£1500 Gaming Rig - Advice

zipper_redwood · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:20

So I made a thread last week asking for a £1000 spec.

My budget has gone up quite a bit to £1500 now. So I was wondering whether this spec would work?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7990 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £159.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £155.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £59.99
Total : £1,572.78 (includes shipping : FREE).

Would the case be big enough and cool enough? And would I have enough power? In future may also look to add a second 7990.

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:22

Lovely spec, the K2 cooler maybe too big with the tall ram, a Corsair H100 will fit in the case.

Im also wondering if the PSU is enough for two 7990?

zipper_redwood · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:28

Also, would this run 3x 24" monitors on games such as Crysis, Arma 3 and BF4?

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:42

The Corsair 330R only has 160mm clearance for coolers, the K2 is 164mm.
The Noctua D14 will fit.

zipper_redwood · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:51

Idleman said:
The Corsair 330R only has 160mm clearance for coolers, the K2 is 164mm.
The Noctua D14 will fit.

Would you advise opting for the alternate cooler or change the case. I'm open to suggestions...

FloppyPoppy · 24 Aug 2013 at 10:59

zipper_redwood said:
Would you advise opting for the alternate cooler or change the case. I'm open to suggestions...

Myself i would say change the cooler, The D14 is a Fantastic cooler

And with a 7990 you will be able to play at 5760x1080 tuning a few settings if you want a higher fps but would pretty much play perfectly maxed out

Nice spec

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:01

zipper_redwood said:
Would you advise opting for the alternate cooler or change the case. I'm open to suggestions...

If you like the case, then I would say, change the cooler. I actually quite like this case.

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:09

A D14 is wider than a K2, it will block even more of the dimm slots.

zipper_redwood · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:10

Idleman said:
If you like the case, then I would say, change the cooler. I actually quite like this case.

I like the case too

Would I need any additional fans to keep it cool rather than relying on the stock ones?

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:33

stulid said:
A D14 is wider than a K2, it will block even more of the dimm slots.

Actually, it covers all of mine. But if he changes the ram, he should be ok.
I have XMS3 ram and from the top of the ram to the fan there is about 10mm clearance.

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 11:45

zipper_redwood said:
I like the case too

Would I need any additional fans to keep it cool rather than relying on the stock ones?

I would wait until you have it all up and running first. Looking at a couple of reviews, it seems to do very well in the thermal testing. But you can always add more fans if you feel you need to, at a later date.

Kuuwahi · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:14

Have you taken a look at the Cooler Master Haf X case ? Its pure sex.

Its big and very very spacious, I highly recommend.

I was also looking at another case a while bike that was similar to the Haf X, it had a spot in the top where you could have another PC, but I cant remember its name.

zipper_redwood · 25 Aug 2013 at 12:53

OK, this is what I've settled on... Let me know if there is any problems in the spec before I order

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7990 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £499.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
2 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £169.99 (£339.98)
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £159.95
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XW8G10-2X) £129.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99
Total : £2,115.72 (includes shipping : FREE).

Kuuwahi · 25 Aug 2013 at 12:58

Do you get the bike and girl with that monitor ?

zipper_redwood · 25 Aug 2013 at 13:01

Quuwahi said:
Do you get the bike and girl with that monitor ?

I'm hoping so

Idleman · 25 Aug 2013 at 13:16

The K2 will still not fit in that case, as I mentioned in post #4.

Kuuwahi · 25 Aug 2013 at 13:16

Why are you getting a ATI tho ? Don't Nvidia Perform better (Just asking)?

Kuuwahi · 25 Aug 2013 at 13:18

Why are you getting a 500gb SSD ? what will you be running off the SSD?

I only use my SSD for the OS and tbh thats all is needed, and for that price I would knock down to a 128gb SSD and use that money on something else? 27" monitor ?

zipper_redwood · 25 Aug 2013 at 13:24

Idleman said:
The K2 will still not fit in that case, as I mentioned in post #4.

Sorry, my bad. I somehow read that yet it slipped my mind. Thanks for reminding me!

Quuwahi said:
Why are you getting a 500gb SSD ? what will you be running off the SSD?

I only use my SSD for the OS and tbh thats all is needed, and for that price I would knock down to a 128gb SSD and use that money on something else? 27" monitor ?

I'm looking to use the SSD for my OS and all my games/programs and use the HDD for films and other boring stuff.

Hopefully this will keep everything running fast

zipper_redwood · 25 Aug 2013 at 13:26

Idleman said:
Actually, it covers all of mine. But if he changes the ram, he should be ok.
I have XMS3 ram and from the top of the ram to the fan there is about 10mm clearance.

Will my new choice of RAM be suitable?