Help build me a PC Please!

[Jordancsmith]

Hey guys, I'm looking to get a gaming desktop as I am tired of running games at like 5 fps on my laptop. I have to confess that I don't know a great deal about building desktops, but I do have a general idea about what is good and what isn't. I was kind of hoping some of you could help me out as you seem a lot more knowledgeable than me! I'm looking for something that is pretty much going to run any game on the highest settings possible with a steady fps. Games such as Rome Total War 2, Assassins Creed etc etc. I have a budget of around £1000, I can go slightly over and if I can get what I want for less then great! I don't need a monitor included in that price, that will be offset by the sale of my current laptop, but if anyone knows of a decent one for less than 200 then you can link that also. I would prefer sticking with an Intel Processor and Nvidea Graphics Card but if I can get better performance out of something else for a similar price then that is fine.

 

[vanthus]

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 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 Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 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: £959.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-haswell-pc/jTXpYjnhUe/

 

[Jordancsmith]

Thank you, That looks good for the price. If I could find an extra 100 quid or so to give me a budget of around £1100, what would I be best changing in that set up?

 

[keynes]

Thank you, That looks good for the price. If I could find an extra 100 quid or so to give me a budget of around £1100, what would I be best changing in that set up?

You could try to get an SSD. I know you wish to have an nvidia gpu but you could consider the vanquish 230x in the review section for £999 which offers a similar spec with an SSD, 16gb ram and over clocked i5 for a discounted price but with an amd CPU r9-280x which is as good if not better gaming wise than the gtx 770.

 

[vanthus]

Thank you, That looks good for the price. If I could find an extra 100 quid or so to give me a budget of around £1100, what would I be best changing in that set up?

I would stick with the GTX 770 as opposed to the R9 280X,I have the R9 280X and it is a good card but runs a bit too hot on demanding games for my liking and the GTX 770 is a better card according to this chart,
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
For gaming the graphics card is the most important component,so if you want to spend around £1100,I would change the GTX 770 to the GTX 780 on the above spec,which comes to about £1,119.