First Build ~€1400

SimpleLogic

Hi, kind of new to this so any help/advice would be great.

1. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming/Development/Watching Films/Browsing. Mix of games BF4, Rust, Age of Empires

2. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

3. If you need help building it, where are you based? Should be able to find help myself

Thing I am most unsure about is the monitor. I want to get the most out of my GPU but might be asking too much of the Palit Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 OC? Buying off ebay from a Korean is a bit messy too, maybe better of keeping it simple Acer S240HLbid 24'?

Purchases split between Amazon and komplett (Sorry about the £'s)
Item|Price
Corsair CH-9000040-UK Vengeance K65|£69.95
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA Solid State Drive |£104.90
Microsoft Licensed Tritton Trigger Headset (Xbox 360)|£25.00
Razer Deathadder 2013 Ergonomic Gaming Mouse|£47.99
Palit Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 OC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card |£229.96
Corsair Carbide Series 300R |£62.90
Intel Core i5 4670K |£169.94
Seasonic M12II-620 Bronze - 620 Watt |£58.33
ASUS Z87-K - Socket 1150 - ATX |£82.00
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 - 1TB|£45.00
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB - PC3-12800 - DIMM |£62.50
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - 120 mm|£22.50
Matte 27" Slim Qnix QX2710 Evolution II LED PLS 2560x1440 QHD Monitor|£212.50
Shipping|- £8.20 -
Total|£1203.14
|€1455.63

BloodBath

No no no.

A 770 gtx is not going to handle 1440p gaming well at all. At the very least you want to be getting a R9 290 with the view of adding a second one in future.

With your budget you could easily fit one in as well as a crossfire board and a psu up to the task. It will take some shuffling of funds and and buying the parts from a cheaper supplier.

SimpleLogic

BloodBath wrote: »

No no no.

A 770 gtx is not going to handle 1440p gaming well at all. At the very least you want to be getting a R9 290 with the view of adding a second one in future.

With your budget you could easily fit one in as well as a crossfire board and a psu up to the task. It will take some shuffling of funds and and buying the parts from a cheaper supplier.

Thanks for the feedback.
The review on Hexus seems to conflict with what you are saying about handling 1440p though

Handles gaming at 1080p and 1440p

Also in the majority of games tested, it ran over 50 FPS?

BloodBath

You should be judging it on the next gen graphically demanding games like Crysis 3 which it barely scrapes 30 fps on.

I have an overclocked 7970 which if anything is stronger than a 770gtx and it struggles with Crysis 3 on max settings at 1080p never mind 1440p.

2gb of graphics memory will not be enough for 1440p either. The 290 has 4gb.

Once proper next gen games start coming out and not ones that are compromised to work on older consoles you will see the difference. Thief is good example. Next gen game compromised to work on older consoles and only using the Unreal 3 engine instead of the Unreal 4 engine.

Luck100

A single 770 can run 1440p at reasonable frame rates in a lot of games. Just don't be expecting to run crysis 3 at 60+ fps with ultra settings. Or bf4 either.

I ran 1440p with a single gtx 670 (roughly 10% weaker than the 770) for about 9 months and it was fine. It ran the less demanding games (like Skyrim) at ultra settings including AA at 60+ fps steady. Played through crysis with mostly max settings (except for AA) with 50+ fps easily.

BloodBath

No matter what way you look at it imo it would be a huge mistake spending 1500 on a gaming rig and only putting a 770 gtx in it especially for 1440p.

If you find turning settings down to medium and not getting a solid 60fps with dips below 30 acceptable then that's fine. I don't.

yawhat!

Item|Price
Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC Windforce 3, 4GB DDR5, PCI-Express|€386.06
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz CL9|€77.12
Corsair Carbide Series 300R, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€64.19
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€51.19
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 120GB SATA 6Gb/s|€74.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€29.69
ASRock Z87 Extreme4, Sockel 1150, ATX|€119.39
Corsair Enthusiast Series RM850, Modular, 80 Plus Gold 850 Watt|€131.01
Intel Core i5-4670K Box, LGA1150|€203.83
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1156.46

This has the option to add a second R9 290 as well down the line to keep games maxed out at 1440P as it very demanding with the powersupply and motherboard I selected.

A GTX 770 is not a good card for 1440P at all! Its fine if you don't mind playing some games on medium. It will not run the next generation games very good at all.

Slightly over budget when adding the Qnix

BloodBath

That's a great build right there. I'd opt for the cheapest ram you can get though.

Makes no odds to performance.