New System Build - £1200

Airwalkerrr · May 30, 2014

Hello guys, I'm pretty new to building systems, i have a general understanding of computers but dont know how to spend my money wisely

Approximate Purchase Date: August 2014

Budget Range: £1200

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing the internet, Movies

Are you buying a monitor: Yes (Separate £300 budget) 1080p, if possible 1440p, 27 inch preferably

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Website: Any website from england...

Location: United Kingdom

Parts Preferences: No Preferences

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future

Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p or 1440p?

Thank You Very Much

sonny8888 · May 30, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£62.63 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£100.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card (£409.93 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.90 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.84 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor (£269.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1378.02
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-30 13:15 BST+0100)

Hi Sir, i will be giving a rational for the parts above.

CPU)Great Cpu for overclocking.

CPU COOLER) Good and quiet cooler and can overclock quite a lot.

MOTHERBOARD) Great motherboard for overclocking and SLI operation.

MEMORY) The only reason why i went with a 16GB Kit is so that you can upgrade to 32GB in the future.

STORAGE) Good ssd + Good HDD = Awesome

VIDEO CARD) Best vid card in the world

CASE) Cases are seriously VERY personal, just choose a case that you like. You have a few hundred dollars on the case.\

PSU) Its great and cheap

OPTICAL DRIVE) Cheaper is better

OS) It happens to be the cheapest OS on PcPartPicker (With the exception of free OSes).

Monitor) There are no 1440p monitors on PcPartPicker that costs below 300 euro, i know there are monitors that are 27" and is 1080p, but they are 60hz, if you are doing casual gaming, those would work, but if you like higher that 60fps, go with the 144hz that i have chosen.

Hope this helped

,
Sonny8888

Suztera · May 30, 2014

The Window 7 Pro OS linked isn't a true license really. I would get a legit window license elsewhere.

sonny8888 · May 30, 2014

Suztera :

Ok just grab a real license, it's within your budget, too!

Airwalkerrr · Jun 1, 2014

Thank you very much, i was looking at the i7 4770k, wouldn't that be a better processor?

Suztera · Jun 1, 2014

For gaming and casual uses, i5 is no different from i7 in terms of performance. You won't see any noticeable differences

Airwalkerrr · Jun 3, 2014

What would a i7 processor be useful for?

Suztera · Jun 3, 2014

For gaming not difference in fps performance. For other programs, you may see a slight snappy but the i5 is already sufficient.

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