£800/$1250 first build | help

[deadbart]

Approximate Purchase Date: this month

Budget Range: £800/$1250

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, watching youtube

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon if possible

Location: england

Parts Preferences: whatever really

Overclocking: maybe

SLI or Crossfire: maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

 

[JMer806]

Ok, so I don't know anything about UK stores or prices. But here's a rig I put together really fast that will hopefully get you on the right path:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ck4t

It's got an IB i5, GTX 670, 1 TB HDD, 650W PSU, 8 GB 1600 RAM, and will be a good computer. It comes in at $1150ish US. I didn't choose a monitor because I don't know anything about decent monitors.

For a cheaper video card, go for an AMD (Sapphire is a good manufacturer) 7000 series. Solid performers, but below the 670... but also considerably cheaper. Unfortunately Nvidia doesn't really have any cards in the "low high-end" range.

 

[batuchka]

Well from ebuyer UK what 700 quid (no OS/LCD) can get ya ^^ This is a simple stock/No OC build

23" Full HD/LED Philips 236V3LSB
http://www.ebuyer.com/282219-philips-236v3lsb-23-lcd-dvi-monitor-236v3lsb-00

 

[JMer806]

Good build except that I don't trust the Hitachi HDD and it only has 4GB of RAM.