Low-mid range Gaming Desktop

Made a post similar to this before when I asked for a build of a decent but cheap pc but never actually saved up the money I thought I would do to various reasons. This time I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestion for a fairly decent gaming desktop as I am completely fed up with my shitty laptop and am thinking of persuading my dad to contribute towards one for christmas etc. It's about time I can actually play some of the AAA titles in my steam library instead of attempting/just flat out not running them on this potato.

Needs to be vaguely decent, decent fps on medium-high settings kind of deal. Under a grand and below like £800 if at all possible. Another preference would be easily upgradable, not one of those bullshit prebuilts that makes it next to impossible to do anything with.

Cheeyarz

EDIT: Meh builds too if better performance:price ratio (case included)

 

get an xbox one and play call of duty

fuckin nerd

but realistically i built mine last september for ~650 and it still runs AAA games on high or ultra

 

Tbf if anyone has got any particular builds that will work and are cheap go for it.

 

Building a list right now.

I'll edit this post in a bit. THE LIST HAS BEEN MADE.

Have at it you crazy Brits.

 

Also, what's the current BANG-FOR-YOUR-BUCK AMD cards?

Last season they were the HD 7770, 7850, and 7870.

These R7/R9 cards keep screwing me up so I have no idea what the hell is what.

 

Built something at your £800 budget (less if you get your os from elsewhere)

i5 4960k


EVGA Nvidia GTX 970


Gigabyte Z97P-D3


Crucial Ballistix 2x4gb ram


Coolermaster Silencio case


Seagate 1tb hdd


XFX 650w xxx psu


Samsung dvd drive


Windows 8.1 retail

 

damn it dark it thinks amazon links are videos....

even adding the url tags manually doesn't work.

I give up, I cant link amazon links.

 

>78£ for windows 8.1
>implying people still pay for windows

 

Literally got forced 8.1 on me in a mandatory update

 

Silly Brits, Cali schools don't pay for it either.

So no free uni copies for us bottom feeders.

With how badly ISPs like to fuck us, it's usually just easier to just buy the damn thing.

 

maybe go with some lower HDD and consider buying SSD. Samsung EVO series is good but not expensive. Intel has some great SSD-s too and yet there are still not expensive as they were before. You can find it for like 100 $ and i think they are great investment

 

Yeah I was going through various builds and realising that I'm not going to need a dvd drive at all. I think I've used my current one a total of 6 times and I've had this pc for 4 years now.

 

If you're installing Windows, you'll probably want a DVD drive since it's one of the easier ways of installing it.

Also, if you're like me who has a family that rents Red Box movies, your DVD drive will see plenty of usage.

 

well in these times it's not necessary to have DVD drive in your pc. You can install win, any linux distro and boot anything you want from USB. Still i would suggest you have one, just in case, cause you never know what you will need it for. It's not expensive but still does the job easier. Put some 500 gb HDD and maybe you can fit in some 120 GB SSD which is plenty for your OS and maybe some games and programs that you use the most.

 

Didn't have a CD drive for the first 6 months of owning my PC. Was nice. I mean its only $15 later on really.

Samsung 840 EVO SSD. Best purchase I've made to date. Excellent bang for your buck SSD. Awesome performance, good reliability. Been running mine hard for 2 years now without flaw.

 

Could someone recommend a CPU from 100-150€

not making a thread to ask one question

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/641561-intel-...-1150-6mb-l3-cache-retail-boxed-bx80646i54460

Use the other 30 euros

 

Mobo chipset?