£1000 UNIVERSITY GAMING/WORK PC! Opinions?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

Shadrack97

Reputable
Dec 22, 2014
83
0
4,630
hello people of pcpartpicker, i am currently saving up and i am planning on building a computer for university, i will be gaming a bit, not heavy super 4k ultra max setting gaming, but gaming on high with at least 60 fps, and i will be doing a doing a lot of work, i will be using some electrical engineering software as well, as that is what im studying. any feedback of my parts would be greatly appreciated. my main wants from this build. is Quiteness, Stability and speed, i dont want to feel a slight glimmer on lag on ANYTHING, i built a gaming pc last year for 300 pounds and it was my first build, and fair to say it was awful, but for university i was going to buy a mac for 1500 pounds but i thought building a pc would be better, please help me so i can build the best computer i can or i will have no choice but to join the sheep of people that own a mac. thanks

the link is http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/shadrack97/saved/4TYD4D

Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor £158.99 £158.99 Ebuyer Buy CPU Cooler

Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £79.19 £79.19 Aria PC Buy Motherboard

Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £97.34 FREE £97.34 Amazon UK Buy Memory

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory £69.99 FREE £69.99 Dabs Buy Storage

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £58.79 £58.79 Aria PC Buy

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £39.09 FREE £39.09 Amazon UK Buy Video Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card £256.79 £256.79 Aria PC Buy Case

Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case £74.99 £74.99 Ebuyer Buy Power Supply

EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £63.31 FREE £63.31 Amazon UK Buy Wireless Network Adapter

TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter £24.99 FREE £24.99 Amazon UK Buy Total: £923.47
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
L

lodders

Admirable
Nov 2, 2015
1,888
0
6,460
IMHO, cheap stuff is a false economy, but once you get beyond a certain price point, you are paying a lot of extra money for a bit of extra performance.
£600 - £800 is the sweet spot. Beyond this you are into diminishing returns.

If I were you, I would ditch the water cooler, get a £25 case, and get a cheaper motherboard.
The graphic card is great for gaming, but sub-optimal for Autocad, which runs 3D better on Quadro GPU
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

Shadrack97

Reputable
Dec 22, 2014
83
0
4,630
cheers for the feedback guys, is the build overkill then? what gpu should i get?
and i was planning on using the liquid cooler because of the case im using and i want everything as stable as possible so i want low temps all round.

if you think im wasting money on the skylake can you reply with what im wasting money on, why and what would be the best alternative
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
L

lodders

Admirable
Nov 2, 2015
1,888
0
6,460
Skylake i5 is the future - very good chip, slightly better than mine... BUT it should run perfectly happily on mid range mobo in cheap case with cheap / free air cooler.
below 75°C heat does not kill CPUs, excess voltage does that
my 4690k is overclocked on stock cooler, and it is completely stable.
GTX 970 is a great GPU, but you can do a lot with a 960 if you want....
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

Shadrack97

Reputable
Dec 22, 2014
83
0
4,630
^ right! so i would be fine with the stock cooler, i wouldnt mind shaving that off as that would save me quite a bit! i just dont want any excess heat because if you see the size of the case, im wanting a small case.
and regarding a 960, would i be able to play battlefield 4 on high with at least 60+ fps
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
L

lodders

Admirable
Nov 2, 2015
1,888
0
6,460
I had not seen your case design.... not sure if the stock cooler would get enough airflow.
My daughters i5 PC is built inside an Aerocool QC203 case, which is almost as small as yours, but of more conventional shape. Air cooler fits easily. She has a very small room at uni, but still managed to fit her PC in it.....
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Brunostako

Brunostako

Honorable
Dec 16, 2013
2,349
1
12,960
I think you should go back to Haswell, Z170 MoBo and DDR4 are still very expensive.

I suggest something like this (it could have been cheaper, but i love itx builds):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£196.12 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£78.32 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£50.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.09 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£374.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case (£39.60 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£7.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £910.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-27 14:22 GMT+0000
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

Shadrack97

Reputable
Dec 22, 2014
83
0
4,630


wow, intel xeon would that not be overkill as its mainly for a bit of cad and uni work.
and gtx 980! heard its not that different from a 970 but its a whole lot more expensive.
i might go with the haswell, but would the performance not be quite lower than skylake.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
L

lodders

Admirable
Nov 2, 2015
1,888
0
6,460


I don't know about ddr4.

However, on my i5 3570k it is really hard to tell if I have the ddr3 memory set to 1600Mhz or 2000Mhz

Basically 2% difference on Hyper Pi, and 2% difference on Cinebench.....
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Brunostako

Brunostako

Honorable
Dec 16, 2013
2,349
1
12,960
You'll hardly notice any difference between haswell and skylake, the increases in performance of Intel's CPU are very low since sandy bridge. An i5 2500K is perfectly capable of competing against a 4690K and at gaming it could be unnoticeable.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom