My New PC Specs

[Jax]

Looking to treat myself to a new PC sometime this summer and for once I thought instead of buying a middle of the road gaming computer, I would push the boat out a little this time as I have a pretty big budget to play with. I am looking for something that will play anything on the market with ease (so high/ultra game settings) and with a new slate of games coming out in the next 12 months like Star Wars: Battlefront, The Division, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Fallout 4 etc, I am looking for some future proofing over the next 3+ years at the same time.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790 (3.6GHz) 8MB Cache

Case
SHARKOON BD28 GAMING CASE (Green LED)

Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-PRO GAMER: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
480GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)

2nd Hard Disk
3TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

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

Processor Cooling
Corsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

£1,174.00 in total

I do wonder if 16gb Ram is over pushing it? I currently have 8 but again am linking this with future proofing, alot of games over the last several years have seen a jump in the memory for playing on maximum settings.

Also I will be keeping my Windows 7 Copy I already have though I have a quick question about that, will my new PC come with it installed and I will just need to use my key code from my copy to verify Windows or will I have to install all my motherboard drivers etc and windows myself.

cheers for your advice.

 

[keynes]

what is your budget? For futureproofing you need to put more emphasis on the gpu not ram. windows will be installed as well as all drivers, you just need to verify the copy once you get it.

 

[Jax]

I don't have a fixed budget per se (been saving up spare cash for a while so got a bit to play with over this summer) but I don't think I'd like to go up too much higher. I did consider going up to the next i7 CPU at 4.0ghz but I should be fine with the 3.6Ghz i7 (I am currently running an i5 3.2Ghz). My current card 660 GTX Ti has served me well over the last 2 n half years but this year I've seen it struggling with keeping 2015 releases and some late 2014 ones running at high end-ish specs (GTA V for example). The GTX 970 seemed to me to be a nice jump that should last a while as the next cards up adter it do seem to jump price rather radically.

 

[keynes]

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
CORSAIR 230T COMPACT GAMING CASE - RED LED
Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ R9 390X - DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 12, Eyefinity
1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/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 VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly 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
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)
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,118.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[Spuff]

Everybody says avoid the V300 SSD's. They have issues. I can vouch for Samsung SSD's.
The 970 will certainly play all games well at 1080p. Playing with 'ease' suggests that you mean the GPU is achieving high settings with good fps without being pushed to the limit. You will have to push the 970 to the limit (which is not an issue) and as with any GPU you will have to balance settings vs fps with big games. An AMD GPU is another option as Keynes suggests.
16GB RAM is a reasonable choice.
As far as I know - Your PC will have a version of Windows on it that had to be installed for test purposes. I think this version is limited and will expire. You will have to install your own copy of Windows.
I expect your motherboard, keyboard, mouse will all just work. If you have to install stuff to make exotic features of your motherboard work, that is not difficult.