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wrxengland

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Hi guys need abit of help here ,looking for a good gaming pc with good spec,not that tech minded so i'm looking for a good shop in the uk to build me the system ,have around £1.500 budget.Already had 2 systems priced ,what do u think guys worth the money or not ,,,,,

system 1 from Wired2Fire uk

Case: Xigmatek Asgard Pro Case
Power Supply: Xigmatek Centauro 800W Power Supply (80 Plus Certified)
Processor: Intel Core i5 4670K Quad Core (3.4GHz, 6MB Cache, overclockable 4.4GHz+) Socket 1150
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Prime CPU Cooler
Optimisation and Tuning: Wired2Fire Cable Management<br>Wired2Fire Tuning<br>Wired2Fire Overclocking (non-standard cooler required)
Graphics Card 1: nVidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express Graphics Card
Graphics Card 2: None
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz C9 Quad Channel Memory Kit (4 x 4GB)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-C Intel Z87 Motherboard (1 x PCIe 3.0, 1 x PCIe 2.0, 2 way Crossfire, Digi+ VRM)
Hard Disk Drive One: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB SATA III Solid State Drive
Hard Disk Drive Two: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 7K1000.C 32MB Cache SATA II Hard Disk Drive
Hard Disk Drive Three: None
Optical Drive One: DVD-RW 22x
Optical Drive Two: None
Removable Storage: None
Sound Card: Onboard HD 7.1 Audio
Speakers and Headsets: None
Monitor: None
Keyboard: None
Mouse: None
Miscellaneous Adapters/Accessories: None
Software: None
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Build Options: Standard Build (5-15 working days)
Warranty: 2 Year Return to Base Warranty
Total: £1346.00 (£1121.67 ex VAT)
Delivery +£29

system 2 from Procore computers uk


Cooler Master CM Storm Enforcer Gaming Case
MSI X79A-GD45 DDR3, USB3 socket 2011 Motherboard
Intel Core i7 3.6Ghz socket 2011 CPU
16GB G.Skill RipjawsX 1866Mhz RAM
ASUS GTX770 Overclocked 2048Mb GDDR5 Graphics card
240GB OCX Vertex Plus SSD Drive
1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD
Thermaltake True Spirit CPU Cooler
Corsair TX750 Power Supply
LiteOn DVD Rw Drive
Windows 7 Professional X64 or Windows 8 Professional if preferred
Microsoft Office 2010 (Free if required)
12 Month Warranty
Free Delivery
12 Month email support
3-7 day build time

The above build will cost £1,449 inclusive all all items and services detailed above.
 
Honestly, it's best to build it yourself. With a £1500 budget I really think you should, you could get something far better than these systems.

These kind of systems tend to cheap out on the components which are the most important such as the power supply and motherboard.
 
I wouldn't no where to start ,haven't got a clue about pc's watched afew utube vids about building a pc ,maybe could get a freind to help ,it's about buying the right parts for the system i would get stuck on ,,any ideas are tips from you are the members on which components ,gaming case to buy any help with a budget of £1.500
 
Don't worry about parts, people here can help you get a good list going. As for actually building it it's as simple as legos. If you can use a screw driver and clip stuff together, you're good.

Better parts, costs less for better performance, and you get to brag to your friends and feel immense pride in you built a functioning computer. :D
 
I was configuring a build for myself the other night and I came up with these parts:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cases/cases/815671010520.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...ncorei3,i5andi71150socket/bx80646i74770k.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...z87chipset/atxformfactor/90mb0fu0-m0eay0.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...3-14900/1866mhzplus/f3-14900cl10d-16gbxl.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/p1-750s-nlb9.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...nal/solidstate/128gbandabove/mz-7td250bw.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/sata2tbto2.5tb/st2000dm001.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...vidiagtx660tikeplerseries/02g-p4-3662-kr.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cooling/watercooling/cw-9060007-ww.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/opticaldrives/bluray/bdr-s07xlt.html

All of that equates to £1,262 - so there's still room to grow.

I'd probably get a more powerful graphics card. Since you have £1,500 to spend, I'd get this instead of the 660 Ti which I was looking at getting for myself http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...ds/nvidiagtx770keplerseries/n770tf2gd5oc.html if you got that 770 instead of the 660 Ti the whole thing would cost £1,362.
 
PCunicorn said:
Now spirit you know better. It's a gaming build, get a i5.
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He's got £1,500. Why not get the i7? lol. :P

That lot costs about £1300 so there's £200 to spare for other stuff. £1,500 is a lot of money for a PC. It's about $2,300 USD.
 
PCunicorn said:
Because the extra could be spent some were else, like on a 780.
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Like he said, he still has £300 to spare (including the 770), so get rid of the 770 and he will be able to buy a 780.

Seriously. He's got the money, he may as well go for the i7.

I could turn around and say that a 780 is 'definitely overkill' and that he'll never need it and he would be fine with just a 7870 or a 660, but he's got the money so he could, and should, get it.

Like I said - £1,500 is a huge budget.
 
There is a huge difference actually. The 770 and 680 are similar and the 780 is like 80 percent better then the 680.
 
Eh if he wants to go a tiny bit over he can get the 4770K with the 780. He's got £1,500 to spend, so I'm sure he can drop another £82.

If he wants to save some money, get the 770. Maybe drop the Blu-Ray burner for a Blu-Ray ROM too (or DVD-RW if he doesn't watch Blu-Rays). The ROMs are about half the cost of the Blu-Ray RWs and the DVD-RWs are about half the cost again.

I know the i5s are great for gaming - I have one - but for this kind of money I would really suggest you stick to the i7. Don't go LGA 2011 though, stick with 1150 and the 4770K.
 
No way man, in a couple years what do you think will make the biggest difference in gaming? The 780, by a TON. Think about the 570 and the 580.
 
PCunicorn said:
No way man, in a couple years what do you think will make the biggest difference in gaming? The 780, by a TON. Think about the 570 and the 580.
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In a couple of years you'll probably be looking at upgrading the 780 to something else. Things move on... ;)

I stand by the i7 for this build. Seriously.
 
Jason come on you know that's not true. A lot of people don't upgrade for a few years and want as much life as possible from their machine.
 
PCunicorn said:
Jason come on you know that's not true. A lot of people don't upgrade for a few years and want as much life as possible from their machine.
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Look it's not like the 4770K and the 770 is 'underpowered' is it? Really, come on. I know in my original list I had a 660 Ti but that's because I was looking at all that stuff for me and I wasn't going to spend more than about £250 on a card.

I honestly think the i7 and the 770 will keep him in good shape for years to come. The GTX 680 is still far more power than anybody needs, so getting the 780 is great, but at the moment it's useless really. In the future, it might be more useful, but I reckon in a year or so the 680 will still be more than powerful enough, and by then it'll be 2 years old. Most of the benchmarks suggest that the 770 is a tiny bit more powerful than the 680 anyway.

I remember people buying the 480 when it came out about 3 years ago were thinking it was very powerful at the time, which it was, but now they're on the short end and possibly looking at upgrading, and that's a 3 year old card.

I've just seen the 770 vs 780 benchmarks here http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/827?vs=829 and I'm really not convinced that spending £200 on the 780 is really worth it. I don't think buying a 780 will help you 'by a TON' in the future.

Now an alternative which would cost about the same as the 770 but be more powerful would the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=829 on the whole the 7970 GHz Edition is tiny bit faster than the 770 and it likely costs about the same (Novatech doesn't stock them though). Compared to the 780, granted the 7970 GHz Edition loses out too, but the vast majority of the figures are not screaming 'it's worth spending £200 more on the 780' http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/768?vs=827

Now I know the i7 is also overkill for gaming, but depending on what this guy is doing, it may well be useful to have a tiny bit more power. He has £1,500 to spend, I personally would probably get an i7 on that budget too and since he can also get a 770, which is a great card and definitely more than powerful enough for now and the future, and still have more than £100 to spare, I would go that route.

He could just get an i5 and a 770 and save a lot, but I really feel that the 780 is a bit pointless and not really worth the money. Especially looking at those benchmarks. And why not get the i7? Really, why not? Especially when the 780 isn't worth the £200 extra.
 
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