's just a sale, there is not a big difference between the two, but in theory the 2133 should perform better than the 1600. It is the clock speed of the RAM. So the 2133Mhz is technically faster, although not noticeably. Might as well go with the 2133Mhz since it is cheaper.
 
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The one I picked is CAS 9 while iceclock is CAS 10.

Generally you want lower CAS as its faster. Basically its howlong the delay between the RAM is queried and how fast it responds.

But theres a point when the speed and CAS kinda even out or something, there was some conversion but I don't remember. It'll be safe to say the 2133mhz CAS 10 would be better then the set I picked at CAS 9 1600mhz.

^ someone can confirm.
 
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chipuuuks

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£257.06 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£143.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£119.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£120.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.35 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card (£536.64 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£115.06 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) (£85.45 @ Amazon UK)

I think I will go with the build that sportfreak23 offered but just change the Memory and Case, that would be good for some time? I think I might get second video at the end of october or september, the same evga, so looking at that, will it be able to play the games on max settings?
 
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Well the case is up to you, as you are the one that will be looking at it all day :p

For memory 16Gb is more then you'll need for just gaming. The most I ever used so far on my 16 set is 7gb's.

I'm sure the 780ti will last you for a long time. It just edges out the 290x atm by a tiny bit. I'm waiting to see the new aftermarket solutions for the 290x or maybe the EVGA 6gb 780ti card coming out :O
 
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That will run any game at max settings without getting a second videocard... that is a crazy pc. I have the i5 3570k and R9 270x and i can max games out with good frames.
 
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