First ever build, Intel Gaming rig (could use advice!)

Tohrazer

Tohrazer

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Hey everyone, let me start by saying hi, i've been lurking these forums for years and have bought full PC's from OCUK before and a couple of GPU's, but i've never done my own build, with that being said; allow me to list the components im considering:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - White £89.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm blue LED fan - White £11.99 (£23.98)
Total : £970.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).





OR:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X3 Gaming Tower Case - White/Black £86.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
2 x Silverstone 120mm Fan 1200RPM Blue LED Fan £7.99 (£15.98)
Total : £959.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).






Thank you for taking the time to read this and i appreciate any help or comments you can offer!

fyi this rig is replacing a broken i3 with 4gb of rubbish ram and an ATI 5850 :P
 
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The motherboard will be fine for gaming and some overclcocking. The PSU will be fine too.

Although I don't have Haswell, from what I know it likes faster ram. I guess that is not an option to be replacing though since its a pre-overclocked bundle. Honestly I would advise you to just buy the i5/ram/mobo separately. You do save a bit and you can customize things a bit more to your tastes (also that 4.2 ghz overclock you will be able to do yourself easily once you read a guide or two).


As for the 770 vs 280/etc. Id personally get a 280 regardless of price hikes.

You do not have a SSD listed in your spec up, do you have one already? Every new build should really be having a SSD in it nowadays. I cant stress this enough! Something like a Samsung 840 evo.


Im sure someone with a lot more knowledge will come in and give you some better advise but these are just my initial thoughts. GL with it all and enjoy :)
 
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Welcome,

This is my thought. :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £31.99
Total : £937.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Doomedspeed said:
Welcome,

This is my thought. :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £31.99
Total : £937.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Doomed mate, you might want to check the height of that Ereboss. Stulid pulled me up the other week and reckons with the fan fitted, it is actually about 173mm. The specs don`t give a combined measurement. But if you look at the pic in the specs, the fan does indeed protrude above the cooler.
 
Okay bud.

Very mis-leading..

In that case, return of an old favourite. (matterhorn)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £935.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
thanks for the input guys, i do like that build doomed, i did hear that some 280x's are using an updated tahiti chip and some are using the old one, apparently the newer one runs 6 degrees cooler on average?

i think the Msi 280x has the newer chip, i felt a bit sick after missing out on £275 + ruby game voucher on that particular card

going with Ati graphics comes more naturally to me, although my old rig was red/black so i did fancy switching up the aesthetics! however i think i may have to compromise given the potential gains :p
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £112.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £920.47 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
thanks guys, those are some really interesting components i hadn't considered up until now! Evidently i was missing good deals somewhere, your build even includes an ssd! id heard that only bequiet/corsair/seasonic psu's were worthwhile, which was tying me into high priced psu's for example!

im definitley going with the 280x now!

interesting budget alternative:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11222-06-20G) £99.95
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
1 x Aerocool X-Warrior Devil Red Edition Case - Red £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £36.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £500.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



OR Pricey option:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £73.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
3 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Purple Quiet Edition (CO-9050015-PLED) £9.49 (£28.47)
1 x Aerocool Shark Devil Red Edition LED Fan - 140mm £7.99
2 x Aerocool Shark Blue Edition LED Fan - 120mm £6.98 (£13.96)
Total : £1,131.85 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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With a R9 290

You're tempted...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard 381 Midi Tower Case - Black £36.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
Total : £944.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Tohrazer said:
thanks guys, those are some really interesting components i hadn't considered up until now! Evidently i was missing good deals somewhere, your build even includes an ssd! id heard that only bequiet/corsair/seasonic psu's were worthwhile, which was tying me into high priced psu's for example!

im definitley going with the 280x now!
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I would put Superflower on par with Seasonic, maybe even above. They are a very good brand.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £112.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler £34.99
Total : £946.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Xfire capable thanks to the 850W PSU (fully modular). This GB Sniper really is fantastic bang for buck as it offers SLi/Xfire and very decent onboard audio. It's a little more than you want to pay but you do get BF4 and a choice of games with the 280X.

All the best with it bud, we look forward to seeing what you choose :)
 
guys how do i link a 'your basket' like that? it seems super useful!

EDIT: nevermind, figured it out myself!

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - White £89.99
1 x Corsair CS650M 650W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020077-UK) £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x Corsair Force LS Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F60GBLS) £51.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
3 x BitFenix Spectre LED BLUE 120mm Fan £6.49 (£19.47)
Total : £976.33 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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If it was me I would put these components in.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £112.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
Total : £552.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).




The Gigabyte card is a few quid cheaper, and is just as good as the MSI.

The BeQuiet power supply is fully modular, and probably slightly better build quality than the Corsair.

The Sniper motherboard is very good and would look nice with the Ram below.

The Ram is better looking than the Kingston and has Green LED's to match the motherboard. You have a window in your case, so might as well be looking at a matching rig.
 
update: Hows this for a 540 build? planning on replacing the H100 fans with the Akasa fans.. does anyone know of any fans which glow in a blacklight that also have LED's ??

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £71.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
2 x Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Venom Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £11.99 (£23.98)
3 x Corsair Air Series AF140 1200RPM LED Purple Quiet Edition (CO-9050017-PLED) £11.99 (£35.97)
1 x Aerocool Shark White Edition LED Fan - 140 mm £7.99
Total : £1,120.34 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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