New Build Critique wanted please

RedvGreenOLD

RedvGreenOLD

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Hello Overclockers,

I am seeking a critique of the following potential system to be used for high-end PC gaming and intensive processing of design/editing/analysis:


1 x 4770K CPU

2 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9B)

1 x Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME, Intel Z87

1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 Case

1 x AMD 7990 (unsure whether to go for this or a 780)

1 x Corsair Hydro H100i

3 x Intel 335 240GB SSD

(a lot) x Corsair AF140 fans

1 x Dell UltraSharp U2713H 27" Monitor

1 x Corsair AX1200W PSU


Please could you take a look at this and let me know if there are any potential issues that you see (such as cooler not fitting on motherboard, or PSU not fitting in case etc).

Mucho gracias :cool:
 
What is this to be used for?

The 32GB of ram, do you have a suitable OS to use all this?

The motherboard, do you need this expensive board? a Z87X-OC is like 99.9% as good and much cheaper.


The cooler fits the board and the PSU fits the case.
 
The aim of this PC is high-end gaming and also to double up when I conduct 'work from home'. That is pretty much massively intensive CPU and RAM tasks.

I may need to purchase another OS (as I believe i've lost the Key for this one).

I'll be looking at < £2500 if possible.
 
Hows this then?

YOUR BASKET
2 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 770 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **TITAN COOLER** £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x Asus VX279Q 27" Widescreen Super-Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black £269.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06225-1) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £103.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1866C9) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1866C9B) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - White £28.45
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - White £6.98
1 x Akasa Dual 2.5" SSD/HDD Mounting Kit (AK-MX010V2) £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - White £6.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - White £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3x 3-Pin 7V Adapter 20cm - sleeved white/white £5.98 (£11.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - White £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - White £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £2,328.28 (includes shipping : £24.45).

 
I forgot to add, i've already purchased the Corsair 1200W PSU.

Unsure on the choices for the SLI 770s - wouldn't it be better to go whole-hog and get 2 x 780s?

Similarly, the Asus monitor looks nice, however the resolution is lower than i'd require and I think it is a glossy screen.

Perhaps in my head, but i've not had any issues with Asus motherboards (ever - tempting fate here...) but i've had a fair few issues with Gigabyte over the years too!
 
RedvGreen said:
The aim of this PC is high-end gaming and also to double up when I conduct 'work from home'. That is pretty much massively intensive CPU and RAM tasks.

I may need to purchase another OS (as I believe i've lost the Key for this one).

I'll be looking at < £2500 if possible.
Click to expand...

If you run Belarc on your Pc, this will give you your Windows key and other software keys.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
 
I would get the 7990.. it is in a great price now and you will be able to add another one in the future.

why 3 SSDs? I would use only 2 in Raid 0 plus a normal 2TB+ HDD.

And probably a cheaper MB, I don't think you will need that one.
 
Idleman said:
If you run Belarc on your Pc, this will give you your Windows key and other software keys.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Click to expand...

I don't think that the software shows the correct Serial Key - if I recall correctly, there are two numbers.
The Product Key that is shown under System Information is actually generated from the Serial Key (and the two aren't the same), and the software only shows the one that is visible to all users.

Unless you have to buy the upgraded software that will allow the Serial to be exposed?

I've grown a liking to SSDs, and use mechanical HDDs only for transporting large amounts of data and for back-ups.
 
RedvGreen said:
I don't think that the software shows the correct Serial Key - if I recall correctly, there are two numbers.
The Product Key that is shown under System Information is actually generated from the Serial Key (and the two aren't the same), and the software only shows the one that is visible to all users.

Unless you have to buy the upgraded software that will allow the Serial to be exposed?

I've grown a liking to SSDs, and use mechanical HDDs only for transporting large amounts of data and for back-ups.
Click to expand...

If you scroll down to Software Licences, Microsoft your version, there are a series of numbers and in brackets(numbers and letters) is your key.

Microsoft - Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
xxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxx (Key: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx)
Click to expand...
 
Perhaps twisting my hand (fate, that is) but my Asus sound card is bluescreening (even after driver clean-ups and reinstalls of different version), and my motherboard's eSata and 1 regular SATA port has died.
 
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