£1000 build - Advice needed

[Sassan Emadi]

I have spent a few weeks looking online and asking about and have come up with what I think is the most efficient build for £1000, what are your guy's opinions of the components.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690K (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT with select GTX 9 Series GPUs! -Subject to T&Cs
1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd 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 Titan DragonFlyTriple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD (£5)
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)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,012.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[SmokeDarKnight]

Hello,

What you going to be using it for? Is it simply gaming or you doing photoshop and rendering etc?

If it is gaming what game you playing for example

 

[keynes]

You may want to consider silver warranty for £5.

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

Slightly more money but just an alternative option for you

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache Reduced to non-overclockable version
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB) 8GB is plenty for gaming and can be increased later
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready Step up to the GTX 980 GPU
Free Item
FREE BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT with select GTX 9 Series GPUs! -Subject to T&Cs
1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) Removed the SSD as this can be added later
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 Titan DragonFlyTriple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9) Better cooling
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD (£5)
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)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) Increse for £5 to Silver for 1 years collect and return just incase
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,093.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-haswell-pc/KoqsNY5Br6/

 

[Sassan Emadi]

Hello,

What you going to be using it for? Is it simply gaming or you doing photoshop and rendering etc?

If it is gaming what game you playing for example

Going to be used for gaming, COD BO3, DOTA 2, Mortal Kombat X, GTA V. Also used for computing, eg use of MATLAB along with other coding software.

@keynes I know its only £5 but why is silver worth it?

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

I've put an alternative spec up above for your consideration, gets you a better GPU.

As Keynes says Silver Warranty, although we hope you don't have to use it, will save you money if you ever need to. My first laptop needed to go back for a repair and as i didn't have the warranty it was about £35 to get it there and back. I've got it on my new desktop just incase.

Assuming your in the UK that is

 

[Sassan Emadi]

thanks, but I was under the impression that the 980 was quite cost inefficient and if you're going for above the 970 you may as well get the 980 TI. Is that correct?

 

[Spuff]

thanks, but I was under the impression that the 980 was quite cost inefficient and if you're going for above the 970 you may as well get the 980 TI. Is that correct?

I would say that is correct.
Some would say the 980ti is overkill for 1080p, but I'm not sure it is, and it will hit the sweet spot at 1440p.
A 970 will do you well if you are sticking to 1080p.

 

[Danpez]

Hi Sassen

I have just ordered the Minerva from the review section and it is very similar to your suggested spec. The other replies make suggestions on slight modifications but if you want to spend £1000 and are happy to have a GTX 970, the Minerva might be slightly better value for money.
It has an overclocked CPU, larger power supply (useful for the future), larger HDD and a better (?) motherboard. It has a different case but, cooling aside, this is more personal choice.
The only negative over your build is the Minerva does not come with a disc drive.

i think I am going to turn into That Guy who trawls the forums and wont shut up about the review section.