Gaming pc build for my brother

[SamyBoy13]

Hi there is this build any good ? Budget max 750 pounds
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Core i5 DIY ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £334.98
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £215.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
Total : £775.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[stulid]

Not bad.


YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte z97x-sli - devils canyon core i5 4690k bundle **£14 saving** £264.58
1 x xfx radeon r9 290 dd 4096mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card (r9-290a-edfd) £215.99
1 x microsoft windows 8.1 64-bit dvd - oem (wn7-00614) £77.99
1 x kingston hyperx savage red 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-19200c11 2400mhz dual channel kit (hx324c11srk2/8) £62.99
1 x superflower golden green hx 550w "80 plus gold" power supply - black £59.99
1 x seagate barracuda 7200rpm 1tb sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st1000dm003) hdd £41.99
1 x raijintek agos midi tower - black £39.95
1 x raijintek themis black heatpipe cpu cooler pwm - 120mm £19.99
total : £793.06 (includes shipping : £8.00).




£22.50 cashback - http://www.gigabytenordic.com/uk/intel_z97-x99_promotion/index.html

Free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

£16 off the GFX card (code was still working last time I checked) - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631947

 

[ShivP]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £264.58
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £215.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £773.06 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I prefer gigabyte for superior support etc
Also £22.50 cashback, and free shipping with superflower psu + case

 

[Cold Fusion]

The R9 290 product page says "600W or greater PSU required"

Might need one of these instead as the 550W might not be enough

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

 

[stulid]

The R9 290 product page says "600W or greater PSU required"

Might need one of these instead as the 550W might not be enough

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

The PSU I specced is a quality unit.

Good internals etc so it can deliver it's rated power.

Go look at youtube videos of "death of a gutless wonder" etc.

 

[ShivP]

The R9 290 product page says "600W or greater PSU required"

Might need one of these instead as the 550W might not be enough

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

It'll be more than enough, the 600W takes into consideration £5 jobbies off dodgy sites etc (even then I wouldn't trust them!)

 

[Cold Fusion]

No probs, just thought it seemed a lot of hardware to be running off a 550W PSU but as you say better quality PSU's such as this should be able to output the required power.

 

[Doomedspeed]

No probs, just thought it seemed a lot of hardware to be running off a 550W PSU but as you say better quality PSU's such as this should be able to output the required power.

Really their 600W estimate includes (atleast) a 20% contingency too. As shivy said these £10 PSU's, rated at 600W will probably only deliver 500W or so under load, so they need to be taken into account.

If you want to see it in action TTL ran a 4770k (at around 4.5 ghz) and a OCed GTX 780W, with H100i, SSD's, HDD's ect.. Off a RM450W. It managed it easily.

 

[Sam_Boyce]

Thank you for your help. I have a Corsair 600W Modular PSU sat at home in its box so I won't need a PSU. I only realised after I posted