Best 4690K/970 Build? [~£1100]

I plan on building a new system for next month. I haven't built one in 6 years so i'm slightly behind.
I want to spend £1300 max but anything leftover i'll put it towards a new monitor and keyboard.

Up to now I've come up with this but i'm unsure what the best Motherboard and PSU to go with it would be. I'm also going to be running dual 22-24" monitors.

• CPU Intel Core i5 4690K
• Memory 2 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Ripjaws (Or Corsair Vengeance? 8/16GB)
• Motherboard
• Hard Drive Samsung 850 500GB SSD / Crucial BX100
• Storage WD Caviar Blue 1TB x 3
• GPU Geforce GTX 970

I'll be using it for -

• Some Gaming [GTA/Metal Gear]
• Watching Blu Ray Videos
• Editing in Photoshop/Illustrator
• Extracting / Copying files [10-20gb in size]
• Some Video Encoding

You're not far off an X99 build with that budget and that makes a lot more sense for the stuff you're looking to do and a 4690k -

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£50 Saving***= £434.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £249.95
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW)= £91.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case - Black= £64.99
• 3 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99

hasn't the 4690k got a stronger single core than the 5820k?

I understand the 5820k has 6 cores I just didint think it would beat the 4690k within games. I would have thought if anything a 4790k would be better suited for him.

that's just my thoughts.. I could be completely wrong here though.

jbh110tdi said:

hasn't the 4690k got a stronger single core than the 5820k?

I understand the 5820k has 6 cores I just didint think it would beat the 4690k within games. I would have thought if anything a 4790k would be better suited for him.

that's just my thoughts.. I could be completely wrong here though.

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4790k will be slightly better at games (and only very slightly - most are GPU limited) but seriously lags behind a 5820K in photo & video work, encoding, file compression etc.

Cyanide said:

4790k will be slightly better at games (and only very slightly - most are GPU limited) but seriously lags behind a 5820K in photo & video work, encoding, file compression etc.

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I would imagine that's where the 6 cores and 12 threads come into play though.

jbh110tdi said:

I would imagine that's where the 6 cores and 12 threads come into play though.

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Yes... and given that's the sort of thing the OP's said they want to use it for 12 threads makes a lot more sense than the 4 of the 4690 or 8 of the 4790?

Build looks awesome! @Cyanide but i think it might be an overkill for my use. I won't be doing that much encoding or photo/video editing - nothing on a professional level anyway.
I'm just going to be watching videos, extracting files, storing and doing general things on the net most of the time. I should have been clearer in my first post.

Whytey said:

Build looks awesome! @Cyanide but i think it might be an overkill for my use. I won't be doing that much encoding or photo/video editing - nothing on a professional level anyway.
I'm just going to be watching videos, extracting files, storing and doing general things on the net most of the time. I should have been clearer in my first post.

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There's not as much in it as I thought to a 4790k

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving + Gigabyt= £353.98
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/16)= £74.99
• 3 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case - Black= £64.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW)= £94.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £249.95

4690k comes in a bit cheaper, you're losing a lot of performance on the non-gaming stuff though

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FBK2/16)= £74.99
• 3 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £129.95
• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Case - Black= £64.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW)= £94.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £249.95
• 1 x Asus Z97-K - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving**= £261.58

Whytey said:

Build looks awesome! @Cyanide but i think it might be an overkill for my use. I won't be doing that much encoding or photo/video editing - nothing on a professional level anyway.
I'm just going to be watching videos, extracting files, storing and doing general things on the net most of the time. I should have been clearer in my first post.

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if thats youre thoughts you could swap out the motherboard bundle for one of these ones.
4690k gigabyte z97x-sli £263.98 ( this is the bundle I bought ive no complaints )
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-4690k-bundle-12-pounds-saving-bu-006-gi.html

or
4790k Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK £353.98

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...undle-20-pounds-saving-gigabyt-bu-012-gi.html

then drop the ddr4 ram for this
Kingston HyperX 16GB 2400Mhz £89.99 with lifetime warranty
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...it-black-red-hx24c11brk2-16-oc-my-182-ks.html

keep the rest the same and you would be good to go

Cyanide was in there faster than me.. how do you do the basket thing?

jbh110tdi said:

Cyanide was in there faster than me.. how do you do the basket thing?

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Click "BBCode" at the bottom of the basket screen then copy & paste

You can go with an air cooler to save further money

dacads said:

You can go with an air cooler to save further money

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I love my air cooler.. it performs better than the H80i it replaced

Which air cooler could i replace it with?

Whytey said:

Which air cooler could i replace it with?

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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler= £49.99

I'm thinking about replacing the Hydro with a Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM. Also will i need to buy additional fans and mounting brackets if i buy the Enthoo Pro?

Whytey said:

I'm thinking about replacing the Hydro with a Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM. Also will i need to buy additional fans and mounting brackets if i buy the Enthoo Pro?

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looking at the pictures it looks like it comes with a large 200mm front and either a 120mm or 140mm rear. you could get one for the roof if you wanted.
as for mounting brackets I think you should be fine.

jbh110tdi said:

looking at the pictures it looks like it comes with a large 200mm front and either a 120mm or 140mm rear. you could get one for the roof if you wanted.
as for mounting brackets I think you should be fine.

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Ok Thanks!

I have 4 x 3.5" HDDs will i need to purchase extra drive bays or do they come with the case?