Gaming Setup for £1300?

sbeanie

sbeanie

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Hey guys,

I've been researching for several days now and I came to the conclusion that I'd opt for a water cooled, AMD Radeon r9 290x gaming rig with an i5-4670k which I will overclock. I decided to go for the Corsair Obsidian 750D case with the built in water cooling setup to achieve this. I already have memory from my build from two years ago.

I intend to crossfire the GPU later on and I just wanted to check with you guys if I'll be ok doing that in the near future. Let me know what you guys think! :)

Tom

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair Obsidian 750D Windowed - 750 EX360 Watercooled Case £280
1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK) £119.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £79.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £73.99
Total : £1,309.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
You would need to add fittings and additional tubing to that. Do you not think since your going CF that you would be better going i7 4770k and 290 as this will be more favourable setup when you do go CF? :)
 
 
systemerror said:
You would need to add fittings and additional tubing to that. Do you not think since your going CF that you would be better going i7 4770k and 290 as this will be more favourable setup when you do go CF? :)
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360 Watercooling Kit Includes
- A Choice of High Performance Mayhems Coolant
- RayStorm CPU Waterblock
- X2O 750 Bayres/Pump (Black) V4
- EX360 Triple Radiator
- G1/4" to 1/2" Barb (Black Chrome) x6
- Plastic Hose Clip x6
- XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan x3
- 120mm Fan Grill (Black) x3
- Intel and AMD RayStorm Brackets
- Socket 1366 and 1150/1155/1156 Backplates
- Socket AM2 and AM3 mounting kit
- 80mm to 120mm Radiator brackets
- 3mm Twin Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 2 Meters of Clear 7/16? Hose
- 24pin ATX Bridge Tool
- K2 Thermal Paste
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Ahh that's probably better eh Idle? Just a quick question, how hard is it going to be for me, someone who has never used water cooling before, to assemble?
 
sbeanie said:
Ahh that's probably better eh Idle? Just a quick question, how hard is it going to be for me, someone who has never used water cooling before, to assemble?
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Never done watercooling, so I`m not really the person to give you advice.
But from what i have read on here and else where, you need to plan out where everything needs to go and how your hose is to be routed.
Best advice I can give you is to open a thread in the Watercooling forum, the guys in there will be more helpful.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=133
 
I was talking about 2 additional fittings for the GPU and tubing to reach the GPU granted you don't need much but nothing worse receiving your stuff and you missing a couple items that cost very little
 
If you're going to be fitting a gpu water block it'd be better to not go with the pre-water cooled 750d as you'll have to drain 'break up' the loop so better just to get the part separate and put it together yourself.

To add to idles spec, go with the MSI 290 rather than the asus speced. The MSI is cheaper, also MSI have a agreement with ocuk where the removal of the stock cooler is covered under warranty(well it was the case a few months back not sure I'd its still the case).

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-243-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
 
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Ok I think I've specced it all out. What do you guys think of this? Missing anything?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £172.12
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £160
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
2 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.19 (£6.38)
1 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear [1m Length] £2.99
Total : £1,479.04 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Thanks, Tom :)
 
Ok couple of points, 1) the Case is the Phanteks case, yep i own the same case and believe me its incredible if your considering a watercooling build. It has so much room for rads, so many different options its mindboggling

I went with a Tube Res with integrated pump, its more than enough to cope with the build, plus if you want more showy later, you can swap the res part for a larger one as its a modular unit.

i7 4770k and 290 are both very high temp products, a 360 rad is probably not going to cut it for you, i have added 480 and 360 rads, the 480 can drop straight in the top of the case, the 360 straight in the bottom. Both should give you ample amounts of cooling with plenty of headroom to add a 2nd 290 later should you wish.

Also i have added all the fans you will need to keep the whole build lovely and cool :) comes in over your budget however.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £79.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 X-RES (Incl. Pump) £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 480 (Quad) £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel £52.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple) £49.99
3 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99 (£77.97)
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £13.99
1 x Mayhems X1 UV Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98)
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99 (£29.90)
Total : £1,614.89 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
This is much better...

Better WC parts, inc a D5 pump on the res. The D5 are the best in the business and recommended by any watercooler. :)

2 x 240mm rads

And Green! :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £160
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir/Pump Combo V2 £109.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £79.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
2 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTS-Lite 240 £37.99 (£75.98)
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Shamrock PWM Fan £14.99 (£74.95)
2 x Coollaboratory Liquid Coolant Pro UVGreen - 1ltr £7.99 (£15.98)
4 x XSPC G1/4" 45° Rotary Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.49 (£13.96)
10 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.19 (£31.90)
4 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear [1m Length] £2.99 (£11.96)
Total : £1,548.32 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
You're certain everything will fit together (fittings and such stuff) before I order that? As for the case, I had someone else suggest that case too so I think it seems like the right one.

Thanks for your help :)
 
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