£1300 Final Haswell Spec Check

Wildwood

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This is what I have after reading these boards and a few review sites. I want to OC to 4.6ghz, my main concern is around the motherboard OC performance and also the cooling/memory setup in terms of clearance.

The rig will be used for gaming (multiple clients/multiboxing), livestreaming, recording and rendering.

Not looking to SLI in the future, hence the mobo/psu choices. Budget ideally under £1300.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £344.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99
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 Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
Total : £1,271.33 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
That's very nice.

Like you say a few issues though. The heatsink itself (the metal bit) overhangs the memory slots. That RAM is quite high so im pretty sure you'll need to change one of them.

You could change the RAM to some low profile RAM. Or you can change the cooler for a CLC such as a h80i or if you want an air cooler the Achron SB X 2 (I think its called). That cooler fits between the ram sticks. Though you'd want to check the case clearence.

The rest looks spot on. :)
 
Yeah ive pretty well made my mind up to stick to air cooling, so I need a good solution for that. I was going to go with the Noctua D14, but its out of stock now, I checked the ram with that cooler and it was ok clearance wise, but im not sure how the mount doom differs?

Also will a modular PSU really help me? I normally run my cases open anyway, so airflow is less of a consideration
 
Wildwood said:
and there should be a fan bolted on that side if im right?
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Yep.

You maybe able to mount the fan higher up the face of the cooler, but then you are,

• Affecting the overall height of thew cooler.
• Losing some airflow from the fan as it passes clear across the top of the stacks?
 
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Doomedspeed said:
That's very nice.

Like you say a few issues though. The heatsink itself (the metal bit) overhangs the memory slots. That RAM is quite high so im pretty sure you'll need to change one of them.

You could change the RAM to some low profile RAM. Or you can change the cooler for a CLC such as a h80i or if you want an air cooler the Achron SB X 2 (I think its called). That cooler fits between the ram sticks. Though you'd want to check the case clearence.

The rest looks spot on. :)
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i +1 on that.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £365.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 630w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
Total : £1,279.27 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £365.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 630w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
Total : £1,279.27 (includes shipping : £12.50).
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Interesting spec, you think its better to spend extra on the GPU and cutback on the SSD/Hard Disk and Ram?

Do you know if this ram is low profile for the mount doom heatsink? and also what exactly is **B Grade** stock with regards to the hard disk?
 
Wildwood said:
Interesting spec, you think its better to spend extra on the GPU and cutback on the SSD/Hard Disk and Ram?

Do you know if this ram is low profile for the mount doom heatsink? and also what exactly is **B Grade** stock with regards to the hard disk?
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I don't understand?

The SSD is the same as you used, it's a better alternative to the standard Samsung 840 for example. RAM is the same speed but it's shorter and does fit under the K2 Mount Doom (READ HERE), granted it's more cash but RAM is dearer now than it has been.

Gigabyte are well known for good RMA and have a 3 year UK based warranty, GPU is also clocked faster out of the box and the Windforce cooler is very good. The HDD is the same but refurb'd so has a shorter warranty being B grade. I just showed it as an option as it saves nearly £20 and helps offset the extra spending on the RAM. The PSU is also modular which Stulid hinted at earlier.
 
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honosuseri said:
I don't understand?

The SSD is the same as you used, it's a better alternative to the standard Samsung 840 for example. RAM is the same speed but it's shorter and does fit under the K2 Mount Doom (READ HERE), granted it's more cash but RAM is dearer now than it has been.

Gigabyte are well known for good RMA and have a 3 year UK based warranty, GPU is also clocked faster out of the box and the Windforce cooler is very good. The HDD is the same but refurb'd so has a shorter warranty being B grade, I just showed it as an option as it saves nearly £20 and helps offset the extra spending on the RAM. The PSU is also modular which Stulid hinted at earlier.
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Ah yeah my mistake, for some reason I thought i'd specced the 840 pro SSD :)

Thanks for the rest of the advice
 
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