£1400 Gaming Build - Config Check (μATX, screen included) - Need your opinions :)

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Dear overclockersuk users,

I've attempted to build a £1400 config.
  • I am going to use this computer for Video Gaming, occasional video editing (nothing hardcore at all), work, office stuff, etc...
  • I already have an OS.
  • I think I want a μATX because my room is not very big, and I may move in the future, but maybe it's not a good choice, I don't know!
  • Also, I don't know if I want / should overclock.

> Can you give me your opinion about the config? Is there is anything non-compatible, overkill, too expensive, not of a good quality...?

Thanks in advance, your comments are very valuable to me :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Z97 Gryphon Armor - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£24 Saving** £370.98
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £259.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £176.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £129.95
1 x CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid-i Fully LED Backlit Mechanical TKL Gaming Keyboard - Brown Switch £89.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £79.99
1 x Corsair CS650M 650W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020077-UK) £67.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,413.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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For gaming an i5 is fine and as you do "occasional" video editing should be fine to,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£14 Saving** £271.54
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £257.99
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £129.95
1 x CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid-i Fully LED Backlit Mechanical TKL Gaming Keyboard - Brown Switch £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £79.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,278.95 (includes shipping : £25.45).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£14 Saving** £271.54
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £257.99
1 x Asus VG248QE 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £233.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £129.95
1 x CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid-i Fully LED Backlit Mechanical TKL Gaming Keyboard - Brown Switch £89.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,314.53 (includes shipping : £20.10).




Do you need an operating system?

For £30 more i added the 144hz screen.

Removed the i7 as i5 is still great for gaming. If you have the extra cash could add the i7 instead.

The build above is still under your budget :)
 
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Thank you @stulid @therealpieman @Geo-Gamer, you guys are so useful :)
  • I don't need an OS as I'll re-use my current Windows (I've updated the post)
  • For the screen, I picked the U2414H because it's an IPS with 178° viewing angles, is that unecessary? Screens are so hard to pick!
  • i5 (3.5Ghz) vs i7 (4.0Ghz): I understand your comments, however I feel like 500Mhz is quite a good boost?
  • Power unit: @stulid you've put a 850W, are you saying that 650W is really not enough?
 
Fir3St0rM said:
Thank you @stulid @therealpieman @Geo-Gamer, you guys are so useful :)
  • I don't need an OS as I'll re-use my current Windows (I've updated the post)
  • For the screen, I picked the U2414H because it's an IPS with 178° viewing angles, is that unecessary? Screens are so hard to pick!
  • i5 (3.5Ghz) vs i7 (4.0Ghz): I understand your comments, however I feel like 500Mhz is quite a good boost?
  • Power unit: @stulid you've put a 850W, are you saying that 650W is really not enough?
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Thats not a problem :)

Talking about the screen you mentioned you wanted the system for gaming? The screen you chose is 8 ms where as the screen i chose is 1ms and 144hz. A lot better for games especially fps games. I can never go back to a 60HZ screen once playing on my 144HZ especially on bf4, its worth looking into. May I ask what games you play?

CPU'S can both be overclocked to around 4.4/4.5 GHZ so wont exactly matter. Unless you have use for Hyper Threading? If it was me I would get the i7 as games in the future have been said to start using it. You have already mentioned you occasionally video edit which the Hyper threading can be used there. Your still under budget so the the extra £80 on the i7 bundle can be put there :)

650W PSU is more than enough for your setup. Especially the 80 Gold Plus I linked. 850W will be good for SLI/CF builds. Setting up 2 GPU'S is up to you. I have seen mini Atx setups with 2 GPU'S and its fine if you have good airflow.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £355.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £257.99
1 x Asus VG248QE 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £233.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £129.95
1 x CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid-i Fully LED Backlit Mechanical TKL Gaming Keyboard - Brown Switch £89.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,398.97 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Still under £1400 with the i7 bundle added too :)
 
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Ok, thank you very much.

I've looked again at all of this now that I'm back from holidays :) and here is the config I've made, let me know what you think:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Z97 Gryphon Armor - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£24 Saving** £370.98
I still want µATX, I like the Gryphon armor, and I'm happy to add £80 for the i7 instead of the i5

1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £289.99
This is where I'm not so sure anymore: I've seen the new range of Nvidia, should I switch for them?

1 x Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
I want a high quality screen (IPS), I'm ok with 8ms response, and 60Hz. Maybe I'll buy a second screen later if I want a TN 144Hz.

1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
Speaks for itself :)

1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £129.95
Speaks for itself :)

1 x Corsair Gaming CGK70 Red LED Backlight Keyboard Cherry MX Red Switches - Black (CH-9000069-UK) £109.99
MX Red is perfect for gaming.

1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £79.99
550w seems enough for my config isn't it? I want the full modular. I know Corsair doesn't make OEM in terms of PSU, but I'm ok with this. I'll buy an other one if I want to do crossfire.

1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011028-WW) £75.95
I swapped for the non-glass one, as it will be in my room, so I want to sleep without too much light :)

1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Speaks for itself :)

Total : £1,475.94 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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I have made some changes,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £351.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.95
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24" Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
1 x Crucial M500 480GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT480M500SSD1) £169.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD316G2666HC11CDC01) £113.99
1 x Corsair Gaming CGK70 Red LED Backlight Keyboard Cherry MX Red Switches - Black (CH-9000069-UK) £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011028-WW) £75.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,429.44 (includes shipping : £20.10).



New Nvidia cards like you spotted are awesome and use less power.

750W PSU is fully modular and will easily run a pair of GTX970s
 
Thanks!!!

You don't like Samsung? :P

I have 3 remaining interrogations before I buy:
1. Do you know if it's possible to ask for an AZERTY keyboard to OCUK? Otherwise I'll have to order from France :D
2. I completely agree with the 750w, however, let's say I never buy an other graphics card, will it have an impact on my energy bill?
3. Do I need to add a CPU cooler?
4. I don't really trust Teamgroup... Is it really worth swapping the RAM just for 2666Mhz instead of 2400Mz? Does it really make a big difference?

Thaaaaaaaaaaanks :)
 
I dont mind Samsung, just that the MX range are still good and cheaper.

Dont know about keyboard, pretty sure they are all qwerty UK at ocuk.

For a single 970/980 a good 550w+ will be fine and a better match to keep the psu more efficient.

Maybe or maybe not need a cooler, up to you.

You will only notice the difference from 2400-2666 in benchmarks.
 
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