Its in the basket... ready to go...

Ethermaster · 1 Jul 2013 at 23:17

At least if your going to spending this like money make it look half decent

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9) £67.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
Total : £1,285.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Leprechaun312 · 2 Jul 2013 at 00:51

do not touch windows 8, even with a 20ft barge pole, windows 7 is the way to go

Stelly · 2 Jul 2013 at 00:55

Leprechaun312 said:
do not touch windows 8, even with a 20ft barge pole, windows 7 is the way to go

Windows 8 isnt that bad... its all opinion anyway, I like it now I have a start menu button... all is right with the world

Stelly

james_2k · 2 Jul 2013 at 08:53

Leprechaun312 said:
do not touch windows 8, even with a 20ft barge pole, windows 7 is the way to go

Windows 7 is old tech. 8 is fine and nice when you get used to it.

esoteric · 2 Jul 2013 at 08:59

How do you display your basket on the forum like that?

mushtafa · 2 Jul 2013 at 09:07

I believe there is a plug-in/add-on for chrome

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Schizo · 2 Jul 2013 at 09:11

As others have done,get rid of the haf-x,ok case but the styling will bug you after a few weeks,get a corsair 500r or the c70 as someone else has said.

Stevolution · 2 Jul 2013 at 18:58

OK OK... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. I quite like the Haf case and its styling.

Win 7 - Win 8. Obviously a point of debate. I have only ever used Win 7, so I can't compare it to 8. What is the matter with 8 then?

Ethermaster... thanks for the spec list. Isn't you memory you have listed a bit slower? (not that it really matters)

The PSU was on offer. I and I figured more is better than less - as I will probably crossfire the system at a later date.

Couple of points... This will be connected to my 55" Samsung LED TV via HDMI lead. Is that going to give me the full quality image out of this system?

Overclocking... never done it. Err... how and what? Is it a matter of playing around (carefully) in the Bios, or is it a lot simpler than that?

cypto · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:08

Ethermaster said:
At least if your going to spending this like money make it look half decent

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9) £67.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
Total : £1,285.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

plus side to this build it qualifies for this offer if within 03/07/2013 - 31/07/2013

OcUK AMD Mega Bundle - GET Crysis 3, Farcry3, Farcry3 Blood Dragon, Tomb Raider, Simcity, Dirt Showdown, Sleeping Dogs & Bioshock FREE with Qualifying AMD Graphics Cards!! @ £149.99 inc VAT

because of the

HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) @ £239.99 inc VAT

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18524378

Stevolution · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:25

That is the graphics card I selected anyway (I think)

jesusismyairbag · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:38

thats a decent computer, might get you by until the end year, eh

Stevolution · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:45

Well you can't stay ahead of the game for very long.
I think its a pretty good spec. Think I should be able to run games on some reasonably high settings and also be able to use my video editing suite more effectively

Uncle Petey · 2 Jul 2013 at 19:50

If you're thinking of future x-fire, you'll want to go with one of these:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Asus Z87-A Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £251.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

Ethermaster · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:54

Uncle Petey said:
If you're thinking of future x-fire, you'll want to go with one of these:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Asus Z87-A Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £251.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

The ASUS board will mess up the colour scheme

Uncle Petey · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:59

Steve, sell wife and buy pretty motherboard.

Ethermaster · 2 Jul 2013 at 21:01

Good call Uncle Petey

Stevolution · 2 Jul 2013 at 21:39

Will I ever get to press 'buy'....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £269.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £141.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Akasa Venom 750w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £64.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 120mm Fan Red LED - Black £7.99
Total : £1,312.49 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Uncle Petey · 2 Jul 2013 at 21:50

Yeah, but the Asus board matches the colours on your ram and psu

Stevolution · 2 Jul 2013 at 22:13

I am not buying parts just cause they look pretty!
What is the difference between the Gigabyte motherboard I originally picked and the one above? Is it just crossfire support?

Other thought.... are fan controllers just a gimmick? I am assuming that if you don't have a front mounted fan controller, then the fans run off the PSU or motherboard and you have no control over speed (and therefore noise)

Uncle Petey · 2 Jul 2013 at 22:27

I'm just kidding

Yeah, pretty much xfire support.
Fan controllers aren't a gimmick at all.
You can run fans off your mobo and control them using suitable software and/or PWM control via bios settings. Fan Xpert 2 software on the Asus board is quality. I'm not sure about Gigabyte's alternative tbh.