New build for friend (work and play)

wren210

wren210

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I'm building a spec together a friend. He wants the system to be able to play the lates games, video editing and uaing adobe creative suite 6 etc. He also woul like to over clock the system in the future and wants the system to last 5+ years. This is what ive come up with so far and would like suggestions from more knowledgable enthusiasts.

Motherboard-Asus-Z87-MAXIMUS-VI-EXTREME
CPU -Intel-Core-i7-4770K
RAM -Kingston-HyperX-Beast-16GB-2400MHZ-DDR3-CL11
SSD -OCZ-Vertex-450-7mm-256GB-SATA-III-2-5-inch-Solid-State-Drive
GPU -msi gtx 770 4gb
PSU -Corsair RM1000 1000W Power Supply 80 Plus Gold
Tower -Corsair Obsidian 900D Gaming Black Full Tower Case.

Additionally i have 1 q- the gpu has 2 bin connectors but the psu only has 2 6 pin connectors thus i want to know if i have chosen the correct psu or do u need adaptor ports to connect the gpu to the cpu?

thank you for your time

wren210
 
Budget?

That 1000W PSU is massive overkill for that system, and will be using LN2 (the only real benefit from that board from most other Z87 boards as the voltage regulator is actually housed in the CPU its self so on air or water most boards will hit the thermal limit of the CPU rather then the limits of the motherboard first).
 
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his budget is about £2000. i said the motherboard was overkill but he was adament on having this one. What PSU and motherboard recomend ?
 
wren210 said:
his budget is about £2000. i said the motherboard was overkill but he was adament on having this one. What PSU and motherboard recomend ?
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Why is he adament? Is it the Black and red colour scheme, if so there are many other cheasper black and red board which will suffice. :)

Ethermaster said:
When I get home (or maybe at lunch time ;)) I will try to create you a spec.... if Doomedspeed or Snips86X don't beat me to it. :p
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Be Quick. :p
 
My attempt at a red/black build:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £139.94
1 x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV316G240C0KRD) £137.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06225-1) £119.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
- 1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £41.99
- 1 x Mayhems X1 UV Red Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98 (£27.92)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
Total : £1,990.40 (includes shipping : £14.75).



  • Gone with the HERO board, as its a great board for the money and Asus ROG branded, like the £320 board he wanted)
  • Changed the case to a smaller version (ATX) as the 900D is HUGE!!
  • OCUK custom All in one, Not a major fan of the H100's
  • SLI 770's. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
My attempt at a red/black build:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99 (£719.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £139.94
1 x Patriot Venom Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV316G240C0KRD) £137.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 850W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06225-1) £119.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
- 1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £41.99
- 1 x Mayhems X1 UV Red Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98 (£27.92)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
Total : £1,990.40 (includes shipping : £14.75).



  • Gone with the HERO board, as its a great board for the money and Asus ROG branded, like the £320 board he wanted)
  • Changed the case to a smaller version (ATX) as the 900D is HUGE!!
  • OCUK custom All in one, Not a major fan of the H100's
  • SLI 770's. :)
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Best to get x2 770's with 4gb vram each or x2 780's with 3gb vram each?
 
thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it :)

coolsurfer - all i can say for that build is DAMN!!!, i wish i had the dough for that build and i really like the case with the blue led lit fan at the front.

doomedspeed - thats an excellent spec you've put together, thank you. and th addition of watercooling in definately a plus.

gaming resolution will most likely be at 1080p.

i myself thought the case was overkill aswell, i'll run the spec by him when i see him after work this evening and i'll let you guys know how things went.
 
ethermaster - i wait to see your spec.

i always presumed all in one water cooling would be more expensive, not that this is cheap :). i remember a friend in rochdale bought an £1700 rig and payed £230 on top for water cooling.
 
Ethers spec will be worth waiting for turst me (though i will still prefer mine :))

YOur friend may have got a custom watercooling kit which will have a pump/res/rads/tubing/fittings/waterblock and need self assembly (and filling). where as these All-in-one cooler are pre-filled (sealed) and just require mounting into the case. :)

Easy!

As its OCUK made, they have picked the best pump and paried ita great rad and tubing to look awesome. :)

2 x 770's may be a little overkill for 1080p ...Let us know what res it is and what his plans are becuase you could easily run triple screen from this rig..
 
Bye bye, Black and Red (AMD colours anyway and this is an Intel build ;))

Say hello to a sexy little orange and black build with an epic sound card! :D

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Antec High Current Pro 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £103.99
2 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - OEM (30SB150200000) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Orange £28.45
1 x Alpenföhn 140mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £14.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £13.99 (£69.95)
2 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm £8.99 (£17.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Orange £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,996.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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wren210 said:
thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it :)

coolsurfer - all i can say for that build is DAMN!!!, i wish i had the dough for that build and i really like the case with the blue led lit fan at the front.
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Cheers mate, I kind of spent ages looking through everyone else's builds and picking all the bits that I thought would work well together and give me a fairly silent pc.
 
Hey guys just an update.

My friend chose the system put together by doomedspeed. (plus red's his favourite colour so the red and black theme ticked the right boxes).

Ethermaster - he also liked your spec but he had to have the msi 770 twin frozr 4gb gpu in his new rig.

Thank you everyone for all your help

(p.s. i was a lurker on these forums for a long time and have learned a great deal and hope to learn more in the future keep up the good work)
 
wren210 said:
Hey guys just an update.

My friend chose the system put together by doomedspeed. (plus red's his favourite colour so the red and black theme ticked the right boxes).

Ethermaster - he also liked your spec but he had to have the msi 770 twin frozr 4gb gpu in his new rig.

Thank you everyone for all your help

(p.s. i was a lurker on these forums for a long time and have learned a great deal and hope to learn more in the future keep up the good work)
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Its ok and I hope he likes it :)

Well done Doomedspeed was a great spec!
 
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