For £1788 can you better this?

Sorry Ether the Corsair 300R won't like the H100 CLC......

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Black - Red Switch (CH-9000011-UK) £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £91.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0KRD) £64.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £38.75
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,761.02 (includes shipping : £25.45).



Note the MSI 7950 comes with a MEGA games bundle and you'd double up on the codes ;)

The K70 is pricey but does look sweeet! If you swap it out you'll have cash to tweak the storage etc
 
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Cos it not such a well rounded product. It's target is enthusiast overclockers, and it sacrifices quite a few 'premium' features that the UD4H has to make way for out and out OC performance. Also it is very orange, and it has two PCI slots. :p

Before you ask what these 'premium' features are, I will be honest and say that i'm not 100% sure, but that is what I am led to believe from the showcases at Computex. I believe a superior sound chip is one of them. :)
 
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Side by side comparison HERE. As Acme says I think the UD4H is the better all rounder. I doubt the OP will be too bothered about the extra OC features. I sense it will live in the case not on a test bench ;)

The spec isn't set in stone but you know I'm a bit of a tart and like things to look tidy and yes Acme the Orange ruined my colour coding efforts lol Ok the K70 is probably OTT but I'd sooner spend it on that than the "slow" Corsair vengenace RAM even though it looks lovely on those GB mobos.

Could tweak it around a lil bit.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black Switch £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £64.00
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £38.75
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,788.40 (includes shipping : £30.80).



Let's see you do a spec fella. You know I love seeing how we all balance things out differently :)
 
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Cos it not such a well rounded product. It's target is enthusiast overclockers, and it sacrifices quite a few 'premium' features that the UD4H has to make way for out and out OC performance. Also it is very orange, and it has two PCI slots. :p

Before you ask what these 'premium' features are, I will be honest and say that i'm not 100% sure, but that is what I am led to believe from the showcases at Computex. I believe a superior sound chip is one of them. :)

Just how much better the audio is I have no idea. Well, the board`s been mentioned, so will leave it at that and let the OP decide. But here is a side by side comparison http://www.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=4488,4514

OH, and stop sticking your tongue out at me. :D
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Red Switch £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £91.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £64.00
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Dual Chassis Gaming Mouse - Black/Blue £54.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Dual Sided Gaming Surface £22.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,667.76 (includes shipping : £27.55).




• As I said, the OC board is epic and has a tuned BIOS which works wonders with all components, even the resident overclock guru 8pack says its the best board is this sort of price range.

• Faster GFX card, it still has the games bundle.

• Hers my review of the keyboard/mouse+mat - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18476231&highlight=startername_stulid
 
The fact that 8 Pack says it is the best board just reiterates the point that it is tailored for overclocking entusiasts. :p

I would still take the UD4 every time. :)
 
The fact that 8 Pack says it is the best board just reiterates the point that it is tailored for overclocking entusiasts. :p

I would still take the UD4 every time. :)

Its not just the way it overclocks, its the way it recovers from bad settings and the way the BIOS has been tuned to make the most from the RAM etc.

The OC touch, direct to BIOS button, BIOS/LNS mode switches etc are just icing on the cake.
 
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