I can't decide!

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fiveub

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So this is what I have so far, I just cannot decide, I keep changing my mind all the time:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclock ACX 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2774-KR) £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £245.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £239.98
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £142.99
1 x Seasonic 660w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Gelid Solutions GC-3 10g Extreme Performance Thermal Compound £19.99
Total : £1,379.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).



So I need your help, what cooling would you go with? All suggestions welcome. :)

With so many options, even I am struggling to make my mind up!
 
Is a platinum PSU worth the premium over gold? I'm not sure. The Seasonic G-series 550w is £50 cheaper than the one you've got there.

That RAM is expensive, too. You could save enough to upgrade that 770 to a 780.

As for cooling, I'd want something discrete for an mATX case - a h80i or something like that.
 
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Fulax said:
Is a platinum PSU worth the premium over gold? I'm not sure. The Seasonic G-series 550w is £50 cheaper than the one you've got there.

That RAM is expensive, too. You could save enough to upgrade that 770 to a 780.

As for cooling, I'd want something discrete for an mATX case - a h80i or something like that.
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The price doesn't bother me really, and as for the memory, I have the memory already, so don't really want to be changing it already as I have it in my current system. :)

I was thinking of one of the Corsair kits, not sure though, need fans too for the system. Maybe Noiseblocker?

skylineboy said:
what ever you do make sure you get some haribo. If not I would make a complaint to someone in cs :)
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:p

CaptainRAVE said:
Nice setup. What will you mostly be using it for 5UB? Gaming?
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Yeah, and maybe the odd movie editing, as I want to learn that. :)
 
If your thinking of Single card setup only and not SLI then why not look at a H100 Or H100i for the top especialy if your doing heavy CPU work? Depends if you like the flexability on a single 120mm mount though or needing 240mm rad space. I keep looking at the mATX prodigy for single card with my H100.
 
Fulax said:
Is a platinum PSU worth the premium over gold?
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It comes with an amazing 7 years warrenty, I'll be well jealous of you if you buy it 5UB :) I almost want my one to go pop so I can get one!

Should run a little cooler than a gold and I'm sure that over 7 years £50 of electric could be saved.

Do you really need the sammy greens? Great bragging rights but it makes me gip a little, they are almost a hundred pounds more per 8gb than when they first came out!
 
With the Samsung Greens, I have 16GB already. I got them cheap back in the day. Still going strong and gone up in price now. :)
 
OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm

Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit

Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
 
That is a Tech Labs Fathom in the case pretty much, in which our technical department has put it together for customers, so it is easy to install for customers. :)
 
5UB said:
Need fans too for the system. Maybe Noiseblocker?
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I'd ask rjkoneill for his opinion, I remember him posting something about these fans a while ago.

Yeah, and maybe the odd movie editing, as I want to learn that. :)
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you'll need a good bit of HD space for that, especially for HD video editing. I'd look for software that will use the 770's CUDA feature.
 
I have a BenQ 24" 120Hz.

I have hard drives already, and I think I will stick with a H100i and get some decent fans to go with the system.

And yes, I do just play CS. I am a bit of an addict. :p
 
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