£1000 ($1220) budget for new build gaming PC

levtweeney · Oct 22, 2016

Hi all

Last year I was looking to buy a new PC but my wife decided a new dish washer, washing machine and vacum cleaner were so much more important! So here I am with the promise of the money, so with this in mind...

I am wanting to buy a new computer with a total budget of £1000. I live in the UK, I need to buy it in the next 4 - 6 weeks. Its primary use will be Gaming but will be used for general household stuff too.

The £1000 MUST include a monitor of decent quality, an operating system (probably windows 10) I would like to have a DVD reader/burner and card reader. I will probably need some speakers too but not too woried about the quality. Will i need things like cooling paste for cpu etc... Please tell me everything hahaha i have not done this before

I am not a super professional gamer so im not expecting miracles but do like quality when I can get it.

Is this budget too tight for a decent rig? I can go a little over but my wife may take body parts if she finds out hahaha

Any help appreciated

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 22, 2016

Ok we will see what we can do

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 22, 2016

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Battletank242/saved/#view=zQMZLk

.i5 6500, great value for money, will perform great in games paired with that gtx 1060 and will do ok in streaming and editing if your into that sort of thing. I didn't add a cooler as the standard one will be enough.

.8GB of ram is enough although if you want to go 16GB your mobo will surport it.

. I added a 32GB ssd for your os and important games so they load much faster.

.gtx 1060 will play any game 1080p ultimate settings, it's like an oc'd gtx 970

.that psi is trustworthy and although it's not modular will be great for your build. It costs about £60 on amazon.

.Im not sure on monitors and speakers so I've left about £170 for that

Hope this helps

Trafalgar747 · Oct 22, 2016

Here you go;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.14 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£75.78 @ YoYoTech)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card (£188.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£63.48 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Novatech)
Monitor: AOC I2481FXH 23.8" 60Hz Monitor (£134.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £893.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-22 12:52 BST+0100

You can get a Original windowsn 10 from Kinguin for $20-30. Sorry i didnt include and speakers and dvd burner etc, dont know much about that.

King Dranzer · Oct 22, 2016

Here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.14 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.45 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.74 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer (£18.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£29.00 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Dell SE2416H 23.8" 60Hz Monitor (£134.37 @ PC World Business)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£29.75 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers (£48.07 @ Misco UK)
Total: £1109.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-22 13:22 BST+0100

Add HDD down the lane when required. That 250GB SSD will last you months before it runs out of space.

Don't get that OS. Get Windows 10 for same price from Kinguin.

No need of thermal paste. The stock Intel CPU which comes with CPU in the box has it already applied to it.

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 22, 2016

King Dranzer :

Here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.14 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.45 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.74 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer (£18.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM 64-bit (£29.00 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Dell SE2416H 23.8" 60Hz Monitor (£134.37 @ PC World Business)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£29.75 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers (£48.07 @ Misco UK)
Total: £1109.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-22 13:22 BST+0100

Add HDD down the lane when required. That 250GB SSD will last you months before it runs out of space.

Get that OS Windows 8.1 and as soon as you install it upgrade to Windows 10.(best offer till date)

No need of thermal paste. The stock Intel CPU which comes with CPU in the box has it already applied to it.

I don't think this is too great man

1) it goes over budget
2) a gtx 1070 is way overkill for 1080p gaming, if you want to use that 1070 you need to go to 1440p, and a good monitor in that range will cost £500
3) get your storage now rarther than later, he might not have money later

King Dranzer · Oct 22, 2016

xxHAPPYxx :

King Dranzer :

I don't think this is too great man

1) it goes over budget
2) a gtx 1070 is way overkill for 1080p gaming, if you want to use that 1070 you need to go to 1440p, and a good monitor in that range will cost £500
3) get your storage now rarther than later, he might not have money later

GTX1070 is for gaming at 1080p GTX1060 is lacking in many games at Ultra settings and will become worse in coming time. Checkout games like Crysis 3, Witcher 3, Hitman, Assasins Creed Syndicate, Tomb Raider in all these games GTX1060 is not able to give 60fps and GTX1070 is only giving 70-80fps at 1080p ultra settings.

Bit over budget to get good quality product makes sense. Not too high.

Will try to reduce the cost by a bit.

King Dranzer · Oct 22, 2016

Here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.45 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£379.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer (£18.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus VS248HR 24.0" 60Hz Monitor (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£29.75 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers (£48.07 @ Misco UK)
Total: £1025.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-22 14:03 BST+0100

Get OS from Kinguin.

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 22, 2016

No dude a 1060 will easily do ultra 1080p here is the benchmarks for 1060 on very high on tomb raider: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1060-review,13.html

A 1060 is know for being like an oc'd 970 and a 970 could run every game 1080p ultra

King Dranzer · Oct 22, 2016

First of all CPU plays a big role in Tomb Raider. There is big fps drop when i5-6500 is compared to i7-6700K@4.5GHz and that is no ultra settings not everything is pushed high. Check the below video

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBQWq53XpWU"][/video]

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 22, 2016

this is ultra settings, 1080p tomb raider benchmark. With an i5 4460 and a non over-clocked msi gtx 970. Tomb raider is notoriously hard to run.
http://i68.tinypic.com/2ey855i.jpg
http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=bpRy0IYlPgO040jNMWN3OIh4l5k2TGxc#.WAt6aeArKUk

levtweeney · Oct 22, 2016

Thanks so much for the replies and suggestions guys, much appreciated. King dranser there is a lot I like about your build, never thought I would be able to get a 1070 card WOW that should be future proof.

Not sure about the case, it looks a little tight, so the reviews say anyway, im not trying to sound all knowledgable hahaha

That second build was also without the OS so would go over budget even more, all in all i do not think this is the build for me but I do thank you all for your time.

Trafalgar747, your build is more in my budget (well under the £1000 and so keeping my wife happy) even if I add the DVD drive and speakers it still come out under the budget plus that case is nice.

Anymore suggestions would be very welcome

levtweeney · Oct 22, 2016

So sorry for not acknowledging you too Happy, i did not realise the link at the top of your post took me to a list of the parts you chose. I will look at it soon and let you know what I think. Sorry again

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 22, 2016

levtweeney :

All ok bro

King Dranzer · Oct 23, 2016

levtweeney :

The difference in price between my second build and Trafalgar747(+ODD+Speakers+Keyboard+Mouse) build is only of £30 even with the below case included in my build it will still be £40 difference only. Spending £65(including OS) over £1000 budget for getting GTX1070 is meaningful and probably your wife will not get mad about it as you will saving a lot as there will be no big upgrade required for very long time compared to GTX1060.

Here is the case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)

xxHAPPYxx · Oct 23, 2016

I was just wondering, do you have a colour scheme you want us to stick to, cause we can start thninking about asthetics

levtweeney · Nov 5, 2016

My appologies for not getting back to you all for so long, so busy so little time. my budget has went up now to £1300 for my full set up. Do i start a newthread for this or do we continue here?

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 5, 2016

You would get more replays if you made a new thread but tbh dranzer knows what he's talking about and we can make you a build for whatever price.

King Dranzer · Nov 6, 2016

Here is the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£189.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus B150M PRO GAMING Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.98 @ YoYoTech)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£67.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£45.78 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card (£373.30 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£18.19 @ Kustom PCs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full 32/64-bit (£83.99 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: Asus MX259H 25.0" 60Hz Monitor (£194.99 @ Ebuyer)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£29.75 @ Amazon UK)
Speakers: Logitech Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers (£48.07 @ Misco UK)
Total: £1296.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-06 05:13 GMT+0000

Here is the build.

If you want i5-6600k GTX1070 overclocking build I can provide that but it comes with 24" monitor instead of 25".

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 6, 2016

*overclocking is just pushing your cpu to run faster by giving it more voltage to work with.

Hellfire13 · Nov 6, 2016

Here is an i7/1440p build that you can consider.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£274.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£60.98 @ YoYoTech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£62.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£37.91 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.89 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card (£383.98 @ YoYoTech)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.21 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£49.99 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£17.94 @ YoYoTech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£84.98 @ Novatech)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 27.0" 60Hz Monitor (£218.74 @ More Computers)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£29.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1299.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-06 11:44 GMT+0000

levtweeney · Nov 7, 2016

Hellfire13 :

Hi hellfire 13

Many thanks for your input, do you mind a couple of questions?

What is the difference between the I5 and the I7? Hope that is not too stupid haha
Will the power supply be adequate for future upgrades
In the future if i wanted to add more drives, RAM or other options would the B150 stand the extra devices/drives

Want to try to make it a little future proof

Thanks

Kevin

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 7, 2016

levtweeney :

An i7 is generally more powerful than an i5. It will be much better at streaming and editing, in games it will give you a little fps gain, depending if the game is cpu or gpu bound. Also an i7 has 4 cores with hyperthreading (which means it tells the operating system that there are double the amount of cores) meaning that it will multitask better.

The power supply is only 450w. This is fine for your system as it is and if you add more ram and drives it will be perfectly fine however if you want to upgrade to two gpus then it won't cope at all.

Hope this helps

Hellfire13 · Nov 7, 2016

^ Most of it has been explained above. As mentioned, i7 is a much more powerful processor than i5. It will go towards your future proofing by giving you extra years towards coping with advancing technology over an i5.
Now coming to the power supply, your total wattage for this build is around 320w. The psu unit is 450w which is more than enough. A ram stick takes around 15w-20w of power. So does HDD/SSSD. Even if you add 2 more ram sticks and 3 more drives, and assuming it adds up to a 100w more(hypothetically speaking), you will still have around 30w of leverage. Or, if you wanna be more safe, you can purchase the cx550m instead of the cx450m listed in my build. Costs around $3 more in US, should not be too expensive in UK as well.
As for adding a new GPU, the board mentioned in the build does not support 2 gpus. Also none of the above build mentioned by others does. To get a sli/crossfire board, your budget will increase significantly, which is actually not required as the current build is more than enough to run smoothly for quite a few years. Also its always better to have one single big card than two smaller cards in sli/crossfire, as not all games are optimized for sli/crossfire. And the 1070 is one of the best cards in the market right now.

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 7, 2016

I wouldn't recommend sli as the performance per dollar suffers significantly

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