Hi! My brother is thinking about building a gaming desktop on a £900 (~$1350) budget, any suggestions on parts? He'd prefer it if he could expand upon his desktop build (add another card in SLI / Crossfire), and he'd also prefer it if the case looked "nice" (not your standard black box). As always, thanks!
£900 (~$1350) Gaming desktop build
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Mattios
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Okay, please read stickies first http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice then we can help you.
Approximate Purchase Date: Early February
Budget Range: £900 (~$1350) After Rebates; After Shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Software Development
Are you buying a monitor: Yes (any suggestions would be great!)
Parts to Upgrade: Entire System
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Cheapest place is good (Newegg is good too)
Location: Surrey, UK
Parts Preferences: He doesn't mind
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Needs to be expandable, Games: Battlefield 4, COD: AW, Assassins Creed: Unity, League of Legends, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Elite Dangerous, Neverwinter.
Why Are You Upgrading: Just so he can play pc games
Mattios
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.96 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (£257.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.44 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£61.19 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £879.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-26 18:35 GMT+0000
If he wants to overclock in the future he can just get a 212 Evo.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£173.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£60.96 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (£257.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£37.44 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£61.19 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £879.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-26 18:35 GMT+0000
If he wants to overclock in the future he can just get a 212 Evo.
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