Gaming PC Build (£1050 budget)

J0Y · Feb 12, 2014

Hi, I am looking at building a gaming PC, I no longer need an OS so the budget is just for PC.

Would like to be able to play BF4 on ultra and overclock CPU/GPU.

vmN · Feb 12, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£233.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£134.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£96.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£238.26 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£71.14 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1023.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 12:41 GMT+0000)

vmN · Feb 12, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.39 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£134.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£96.15 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (£309.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£71.14 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1025.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 12:42 GMT+0000)

vmN · Feb 12, 2014

And a combination of both:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£233.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£134.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: GeIL EVO CORSA Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£52.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (£309.95 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£71.14 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1051.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 12:45 GMT+0000)

TheMohammadmo · Feb 12, 2014

The 290x is barely better then the 770 while the 770 is half the price of the 290x http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-GeForce-GTX-770
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.39 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£112.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£65.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£62.15 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£88.50 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£95.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £979.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 13:03 GMT+0000)

The reason why its cheap is because I was trying to put a 780 into the build but just couldn't. It still is a really good build for this much money and it doesnt make you utilize all your money. You could spend some of the money on steam games or accesioriies etc.

-Dont need an i7 for gaming
-The samsung ssd is better then the kingstonhttp://ssdboss.com/ssds/Samsung-840-EVO-vs-Kingston-SSDNow-V300
-I like my case more but thats just personal preference.
-The reason for the 800w power supply is so you can sli later on if you want to.

vmN · Feb 12, 2014

I think you must mean "280x" and not "290x". 290x should be better than the gtx 780.
In real world there aren't the big difference between the two SSD's, and by no means anything you would notice.

I just choose the highest rated case, because why not.
If you want to SLI/crossfire in the future a 750-850w is recommended.

TheMohammadmo · Feb 12, 2014

The 770 is actually better then the 290 and then 780 is better then the 290x. Also, I heard the r4 had really quiet fans included with it is that true. I know the case is really high rated.

sora · Feb 13, 2014

TheMohammadmo :

What? Can you please link me to some benchmark tests? I know the 290x is loud but I'm surprised that the 780 is better...

vmN · Feb 13, 2014

780ti>290x>290=>780>770=>280x>760=>270x>270

J0Y · Feb 13, 2014

So which one should I go for? 290 or 780? Which is better to overclock?

vmN · Feb 13, 2014

290 is better to overclock, but require most better cooling.

TheMohammadmo · Feb 13, 2014

Yeah the 290's are really hot. If you wanna keep them cool, I recommend getting some case fans and if you wanna take it to the extreme, get a watercooling loop for gpu and cpu. http://www.eteknix.com/4k-gaming-showdown-amd-r9-290x-r9-280x-vs-nvidia-gtx-titan-gtx-780/4/ if you wanna see more benchmarks go on to the next page. i couldnt find one where it was the r9 vs ths 700's but this one is good enoough but its 4k benchmarks.

J0Y · Feb 14, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£37.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£68.81 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£122.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£399.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.83 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1068.55
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-14 15:58 GMT+0000)

What are your thoughts on this?

TheMohammadmo · Feb 14, 2014

Dont get the 120gb ssd, its highly uneccesary. Also, change the hdd to a western digital one because seagate has more failure drives then western digital. Also get this build instead

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.20 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£101.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£63.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.90 @ Pixmania UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£399.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.66 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.10 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.83 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1025.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-14 21:15 GMT+0000)

Better psu, good cpu cooler, better case(in my opinion) Only get that psu if you are gonna sli, if you are not, get this psu http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120pg0650gr

J0Y · Feb 14, 2014

Did you mean don't get a 250GB SSD? If so, why is it unnecessary? I thought more space would be better? What's the reason for changing the Motherboard? And Memory, surely DDR3-1866 is better than DDR3-1600? PSU - I was told to go with XFX, Seasonic or Antec High Current Gamer is evga better than those?

Does it matter which case? I'm not fussed about looks only want whichever does the job best.

Thanks!

Update: Is that CPU cooler better? I'll probably be overclocking CPU

TheMohammadmo · Feb 14, 2014

The reason why a 250gb ssd is unnecesary is because you are only going to be gaming. Windows will take around 40gb of space so now you have 80gb for games. And games are around 5gb each so thats room for 13 games and then you have the 1tb hard drive. EVGA is not better then them but they are good if you are trying to find a cheap reliable psu. The hyper 212 evo is a really good cpu cooler. It does the same amount of work as the cooler master water cooler that you chose. This will easily let you get to 4.4 ghz stable

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