My Haswell Spec

PhysicsMan94 · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:27

Okay, so this is what my basket looks like at the moment:

MY BASKET
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI EXTREME Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £338.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £159.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £159.89
- 1 x Mayhems X1 UV Clear Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
- 1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
- 1 x XSPC RX360 120mm Radiator - Black £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Keyboard £89.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £89.99
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
Total : £2,144.33 (includes shipping : £22.20).

I already have the following components/peripherals:

MY BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2783-KR) £599.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £439.99
1 x Asus Orion Pro ROG 7.1 Gaming Headset with ROG Spitfire USB Audio Processor £79.99
1 x Edifier R1600T Studio Plus 2.0 Monitors £53.99
Total : £1,196.88 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Also, I am going to be purchasing the V12 Watercooled 900D when the watercooled case range appears on the website again - I'm not buying the case and cooling separately as suggested by my specs above.

So, what do you guys/gals think? Anything you'd change?

ConnectionFX · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:30

Did you get the EVGA GTX 780 Superclock From OCUK? Mine is still on pre-order.

Looks like a very nice setup

Doomedspeed · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:31

A very very nice rig. Can't see any problems.

A few things id change. Like the Keyboard, don't rate the don't black widow atall.

The Rig looks great though.

PhysicsMan94 · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:31

ConnectionFX said:
Did you get the EVGA GTX 780 Superclock From OCUK? Mine is still on pre-order.

I did indeed - it hasn't arrived yet, but should get here by Tuesday I'd imagine.

ConnectionFX · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:36

PhysicsMan94 said:
I did indeed - it hasn't arrived yet, but should get here by Tuesday I'd imagine.

Lets hope so... Nothing worse than having 90% of a system and waiting on a part

Milmar · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:54

is the power supply ready for 4th gen
one of the amps is different by a factor of 10

PhysicsMan94 · 2 Jun 2013 at 15:58

Milmar said:
is the power supply ready for 4th gen
one of the amps is different by a factor of 10

Oh, I'd assumed that given that XFX are good for Haswell then Seasonic will be too as XFX PSUs are made by Seasonic, are they not?

PhysicsMan94 · 2 Jun 2013 at 20:21

So, is the Seasonic PSU I listed good for the Haswell socket?

Triggered · 2 Jun 2013 at 20:25

That power supply is compatible with Haswell.

You have a very nice build there! Only wish I had that amount of money to spend on a kick-ass rig!

PhysicsMan94 · 3 Jun 2013 at 14:41

Doomedspeed said:
A few things id change. Like the Keyboard, don't rate the don't black widow atall.

What's wrong with the Black Widow? I've heard that they're good.

Jack_Adam said:
That power supply is compatible with Haswell.

Excellent, that's okay then.

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2013 at 16:39

I'd be interested to know what you think about the Edifiers and the Xonar card. I am starting to wonder if my speakers are broken, or if they just don't like my onboard audio. The sound quality is atrocious and I'm trying to find out why (especially on busy stuff like Metal and Rock).

PhysicsMan94 · 3 Jun 2013 at 19:24

olivier renault said:
I'd be interested to know what you think about the Edifiers and the Xonar card. I am starting to wonder if my speakers are broken, or if they just don't like my onboard audio. The sound quality is atrocious and I'm trying to find out why (especially on busy stuff like Metal and Rock).

I don't have the Xonar card yet, but I do have the Edifier speakers and I can tell you that they're brilliant for both music and gaming. Sound quality is brilliant for how cheap they are (I got mine for around only £45 when they were on offer).

And I'm sure they'll sound even better when I put the sound through the Xonar sound card.

JCX50 · 3 Jun 2013 at 19:42

Very nice and impressive build. Have fun with it!