Haswell £1000-£1500 spec please

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I will never overclock and would like a very quiet PC, quietness at the expense of speed. Budget is £1000 without new monitor and £1500 with.

I have:
Lian Li PC-7 plus ATX case
Corsair HX520w modular PSU
DELL 2407 screen
Windows 7

I need:
i5 4670 (not "k" as no overclocking)
Quiet cooler
mobo
16Gb ram
Quiet GPU
250Gb SSD (Samsung evo?)
2Tb storage drive
27" 2560x1440 screen (possibly)

I'm looking to go to a 27" display for extra resolution for multiple desktop apps and some gaming. I would like to be able to play the newest games, but I'm not into max fastest twitch gaming.

I read a lot about 27" panels having bleed and basically being a waste of time?

Many thanks in advance.
 
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Is this just a gaming PC?

What exactly is your case, thats pretty important. mATX, ATX, ITX?

Are you getting rid of your current screen?

You won't need 16GB of RAM, 8GB is more than enough. (saving you money already)

Im sure the rest of the usual suspects will be along with a spec shortly. :)
 
Depending on your case, something like this could be nice.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Benq XL2720T 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £399.95
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99 (£419.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £116.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,535.80 (includes shipping : FREE).



Thoughts?
 
I'd go for a K processor so that it improves the resale value (and then you can also overclock in the future to keep the computer up to date if you want). Worth it for an extra few £.
 
Thanks.

I do need the 16Gb for application reasons.
Case is ATX.
Keeping current screen for second PC.
I'm not keen on 2 GPUs, unless I really need them.

The Benq doesn't have the 2560x1440 resolution I need, sorry I should have clarified.
 
ReaperGuy's build tweaked a bit with monitor, K series proc, cheaper SSD, 16GB RAM. You will need 2 graphics cards to game smoothly at that resolution.

YOUR BASKET
1 x DGM IPS-2701WPH 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £379.99
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99 (£419.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £136.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £116.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £95.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 800W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020065-UK) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,590.76 (includes shipping : £19.10).



Edit: to be honest I'd go with a 120Hz 1080p monitor for gaming instead of more pixels. That way you could drop a graphics card as well and game smoothly, and have an easier upgrade path. :)
 
mcast said:
I do need the 16Gb for application reasons.
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May we ask which applications? We can take your word but if its a program which doesn't need it you've just wasted £50+ you could have spent on a better monitor/GPU

mcast said:
Case is ATX..
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Max GPU lenth? Max CPU cooler height? Colour scheme? A name would have been easier

mcast said:
I'm not keen on 2 GPUs, unless I really need them..
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It's just 2 GTX 670's gives you GTX 780-sytle performance for £150 less. Another option is have a GTX 770 with room to upgrade to 770 SLI later.

mcast said:
The Benq doesn't have the 2560x1440 resolution I need, sorry I should have clarified.
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You'd prefer that to a 120Hz/144Hz monitor? (not mocking just making sure you understood that it was 120hz, not just a bog standard 1080p :))
 
Doomedspeed said:
May we ask which applications? We can take your word but if its a program which doesn't need it you've just wasted £50+ you could have spent on a better monitor/GPU

Vmware sessions

Max GPU lenth? Max CPU cooler height? Colour scheme? A name would have been easier

Lian Li PC-7 plus ATX case

It's just 2 GTX 670's gives you GTX 780-sytle performance for £150 less. Another option is have a GTX 770 with room to upgrade to 770 SLI later.

Ah I see, thanks

You'd prefer that to a 120Hz/144Hz monitor? (not mocking just making sure you understood that it was 120hz, not just a bog standard 1080p:))

I need to read up on why the higher hz are better.
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Yeah, lots of VM's running at once eats RAM, though if it's only 1 8GB should suffice.. Though i see the reason for wanting 16GB

Currently the 670 is at a stunning price, while the 7**'s are expensive for what they are. Though SLI doesn have its draw backs...

Higher Hz monitors tend to be smoother and as they only have 1080p displays they require less GPU power, meaning you'll get better FPS than 1440P while still benfiting from a smoother output. :)
 
OK Speccy time :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x DGM IPS-2701WPH 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £379.99
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £116.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
2 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - White £28.45
2 x Zaward Golf Fan 120mm AFNS-C025L-R410 - white £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - White £5.99
1 x Zaward Golf II Fan 80mm PWM ZG2-080A - white £5.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - White £4.49
Total : £1,548.20 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
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