COST: £550 - REALTIME PRICING AVAILABLE
THE VENTIGO
When many people think of high-performance gaming PCs, they think of £2000 - £4000 monster PCs with a core i7 5970-K and triple GTX Titan Blacks in SLI. However, when you want to get miles better performance than a console to crush games at 1080p, you don't need to break the bank! How, you may ask? Don't fear! The Ventigo is here! Whether you are upgrading from an old gaming PC or getting started in the world of PC gaming, the Ventigo is the way to do it in style. This beast of a machine can crush even the newest games at Ultra 1080p with out-of-this-currentgenofconsoles performance and even go up to 1440p when you turn the settings down a bit. Are you ready to build yourself a gaming PC? |
CPU - Intel Core i5 4460
The Core i5 line from Intel is the most popular CPU family for gaming PC. They bring great performance at a great price. The i5 4460 isn't an exception. Although it doesn't have an unlocked core clock, it still brings great performance to the table.
Cost: £135GBP - $190USD
UK - Amazon
US - NCIXUS - Amazon
The Core i5 line from Intel is the most popular CPU family for gaming PC. They bring great performance at a great price. The i5 4460 isn't an exception. Although it doesn't have an unlocked core clock, it still brings great performance to the table.
Cost: £135GBP - $190USD
UK - Amazon
US - NCIXUS - Amazon
Motherboard - Gigabyte B85M-D2V
There isn't too much to Gigabyte's B85M-D2V motherboard. It doesn't have any high-end features like a UEFI BIOS but it's affordable and gets the job done. Cost: £46 UK - Amazon US - Find alternatives. |
GPU - XFX R9 280x
This component is what turns this build from a high-performance home PC to a powerful gaming machine! And there's no better Price:Performace way of having one as the R9 280x family from AMD. This brings serious performance on par with cards £100 more expensive. Cost: £189 - $269 UK - Amazon US - Amazon - NCIXUS |
WESTERN DIGITAL BLACK HDD 1TB
SSD's are always going to be faster than hard drives at most non-linear tasks but they are also a lot more expensive. For the price of a 128gb SSD, you can buy a 1TB hard drive of WD's performance class of hard drives, Caviar Blacks. And at just £55, it's hard to pass this hard drive.
Cost: £55 - $75 UK - Amazon US - Amazon - NCIXUS |