Gaming PC around £1000-£1200

[IrishTech]

I am looking to build a new computer mainly for new games coming out like i guess division the witcher 3, far cry 4, etc

and I came to build something like this.



Case
CORSAIR 230T COMPACT GAMING CASE - BLUE LED
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS VII RANGER: PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0
Free Item
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£39)
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE PICK YOUR PATH VOUCHER with GTX 780 / 780Ti /970 / 980 GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, 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)
Extra Case Fans
2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)
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 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
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
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND (£12)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 6 working days
Quantity
1

add £5 to it as i forgot to do silver I can go a bit higher if required

 

[SlimCini]

How much is that? What about the £999 minerva build in the review section?

 

[IrishTech]

£1165 it cost the one in the review section was not sure about as I never overclock

 

[SlimCini]

It would game the same as yours but would be £165 cheaper. Having said that you wouldn't need some of the stuff in the review build just for gaming (such as the motherboard or unlocked processor).

But you'd struggle to get a 970 build with an SSD for much cheaper than £999 anyway so I'd just go with the review PC. You don't have to actually overclock it, it's just unlocked in case you ever feel like it.

The disadvantages to it are that it only has a 120Gb SSD instead of a 240Gb SSD. Plus is has the standard HDD instead of the cav black. If you want those two then fork out the extra... depends how strict your budget is and how much you need that extra SSD space immediately.

 

[IrishTech]

Well it is purely just for gaming so the SSD to me is not a Must expect for operating system.Now the cav black how much faster we talking compared to standard HDD if we are talking a second or two then i don't mind as it will only to used to store games/ moves which i don't mind waiting a few seconds for loading

 

[IrishTech]

Just a quick question as I am looking at hard drive specs whats the difference between a black caviar and a normal Hard drive as looking at the specs they seem to be purely identical RPM speed buffer speed and cache memory

The reason I am asking is because as you mention the review system is more or less identical to the one i want get. would i notice much of a speed difference from the review HDD to the black Caviar one

 

[keynes]

Caviar black is faster, whether you notice the difference is another issue. I believe the standard HDD is a seagate barracuda.

 

[IrishTech]

they said they currently have toshiba is that a good drive or not as I don't really hear much about them

 

[keynes]

I personally go with the caviar black but if you are going with the review section the savings you get compensates for the slower drive

 

[IrishTech]

I was thinking of getting the review spec as I save about 165 quid but i can't find anything bad or good about toshiba just that no one really uses them