Decent gaming build?

Mark719 · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:02

Hey I have put together this build and was wondering your thoughts on it also if I have picked anything that might be incompatible with another item I have chosen, my budget was £1300 or under.

This build is used for gaming, but also some video editing and rendering, also I use photoshop a fair bit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £94.94
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £71.99
2 x Avexir MPower Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CRR) £49.99 (£99.98)
Total : £1,278.80 (includes shipping : FREE).

teppic · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:25

You're pushing it with two of the Asus cards, as they use three slots. If you want 2x7970s I'd get two of the 2-slot 7970s instead.

You'll want replacement fans for the cooler as they're extremely loud.

Martini1991 · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:27

Agree with Teppic about the H100 fans.
I thought it was overplayed, until I used them.

stulid · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:41

It is true that the stock fans either rumbled at low speed on the early Firmware or made a lovely high pitched whine on the later firmwares.

But if you ask Corsair customer support they will send you out these,

Which solves it.

Mark719 · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:13

teppic said:
You're pushing it with two of the Asus cards, as they use three slots. If you want 2x7970s I'd get two of the 2-slot 7970s instead.

You'll want replacement fans for the cooler as they're extremely loud.

I should only have 1 7970, I will be most likely getting a 7950 later on but not yet.

Also any fans you can suggest as a replacement?

hakank68 · 8 Oct 2013 at 22:50

which games do you mainly play ?

stulid · 8 Oct 2013 at 23:07

Mark719 said:
Also any fans you can suggest as a replacement?

You don't need to buy any new fans, Corsair will send you some better ones free of charge if you ask as its a well reported problem.