PC build for my friend

bignev72

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Hey guys.

Can you check over the build below for my friend. PC will mainly be used for gaming. His budget is £2500 :eek:

Looks good to me but see if it can be improved. He wants to eventually add a second graphics card at some point in the future.

Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50GHz Socket 1150 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £248.99
Asus Z87-Deluxe Socket 1150 VGA HDMI DisplayPort ATX Motherboard £201.57
Kingston 32GB DDR3 2400MHz HyperX XMP Beast Series £275.99
Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti 3GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card £559.98
Fractal Design Define R4 Silent Black Pearl Case £79.98
Corsair Professional AX860 Fully Modular 80 PLUS Platinum 860W PSU £136.49
Crucial 960GB M500 SSD £420.56
Seagate 2TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive £62.99
Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15x SATA 3D Capable Dual Layer BD/DVD/CD Internal Burner - Bare £65.00
Extension Lead 6 Gang Surge Protection £12.50
Tytan 2.1 Subwoofer Speaker Set - Black Uk £61.00
Asus Dual-Band Wireless-N600 PCI-E Adapter £40.00
Asus Xonar D1 7.1 Soundcard - PCI Connection £57.50
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 Intel LGA1366, LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA775 and AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3 aluminum with nickel plated copper base Processor Cooler £49.04
Fractal Design Silent Series R2 60mm Case Fan x 2 £11.98
delivery £20.00

Total: £2,303.57
 
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AlecR said:
Do they really need a 960GB SSD? If they went for, say, a 256GB, that would save A LOT of money (could go towards a second GPU). They could then get another HDD/a bigger HDD and only put the programs/important data on the SSD.
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I initially specced 512GB but he asked me to try and get a 1TB in there. So i've gone with that as it's quite close.

In short - yes.
 
bignev72 said:
My friend also has an unhealthy obsession with RAM. He wanted 64GB the nutcase!
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Obsession is something he would treat by medicines or doctors/psychologists.
But... no.. effect will be the same - he would waste those money anyway, for hardware or doctors. So maybe hardware is better choice :/

Sneak into his house and make 24GB RAM-disk in my name ;-) and make 2GB swap located on it, rest is for TEMPs (assign TEMPS to RAM-disk, too). Otherwise 24 GB will be completely lost, with no use at all.

Funny thing is in this budget your friend can have (still) much more powerful PC for gaming. Even with 3D surround.

BTW, he should've had an obsession with wireless unhealthy technology - and pick some Powerline adaptors :)
 
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It sounds like your friend has heard things about PC's which aren't actually ture and inisisting on them..

"more RAM makes your PC faster" - It doesn't work like that

"1TB SSD's are here and amazing" - They are but you could spend money much better e4lsewhere.

"The 780ti is the fastest GPU on the market" - While debatable, its value for money is very poor (nearing as bad as the TITAN).

Maybe you need to spec him something YOU WOULD DO.. (ignoring all his idle ramblings)..

I would suggest a 290 Xfire watercooled build with a 250GB SSD/ 8GB of Fast RAM . But thats just me.

Managed to fit a 500GB SSD in:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £307.99 (£615.98)
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £281.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £251.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX 860W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020044-UK) £167.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99
1 x XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir/Pump Combo V2 £109.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £89.99 (£179.98)
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / TXM) - Blue £64.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Acetal + Nickel £52.99
2 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 240 - XFlow £36.98 (£73.96)
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Black & Blue £13.99 (£69.95)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD, 15.9/11.1mm, 2m, Clear/UV £5.99
2 x EK-EKoolants UV Blue £5.99 (£11.98)
12 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£35.88)
Total : £2,332.68 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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Doomedspeed said:
It sounds like your friend has heard things about PC's which aren't actually ture and inisisting on them..

"more RAM makes your PC faster" - It doesn't work like that

"1TB SSD's are here and amazing" - They are but you could spend money much better e4lsewhere.

"The 780ti is the fastest GPU on the market" - While debatable, its value for money is very poor (nearing as bad as the TITAN).

Maybe you need to spec him something YOU WOULD DO.. (ignoring all his idle ramblings)..

I would suggest a 290 Xfire watercooled build with a 250GB SSD/ 8GB of Fast RAM . But thats just me.
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You're not far wrong. Kinda annoying considering i've built pretty much all of his PC's for him over the years.

The RAM thing - this is a running obsession which i'm still yet to get to the bottom of. It's been going on years.


I did originally spec a 290x. However two things put me off. I've heard they run hot and loud. I've also had problems with ATI cards in the past - rubbish drivers etc. From what i've been reading this is still a factor. For the last few years i've been using Nvidia solidly and never had any problems so in the end I went back to the 780Ti. With all the other costs it does remove the SLI option but I think he is going to add a second one of these in a few months so not a major issue.
 
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