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[axell]

Hey,

I'm currently trying to put together a gaming build for a friend of mine within the 1k £ budget. Here is what I came up with. And yes there is no HDD, monitor or any accessories included since he already has them. This is meant to be an ultimate 1080p gaming build that can handle 1440p easily if needed. I know the i5 4690k is more than enough for gaming but he is really keen on an i7 so there is that. The skylake chips and mobos are a bit too expensive now and that meant sacrificing the 980ti for a regular 980 so i'd rather have the graphics card.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£252.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.37 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.92 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Omega Edition Video Card (£519.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1088.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-31 10:31 BST+0100

It is a bit over budget currently but it's within an acceptable range. Over 1100 is too much though.

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Unless your friend plan to play really soon on 1440p that 980ti is waste of money. Cause if it takes him months to do so then he would have got a better card with the money or have saved alot by getting a 970 for 1080p. Even a 980 is still good for 1440p. Also corsair cx series are not good psu's.
I am not sure if you meant that he got an ssd or an hdd since you included an hdd in your list. I will assume he has hdd as you typed. The following would be what i would go for around 1k with a red/black theme.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£252.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£22.74 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£101.94 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£61.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£385.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.92 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.35 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1009.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-31 16:29 BST+0100