Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP, but will hold on a few weeks if there’s a hardware release/price drop, etc.
Budget Range: £1000 ± £100 total
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Music production (only occasionally)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: It’d be a new build
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference – whatever’s cheapest!
Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK
Parts Preferences: No preference – I care most for performance!
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe – should I?
Your Monitor Resolution: I have a spare Acer V234H which I’d use for the screen. Not sure what resolution it’s at
Additional Comments: I don’t have too much free time, so I need a fast booting machine that’ll just work when I squeeze some time in for gaming. I’d like it to be as future proof as possible, as I will have some money later down the line for upgrades. I’m mainly a strategy gamer, so stuff I’d like to be running at ridiculous resolutions and framerates would be things like Rome II, SimCity V, etc - and all upcoming graphics hungry strategy/FPS games.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: About time to get a gaming PC!
Hey guys
OK, so I hope that the info at the top makes sense and outlines what I’m trying to do here and why. If not, feel free to question of course!
So, I modified a £1000 Gaming PC build that another forum member put down (can’t find his thread now) the only difference being that I took out the monitor on his set of components, bringing the price down from £1000 and giving me some more money to play with)
Any thoughts or advice on how to squeeze the most performance outta £1000? I have £1000 set aside from this and would like to make the most of it.
Been a while since I’ve been on the PC gaming scene and so any advice is appreciated
Cheers!
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tguh
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tguh/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tguh/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.82 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£107.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£69.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£69.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£261.29 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£48.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £799.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
Budget Range: £1000 ± £100 total
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Music production (only occasionally)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: It’d be a new build
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No preference – whatever’s cheapest!
Location: Croydon, Surrey, UK
Parts Preferences: No preference – I care most for performance!
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe – should I?
Your Monitor Resolution: I have a spare Acer V234H which I’d use for the screen. Not sure what resolution it’s at
Additional Comments: I don’t have too much free time, so I need a fast booting machine that’ll just work when I squeeze some time in for gaming. I’d like it to be as future proof as possible, as I will have some money later down the line for upgrades. I’m mainly a strategy gamer, so stuff I’d like to be running at ridiculous resolutions and framerates would be things like Rome II, SimCity V, etc - and all upcoming graphics hungry strategy/FPS games.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: About time to get a gaming PC!
Hey guys
OK, so I hope that the info at the top makes sense and outlines what I’m trying to do here and why. If not, feel free to question of course!
So, I modified a £1000 Gaming PC build that another forum member put down (can’t find his thread now) the only difference being that I took out the monitor on his set of components, bringing the price down from £1000 and giving me some more money to play with)
Any thoughts or advice on how to squeeze the most performance outta £1000? I have £1000 set aside from this and would like to make the most of it.
Been a while since I’ve been on the PC gaming scene and so any advice is appreciated
Cheers!
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tguh
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tguh/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2tguh/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.82 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£107.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£69.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£69.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£261.29 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£48.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £799.72
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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