Haswell Spec £1000

Spikey · 5 Jun 2013 at 18:54

He could always use the stock cooler as he won't be overclocking? Is that easier to fit?

arknor · 5 Jun 2013 at 19:33

Spikey said:
He could always use the stock cooler as he won't be overclocking? Is that easier to fit?

it's one of those horrible looking things with the springs and it's absolutely tiny.

I was getting 50c at stock with the sr1 pro with the default intel heatsink you would probably hit 70-80c

Spikey · 5 Jun 2013 at 19:44

No problem, I will use the one bundled with the board. Cheers.

honosuseri · 5 Jun 2013 at 20:08

Idleman said:
And what would you sacrifice, for an ssd?

The OS!

If you use the Windows 8 Enterprise (Evaluation) Edition for free on a 3 month trial it can help pay for the SSD. Windows 8.1 will be a service pack of sorts and will add the start menu back. He can bide his time and pay for the OS of his choosing later in the year......

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £185.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £107.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £67.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,018.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

Little over budget but I used an IPS panel. Changing that could save some cash to get back on the £1K budget easy enough.

Spikey · 5 Jun 2013 at 21:39

After a lot of tweaking we've decided to get the following

stulid · 5 Jun 2013 at 21:46

Get the MSI 7950, Black PCB and potentially less coil whine if the HIS I have here is anything to go by.

Spikey · 5 Jun 2013 at 21:57

stulid said:
Get the MSI 7950, Black PCB and potentially less coil whine if the HIS I have here is anything to go by.

I was put off with the MSI due to the ongoing issues with them. Unless there is another brand other than HIS/MSI that is decent?

fowler002 · 5 Jun 2013 at 22:18

If you haven't already ordered, you can save £10 by going for the 650w PSU rather than the 850w. You don't need the 850w for a single GPU and with the motherboard you've chosen going fire in the future isn't really an option as it's suited to a single card.

Spikey · 5 Jun 2013 at 22:57

fowler002 said:
If you haven't already ordered, you can save £10 by going for the 650w PSU rather than the 850w. You don't need the 850w for a single GPU and with the motherboard you've chosen going fire in the future isn't really an option as it's suited to a single card.

Cheers, I will amend it.