£1500 Gaming Rig - Advice

Ethermaster · 27 Aug 2013 at 23:16

Should do as its a lot lower then the Vengeance RAM but a big metal heatsink like them would cover the top of the stick in RAM slot 1 on the motherboard kinda defeating the object of theming imo.

The Z87X-UD4H is a great board and does everything the OC does, it has a few more main steam options and isn't as geared toward the overclocker but you will see the same clocks in real life as the OC with the UD4H as your hit the thermal limits of the CPU well before the limits of the board in both cases (unless you plan to use LN2 inside your case??).

zipper_redwood · 27 Aug 2013 at 23:40

Ethermaster said:
Should do as its a lot lower then the Vengeance RAM but a big metal heatsink like them would cover the top of the stick in RAM slot 1 on the motherboard kinda defeating the object of theming imo.

The Z87X-UD4H is a great board and does everything the OC does, it has a few more main steam options and isn't as geared toward the overclocker but you will see the same clocks in real life as the OC with the UD4H as your hit the thermal limits of the CPU well before the limits of the board in both cases (unless you plan to use LN2 inside your case??).

Can I install the RAM as red-black-red-black or do I need to keep them paired together?

So, the metal heatsink would fit but would be make the RAM run warmer than if they weren't covered.

I really like the Z87X-UD4H, so that's defo now the board I'm going to get

Ethermaster · 27 Aug 2013 at 23:45

Yep silver,red,silver,red is how its meant to go anyway

as for the cooler they actually not fit, doesn't matter tho as they would cover the board and ram anyway and you wouldn't see that lovely red

which would be bad times.

zipper_redwood · 27 Aug 2013 at 23:53

Ethermaster said:
Yep silver,red,silver,red is how its meant to go anyway as for the cooler they actually not fit, doesn't matter tho as they would cover the board and ram anyway and you wouldn't see that lovely red which would be bad times.

Cool. Looks like a h100 it is then

zipper_redwood · 28 Aug 2013 at 00:16

Ethermaster said:
Done

YOUR BASKET £44.99
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
Total : £1,107.49 (includes shipping : £17.10).

Nerd p0rn complete.

Quick question about the fans.

I take it 2x120 are for the h100 radiator? Are the others just quieter replacements for the case?

Also, why the AF and the SF fans?

Are the case fans easy to change post build?

Ethermaster · 28 Aug 2013 at 07:59

The AF stands for Air Flow these are designed to allow much better air flow into the case keeping everything cool, the SP stands for Static Presure and these are designed to pull or push air though a rad (these are to go on the H100), the reason I spec the fan headers powered via the molex is so none of the fan use the headers on the motherboard (looks much nicer) and they have fan speed reducers built in aswell meaning the fan's will only be operating at around 60% of their max load so remain nice and slient

The fans are simple to replace post build if you want to do it at a later date.

zipper_redwood · 30 Aug 2013 at 14:00

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-UD4H 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 Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £113.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
- 1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 240 £55.98
- 1 x Mayhems X1 Blood Red Coolant £7.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2B2133C9R) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £72.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,976.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

This is what I ended up with

Over budget and with still more cash to spend (on cables + fans) next month... but I'm happy with it