1000 pounds (1600 usd) universal build

[Krabbers]

Hello guys, interested in your suggestions on 1k gbp universal build ( gaming and other stuff )

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  no keyboards / monitors / os - just the box
  
  extra features ? - hdd and ssd (120gb minimum), also looking for audio card
  
  no overclocking, intel based
  
  estimated purchase: this week, UK mainland

 

[Nuckles_56]

This should do nicely

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£216.33 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£66.91 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£69.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.35 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£381.76 @ More Computers)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£54.82 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £989.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-02 03:32 BST+0100

 

[Krabbers]

any suggestions about build with nvidia gpu and 16gb RAM ? No big deal if we go 10-15% over the budget

 

[Nuckles_56]

any suggestions about build with nvidia gpu and 16gb RAM ? No big deal if we go 10-15% over the budget

There you go and you still have the single fastest card for each of the two companies

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (£216.33 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.01 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£121.54 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.35 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£465.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£54.82 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1098.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-02 22:39 BST+0100