Been out of PC gaming for 3 years. need a build for approx £800. please help

Shakeel · 2 Aug 2015 at 14:59

Hello!

Ive been out of the loop for about 3 years. Id like a build of no more than £800. Looking to keep the PC around 5 years.

Id prefer an small case. Those box kind of cases. not the tower ones. Id like the PC to do 4k gaming. Id prefer an NVIDIA gaming card

Ill need keyboard and mouse too. If install windows 8 will i be able to upgrade to 10 for free?

Thanks

Cyanide · 2 Aug 2015 at 15:15

There's probably better options but here's my take on it

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 "Mini-ITX" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970IXOC-4GD) £259.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £73.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 550W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £71.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle £47.96
- 1 x Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014) £4.00
- 1 x No Fan Controller Required £0.00
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £34.99
Total : £830.88 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

Shakeel · 2 Aug 2015 at 15:28

If i wanted a quad ore intel cpu I can go al little over budget, which one should i get

William-Mathew · 2 Aug 2015 at 16:19

You will need a bigger budget for 4k gaming, and yes you will be able to upgrade to windows 10 for free. DO you have a 4k monitor

William-Mathew · 2 Aug 2015 at 16:21

Cyanide said:
There's probably better options but here's my take on it

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 "Mini-ITX" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970IXOC-4GD) £259.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £104.99
1 x MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £73.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 550W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £71.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs 240mm Extreme CPU Liquid Cooling Upgrade Bundle £47.96
- 1 x Asetek Premium Retention Kit Intel LGA115X (35-150-0000014) £4.00
- 1 x No Fan Controller Required £0.00
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £34.99
Total : £830.88 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

Nice spec, but a AIO cooler is a bit OTT for an i3

Shakeel · 2 Aug 2015 at 16:22

William-Mathew said:
You will need a bigger budget for 4k gaming, and yes you will be able to upgrade to windows 10 for free. DO you have a 4k monitor

I can stretch to 1k. ill be getting a 4k monitor

Cyanide · 2 Aug 2015 at 17:16

William-Mathew said:
Nice spec, but a AIO cooler is a bit OTT for an i3

I know, but I didn't know which decent air coolers would fit in the case and it's not a hugely expensive AIO so I thought 'why not?'

Mustang · 3 Aug 2015 at 01:21

A bit over budget, but I reckon you can squeeze a heck of a lot more performance for not a lot extra by doing it this way.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Asus H97M-Plus Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £77.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x Corsair VS 550W '80 Plus' Power Supply (CP-9020097-UK) £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Kit (HX313C9F/8) £38.99
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £904.02 (includes shipping : £11.75 Ex.VAT).

Shakeel · 3 Aug 2015 at 20:37

I purchased a corsair 250d case. Which fans shall i get for the inside?