Gaming Pc Build please.

Jeff B

Jeff B

Active member
Evening all, i asked for your advice a couple of months ago, on having a Gaming Pc build for Christmas, and some of you kind folk said come back closer to the time, as prices might have dropped a bit, so as the festive season approaches, i thought i better start asking now, I don't want to leave it too late.

Right it is for my nephew, so here we go.

Budget is £800 Operating system he would like would be Windows 7, no peripherals needed as he already has those.

Games he will be playing will be The Crew, Battlefield Games, Call of Duty, Warcraft etc etc, all the latest games to be honest.

One final thing he would like a Dual Monitor set up ?

Thanks very much for your time.
 
Z

Zwinkle

Active member
Case
ZALMAN Z11 PLUS BLACK MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte H81M-D2V: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ R9 280X - DVI, HDMI, mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1
£816
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
If you still planning to buy for Christmas I think it is still quite early. I reckon prices may decrease even further. For £800 you shouldn't have a problem getting a gpu that supports 2 monitors
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Slightly over budget,wouldn't wait too long though in case the GTX 780's are discontinued,great buy at the moment.
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD FX-6350 Six Core CPU (4.2/3.9GHZ - 8MB CACHE/AM3+)
Motherboard
Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AM3+ (ATX, DDR3, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - (Special Offer!)
Free Item
FREE BORDERLANDS: THE PRE-SEQUEL with GTX 770/780/780/TITAN GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£69)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £835.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/amd-bulldozer-top-spec-pc/_RBqzu9UVF/
 
Jeff B

Jeff B

Active member
Thanks all, and your advice is very much appreciated yet again, maybe it is still a little early, maybe i should wait a little bit, but i just want to make sure i am on the right path, and i know with the configurations you have given me i know it will be a very good computer.

Ah i see the build time is 8-10 day's i really thought it was longer than that.

I will probably pop back in a couple of weeks and use the above configuration.

Thanks Keynes, Zwinkle and vanthus, agian it is much appreciated.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
I would look at around 3 weeks delivery time since the 8-10 working days are only estimates.
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Jeff B said:
Thanks all, and your advice is very much appreciated yet again, maybe it is still a little early, maybe i should wait a little bit, but i just want to make sure i am on the right path, and i know with the configurations you have given me i know it will be a very good computer.

Ah i see the build time is 8-10 day's i really thought it was longer than that.

I will probably pop back in a couple of weeks and use the above configuration.

Thanks Keynes, Zwinkle and vanthus, agian it is much appreciated.
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I can't see being any more price drops in the next few weeks,they might even go up,or as I said something being discontinued,strike while the iron is hot :)
 
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keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
vanthus said:
I can't see being any more price drops in the next few weeks,they might even go up,or as I said something being discontinued,strike while the iron is hot :)
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I understood it is for Christmas so ordering late November? Early December? PCS announced a 50% price drop in the titan z on facebook so it might be the case that AMD may follow or with more variants of the gtx 980/970 the 700 series may decrease in price. However if you are ordering soon go ahead with Vanthus spec. That's just me speculating
 
Jeff B

Jeff B

Active member
keynes said:
I would look at around 3 weeks delivery time since the 8-10 working days are only estimates.
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vanthus said:
I can't see being any more price drops in the next few weeks,they might even go up,or as I said something being discontinued,strike while the iron is hot :)
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Hmm decisions decisions , you both have valued points , in either waiting or striking while the iron is hot, especially now, where the build time / delivery time could be 3 weeks. I just dont really want to leave it too late. Will make my mind up very soon. Again thanks both for your help.

A314159 said:
Tbh I wouldn't pair a 6350 with a 780 myself, I'd go i5 + 280x...
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To be really honest, that to me is a foreign language, i really dont know what you are on about sorry, my computer knowledge is very basic.
 
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Zwinkle

Active member
He's saying in his opinion, he'd rather go with mine than the other - however I disagree for gaming purposes :)
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
A314159 said:
Tbh I wouldn't pair a 6350 with a 780 myself, I'd go i5 + 280x...
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Don't see why not,I don't think the FX-6350 would cause any bottleneck,and very few games are CPU intensive.
I have an AMD processor myself not as good as the FX-6350 and have no problems running games or anything else.
 
Z

Zwinkle

Active member
If your budget was a little flexible then you could go with my build but replace the gpu with the 4gb gtx 970 if that is something you would want to do :)
 
Jeff B

Jeff B

Active member
Thanks again, for all your suggestions, i know this might be the wrong place to ask, but how does a dual screen monitor work ? I don't know if it is possible, but he wants to do something on one screen like watching youtube, then another thing on another screen, like playing a game, is that even possible.

Thanks
 
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