Ordering on payday - Please advise me

moleh · 24 Oct 2014 at 23:55

Below is what I have so far and budget is under £1000 inc VAT.

Use is gaming, game server hosting and streaming and some design.

I currently have the following I am planning to reuse but happy to be challenged on them...

SSDs + 2TB drive
Monitor (1200p)
280X
keyboard + mouse

Rest of my current rig will be reused as a Minecraft rig for my kids.

What I have in the basket so far..

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £555.97
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
Total : £824.90 (includes shipping : ).

Bits I am unsure about are

1. The case and its stock fans should I replace them or is there a better case? (I want this as quiet as possible)
2. 280X only got this 10 months ago so determined to use it but am I crippling the build?
3. What fans should I pickup for push pull on the cooler?
4. is what I have the best use of my budget?

Thank you in advance

moleh

stulid · 25 Oct 2014 at 00:25

1) Case is great. The fans hmm, well the system I built for a friend he says he thinks the fans are a bit loud, I think they are fine, can always 7volt them later on.

2) will be fine, 1080P gaming its fine.

3) dont bother, does sod all improvements.

4) arrrr (pirate for yes)

CosminGCole · 25 Oct 2014 at 01:03

This looks good to me and I do have to agree with stulid XD on number four you should arrrr.

moleh · 25 Oct 2014 at 02:18

Thank you for the responses thats great.

Only other thing that has got me thinking.. how does the above compare to the MATX below? I really like the small look but didn't know if i would run into issues with cooling or expanded later to SLI 970 GTX's etc?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £351.98
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
Total : £819.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks again

stulid · 25 Oct 2014 at 02:30

Well the PSU is still in its own compartment so that's dealt with.

The CPU is low heat.

A single GPU will be fine I think. Maybe for two you might want cards that exhaust out the rear.

Danny75 · 25 Oct 2014 at 03:35

moleh said:
Thank you for the responses thats great.

Only other thing that has got me thinking.. how does the above compare to the MATX below? I really like the small look but didn't know if i would run into issues with cooling or expanded later to SLI 970 GTX's etc?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £351.98
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
Total : £819.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks again

You'd need to swap the 280mm AIO for a 240, if you go for that case.

moleh · 25 Oct 2014 at 09:24

So if I switched to the h100i then the two systems are pretty much on par with each other in terms of power and future proofing? Was worried about heat on the mATX for LANs and if I have to put more fans in for extract what that would do to the noise as I like a quiet if not silent setup.

Thanks

Moleh

moleh · 25 Oct 2014 at 15:48

On the fence really, small case does seem to look really nice if i get some nice LEDs for it, just not used to mATX been able to complete with ATX. If I am going to SLI in the future I assume its just risky?

Also would another mATX case give me more flexibility ?

Thanks

Moleh

Pr3d4t0r · 25 Oct 2014 at 16:44

both look decent with exception of PSU, I wouldn't trust "SuperFlower" and would get something like corsair rm750 semi modular, as few pounds extra but guaranteed quality.

moleh · 25 Oct 2014 at 20:28

Thank you. The RAM is also out of stock anyone suggest an alternative please?

Also read the msi mATX board suffers from needing a high core for clocking, anyone know if I am going to have problems getting 4.6 + out of the i7 on this board? Worth paying more for the asus vii gene?

Thanks

Moleh

stulid · 25 Oct 2014 at 20:38

Nothing wrong with Superflower and they are technically a better PSU than what the RM is made by.

The board using a high Vcore could be because of early BIOS, later ones may improve this.

lee32uk · 25 Oct 2014 at 22:00

Pr3d4t0r said:
both look decent with exception of PSU, I wouldn't trust "SuperFlower" and would get something like corsair rm750 semi modular, as few pounds extra but guaranteed quality.

The Superflower psu's are very good. The Corsair RM is nothing special, and if you are going for a 750W then the Superflower Leadex or EVGA Supernova G2 is a far better choice.

DaleTheWhale · 25 Oct 2014 at 23:08

Pr3d4t0r said:
both look decent with exception of PSU, I wouldn't trust "SuperFlower" and would get something like corsair rm750 semi modular, as few pounds extra but guaranteed quality.

What on earth? :confused:

Definite troll, surely.

moleh · 26 Oct 2014 at 00:32

What about replacement RAM for the out of stock I have selected?

Thanks

moleh

stulid · 26 Oct 2014 at 00:37

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-129-KS

Because you are going for a water cooler you can get away with using tall RAM and not worry about it not fitting under a heatsink+fan.

moleh · 26 Oct 2014 at 01:55

Thanks looks good!

So below is what I am thinking and have used most of the advise. Does this seem ok? I am going to dwell on this Vs the 540 case just so hard to choose love both cases!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Gene Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £129.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
Total : £864.85 (includes shipping : ).

Thanks

Moleh

DaleTheWhale · 26 Oct 2014 at 01:09

No need for the 850W Seasonic, unless you're going SLI 980's?!

The MSI bundle was perfectly fine as well.

stulid · 26 Oct 2014 at 01:10

H105 is in stock (wasn't yesterday/friday) this has a thicker rad than the H100i so performance is a touch better.

It also does fit.

lee32uk · 26 Oct 2014 at 01:11

You get an extra years warranty with this Gigabyte board after you register it, whilst saving £37 in the process. You still get CF/SLI support.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £111.95
Total : £121.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

stulid · 26 Oct 2014 at 01:12

To be fair to that 850W PSU, its cheaper than the 750W version.