Please critique before purhcase..

pieman · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:15

OK, having researched as much as my little brain allows I'm eager just to get on with it now and purchase the following for an HTPC/Mig-Range Gaming rig for the Living Room.

All of the component parts would need to sit within a Silverstone SST-GD08B and I wouldn't need an OS, KB or Mouse. Can you see any glaring issues, omissions or items I could improve upon for the budget?

Thanks.

nick.lidgett · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:16

looks good.

oceaness · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:19

£9 more for the Samsung 840 EVO (considerably faster).

And £10 less for faster, cheaper memory?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £156.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Halestorm · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:23

Looks good to me mate, the only thing I could think of was perhaps the card being too long, but according to the figures you should have around 2 inches gap after install so no problem

pieman · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:39

oceaness said:
£9 more for the Samsung 840 EVO (considerably faster).

And £10 less for faster, cheaper memory?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £156.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Great thank you mate and to you all for your rapid responses. Pleased I've put something together that in the main would appear to work.

Idleman · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:45

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Thermalright AXP-100 ITX & HTPC CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £934.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).

drnick · 17 Oct 2013 at 14:55

Relatively expensive mobo for the system the Z87 below would still serve your purposes well and with a free decent after market cooler included you could use the saving for 16gb or a bigger SSD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI

Just an idea

Idleman · 17 Oct 2013 at 15:00

drnick said:
Relatively expensive mobo for the system the Z87 below would still serve your purposes well and with a free decent after market cooler included you could use the saving for 16gb or a bigger SSD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI

Just an idea

The Silverstone SST-GD08B will only take a cooler up to 138mm in height.

Limitation of CPU cooler: 138mm

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-216-SV&groupid=2362&catid=1092

pieman · 17 Oct 2013 at 15:05

OK, I've gone ahead and ordered it now but I believe everything in my original order, less those parts I've replaced following oceaness advice, will fit inside the case in question.

I've had my ruler out and all sorts!!!

oceaness · 17 Oct 2013 at 15:08

If you wanted a better CPU cooler the Noctua NH12 should fit I believe, and is very quiet. But as usual it's out of stock.