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August 21, 2014 4:02:43 PM

I am buying a new pc in the next few weeks, I will be mainly using it for Graphic design and web development but I do love to indulge in a bit of gaming. This is the system I have come up with so far, it comes in at around £1100.

WARRANTY: 3 YEAR RETURN TO BASE Warranty
Q-JUMP: STANDARD - Upto 10 Working Days - FREE UK DELIVERY
NEW CASES: COLOURSIT Dominator Black Case With Blue LED
POWER SUPPLY: 750W PSU - FSP 80+ SILVER - 88% Efficiency (High Gaming)
INTEL HASWELL CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K - 4 Cores @ 3.5Ghz (Turbo 3.9Ghz) + 6MB CACHE
INTEL HASWELL MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z87-K - USB2.0, USB3.0, SATA6 + XFIRE
CPU Overclocking: STANDARD SPEED - FOR OVERCLOCKING ENSURE CPU IS A 'K' EDITION
CPU COOLING: Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 CPU Cooler - Ultra Quiet Option
RAM.: 8GB DDR3 1866Mhz - CRUCIAL Ballistix
SOLID STATE HDD (SSD): 60GB OCZ VERTEX PLUS SATA2 - 3Gb/s
SOLID STATE HYBRID DRIVE (SSHD) (SSD+HDD IN ONE): NONE
MASTER HARD DRIVE: 500GB SEAGATE SATA3 - 6Gb/s, 7200 RPM & 16MB Cache
SLAVE HARD DRIVE: NONE
RAID: NONE
MASTER OPTICAL DRIVE.: SAMSUNG 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer & Dual Format
SLAVE OPTICAL DRIVE: NONE
GRAPHICS CARD (PCI-E): nVIDIA GeForce GTX780 3GB PCI-E 3.0 Ready
TV CARD: NONE
SOFTWARE: WINDOWS 8 Inc Upgrade to 8.1 - 64 Bit Inc DVD/Licence

I will be upgrading the hard drives in late november, possibly buying 2tb and 250gb+ SSD.

Any feedback would be great :)  Also looking at the same system but with an AMD FX 8350 black edition.

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August 21, 2014 4:08:28 PM

Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.77 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £801.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Can't overclock, but has a bigger & faster hard drive, bigger SSD, faster RAM, much better case, much cheaper graphics card that is pretty much just as good, sometimes a little better.

Edit: Changes, more info.
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August 21, 2014 4:10:04 PM

It should be fine for several years to come but since the "Future games" aren't here yet, no one can say for sure.
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August 21, 2014 4:11:09 PM

moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.
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August 21, 2014 4:13:10 PM

popatim said:
It should be fine for several years to come but since the "Future games" aren't here yet, no one can say for sure.


Lol Yea I could have worded my title a little better, but thanks for the reply. I generally mean is it future proof for the next 2 years at the least lol.

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August 21, 2014 4:16:34 PM

JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.


Ah, well I would strongly recommend against buying it from a "gaming PC" site, they tend to overcharge you A LOT, building a PC really isn't very hard, no matter what your skill level is. I saw a post on Reddit the other day of somebody who had got their two daughters, aged about 8 & 10 to build a PC themselves, which just shows how easy it is.
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August 21, 2014 4:18:35 PM

If you're going to be mainly using this system as a graphic design system, get an i7 4790k, 16gb RAM, a bigger SSD, and a gtx 760 or something.
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August 21, 2014 4:25:00 PM

moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.


Ah, well I would strongly recommend against buying it from a "gaming PC" site, they tend to overcharge you A LOT, building a PC really isn't very hard, no matter what your skill level is. I saw a post on Reddit the other day of somebody who had got their two daughters, aged about 8 & 10 to build a PC themselves, which just shows how easy it is.



If I researched it enough I could do it, but to be honest. I don't want to destroy something that is difficult to fit, the amount of money I am spending on it has taken me around 6 months to get so don't want to take any chances. But i may but a cheap used pc to practice on so I do feel a bit more confident when it comes to upgrading or getting a new set up.
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August 21, 2014 4:28:44 PM

kunthakenthe said:
this will last you a couple years.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Xvf4ZL


2 R9 290s are very overkill for 1080p gaming, even one is overkill, two just seems like a waste of money.
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August 21, 2014 4:28:51 PM

Have you considered getting your local pc repair shop to put it together?
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August 21, 2014 4:32:10 PM

JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.


Ah, well I would strongly recommend against buying it from a "gaming PC" site, they tend to overcharge you A LOT, building a PC really isn't very hard, no matter what your skill level is. I saw a post on Reddit the other day of somebody who had got their two daughters, aged about 8 & 10 to build a PC themselves, which just shows how easy it is.



If I researched it enough I could do it, but to be honest. I don't want to destroy something that is difficult to fit, the amount of money I am spending on it has taken me around 6 months to get so don't want to take any chances. But i may but a cheap used pc to practice on so I do feel a bit more confident when it comes to upgrading or getting a new set up.


Trust me, the parts are made so that they slot together like lego, they're designed to be easy to put together, and you get a good sense of satisfaction from having a working PC you made yourself!
Really, most of it is just screwing things together and plugging them in, the hardest part is probably putting thermal paste on the CPU, and all that really involves is putting a small amount of paste on some metal.

If you want, I think Scan has a thing where you can pay a little more to have your components insured in case you damage them during installation, but it's really easy, trust me. Getting all your components insured and building it yourself will still be cheaper than a prebuilt.
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August 21, 2014 4:35:09 PM

legend001523 said:
Have you considered getting your local pc repair shop to put it together?


moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.


Ah, well I would strongly recommend against buying it from a "gaming PC" site, they tend to overcharge you A LOT, building a PC really isn't very hard, no matter what your skill level is. I saw a post on Reddit the other day of somebody who had got their two daughters, aged about 8 & 10 to build a PC themselves, which just shows how easy it is.



If I researched it enough I could do it, but to be honest. I don't want to destroy something that is difficult to fit, the amount of money I am spending on it has taken me around 6 months to get so don't want to take any chances. But i may but a cheap used pc to practice on so I do feel a bit more confident when it comes to upgrading or getting a new set up.


Trust me, the parts are made so that they slot together like lego, they're designed to be easy to put together, and you get a good sense of satisfaction from having a working PC you made yourself!
Really, most of it is just screwing things together and plugging them in, the hardest part is probably putting thermal paste on the CPU, and all that really involves is putting a small amount of paste on some metal.

If you want, I think Scan has a thing where you can pay a little more to have your components insured in case you damage them during installation, but it's really easy, trust me. Getting all your components insured and building it yourself will still be cheaper than a prebuilt.


I think I may look into that then, as long as I have piece of mind that I don't destroy everything in process. Thanks for the help :) 


EDIT: I have around £1100 to spend at the most. What kind of system do you suggest?
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August 21, 2014 4:53:18 PM

JordanWoods90 said:
legend001523 said:
Have you considered getting your local pc repair shop to put it together?


moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.


Ah, well I would strongly recommend against buying it from a "gaming PC" site, they tend to overcharge you A LOT, building a PC really isn't very hard, no matter what your skill level is. I saw a post on Reddit the other day of somebody who had got their two daughters, aged about 8 & 10 to build a PC themselves, which just shows how easy it is.



If I researched it enough I could do it, but to be honest. I don't want to destroy something that is difficult to fit, the amount of money I am spending on it has taken me around 6 months to get so don't want to take any chances. But i may but a cheap used pc to practice on so I do feel a bit more confident when it comes to upgrading or getting a new set up.


Trust me, the parts are made so that they slot together like lego, they're designed to be easy to put together, and you get a good sense of satisfaction from having a working PC you made yourself!
Really, most of it is just screwing things together and plugging them in, the hardest part is probably putting thermal paste on the CPU, and all that really involves is putting a small amount of paste on some metal.

If you want, I think Scan has a thing where you can pay a little more to have your components insured in case you damage them during installation, but it's really easy, trust me. Getting all your components insured and building it yourself will still be cheaper than a prebuilt.


I think I may look into that then, as long as I have piece of mind that I don't destroy everything in process. Thanks for the help :) 


EDIT: I have around £1100 to spend at the most. What kind of system do you suggest?


pm any your questions i can help.
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August 21, 2014 8:01:52 PM

JordanWoods90 said:
legend001523 said:
Have you considered getting your local pc repair shop to put it together?


moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
JordanWoods90 said:
moozilbee said:
Are you planning on overclocking? How much? If not, this build will perform just as well (sometimes better) for quite a lot less, just add a H440 blue (not available on partpicker):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£47.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£289.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £737.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 00:08 BST+0100



Thanks for the input moozilbee, I am not confident enough in building my own system as of yet. I am using www.palicomp.co.uk for my system. Also I wont be overclocking yet, but if I do I will be upgrading the CPU cooler but I thought since I don't plan on it anytime soon then the air cooler would be sufficient enough.


Ah, well I would strongly recommend against buying it from a "gaming PC" site, they tend to overcharge you A LOT, building a PC really isn't very hard, no matter what your skill level is. I saw a post on Reddit the other day of somebody who had got their two daughters, aged about 8 & 10 to build a PC themselves, which just shows how easy it is.



If I researched it enough I could do it, but to be honest. I don't want to destroy something that is difficult to fit, the amount of money I am spending on it has taken me around 6 months to get so don't want to take any chances. But i may but a cheap used pc to practice on so I do feel a bit more confident when it comes to upgrading or getting a new set up.


Trust me, the parts are made so that they slot together like lego, they're designed to be easy to put together, and you get a good sense of satisfaction from having a working PC you made yourself!
Really, most of it is just screwing things together and plugging them in, the hardest part is probably putting thermal paste on the CPU, and all that really involves is putting a small amount of paste on some metal.

If you want, I think Scan has a thing where you can pay a little more to have your components insured in case you damage them during installation, but it's really easy, trust me. Getting all your components insured and building it yourself will still be cheaper than a prebuilt.


I think I may look into that then, as long as I have piece of mind that I don't destroy everything in process. Thanks for the help :) 


EDIT: I have around £1100 to spend at the most. What kind of system do you suggest?


The build I suggested first should suit your needs nicely, and comes in way under budget, whilst still being able to easily max any game @1080p 60fps, and most gams @1080p 120fps. You can save that extra money, or use it to buy a mechanical keyboard (I hear the Corsair K70s are nice), and maybe a good mouse, 120hz monitor, second monitor, etc.
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