2 choices for gaming PC build - advice needed

umarmn

umarmn

umarmn

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Hi guys. Sorry for jumping onto this feed like this. I am new to this forum and would like some help on building my first gaming PC. I've got two options in mind that I can afford.
The system will be used for gaming and content creation (youtube/Photo blog)

1st: Z97 build
Mobo: Gigabyte Z97 UD5H
CPU: i7 4790k
GPU: GTX 970 G1 Gaming
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 16gb 1866mhz
Cooler: Corsair H100i
SSD: Crucial 512gb
HDD: WD 1tb
PSU: Corsair HX 850 Platinum
Chasis: Corsair 450D
OD: Samsung DvD writer
(£1300)

2nd: X99 build
Mobo: MSI x99 SLI plus
CPU: i7 5820k
GPU: GTX 970 G1 Gaming
RAM: G skills 16gb 2400mhz
Cooler: Corsair H100i
SSD: Crucial 512gb
HDD: WD 1tb
PSU: Corsair HX 850 Platinum
Chasis: Corsair 450D
OD: Samsung DvD writer
(£1400)

Please Help me out!!
 
Welcome to the forum,

If it's just for gaming then the Z97 is the better choice, it's faster clock for clock and cheaper. You mention content creation, will you be making videos?

Z97 - £300 cheaper than you've spec'd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£30 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £372.98
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P) £239.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £61.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £13.99
Total : £1,090.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).



Free shipping with code: SFCASE
Free motherboard upgrade to the next chipset within 3 year (+ 5 years actual warranty).
Intel cashback of £30.
 
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Assuming £1400

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£30 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £372.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £284.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2BZ1) £129.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
Total : £1,356.94 (includes shipping : £14.75).



What res will you be playing at? Agree with ThaReaperGuy here, for gaming Z97 will be faster

This already beats your Z97 build, with a bigger HDD better cooler, better RAM, better PSU etc
Quite overkill though, it could be much cheaper and a similar price
16GB RAM for video creation, it will be definitely useful for editing and rendering

about £80 of this is just bling etc, so you could easily get buy without the cables, LED strip and dropping to the Enthoo Pro

Upgrade program - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511
Free shipping - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207
Amazing warranty upgrade programme - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x msi geforce gtx 980 gaming edition 4096mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card with free sistorm game pad, xmas tree & game £419.99
1 x gigabyte z97x-gaming 7 - devils canyon core i7 4790k cpu & motherboard bundle **£25 saving** £363.98
1 x crucial mx100 512gb sata 2.5” 7mm ssd + 9.5mm adapter ct512mx100ssd1) £154.99
1 x teamgroup vulcan red 16gb (2x8gb) ddr3 pc3-19200c11 2400mhz dual channel kit (tlred316g2400hc11cdc01) £107.99
1 x nzxt phantom 530 full tower gaming case - red £97.99
1 x superflower leadex gold 850w fully modular "80 plus gold" power supply - black £89.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) hdd £61.99
1 x raijintek themis evo professional cpu cooler £27.95
1 x asus 24x dvd±rw drw-24f1st sata rewriter - black (retail) £13.99
total : £1,353.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).




£32.50 cashback - http://www.gigabytenordic.com/uk/intel_z97-x99_promotion/index.html


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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £263.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case - White Window £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
Total : £1,399.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



£65 cashback - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying
 
Thanks for the reply. Yes I will be making videos for my youtube channel. I just thought since there wasn't much of a difference between the two it will be better to go for the x99. Nice build by the way. That Gigabyte deal is quiet enticing.
 
Well if you are making videos etc then that is a reason for X99, if its mainly gaming then Z97.
 
Shivy011 said:
Assuming £1400

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£30 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £372.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £284.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2BZ1) £129.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
Total : £1,356.94 (includes shipping : £14.75).



What res will you be playing at? Agree with ThaReaperGuy here, for gaming Z97 will be faster

This already beats your Z97 build, with a bigger HDD better cooler, better RAM, better PSU etc
Quite overkill though, it could be much cheaper and a similar price
16GB RAM for video creation, it will be definitely useful for editing and rendering

about £80 of this is just bling etc, so you could easily get buy without the cables, LED strip and dropping to the Enthoo Pro

Upgrade program - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511
Free shipping - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207
Amazing warranty upgrade programme - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856
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Apologies for the multiple threads. I'm still getting used to the forum. I will be using a 1080p monitor for but with plans to upgrade in the near future (including SLI). Your build has a UD3H, yet you said it beats the one I was considering. I don't know much about PSU's so if you recommend Super Flower I trust it is decent and worth considering. My major concern though is if the Z97 build will last for a long time and will cope with content creation. Thanks for the help.
 
Superflower are excellent psu's, hence you see them being reccomended often on spec threads here.
 
umarmn said:
Yeah. My aim is to create great videos and photos for my youtube channel and blog.
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Well it does sound like you want X99 then.

I could also make a good argument for getting a silenced case and a top quality Noctua cooler,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £263.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans £77.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,480.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Once you take the free delivery into account and the £65 cashback, then its £1400.

There are other cases that are silenced, but they are out of stock.
 
stulid said:
Well it does sound like you want X99 then.

I could also make a good argument for getting a silenced case and a top quality Noctua cooler,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £263.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans £77.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £57.98
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,480.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Once you take the free delivery into account and the £65 cashback, then its £1400.

There are other cases that are silenced, but they are out of stock.
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Wow! This is great. How do I get the £65 discount? By the way I've already gotten the following when the BF deals started:

Crucial 512 @ £120
WD 1tb @ £45
Samsung Dvd @ £13
 
This is the link with instructions, FAQs, T+Cs etc - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

Do read it fully and understand it.


So you have a SATA HDD+DVD drive and a 512GB SSD?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £329.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £287.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £94.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
Total : £1,378.42 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Because you can also get 32GB of RAM (if you have a suitable operating system).

The ASUS GFX card (so does the MSI) run passive at idle making them both even quieter.

The case says out of stock but it is at OcUK ready to be booked in.


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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £329.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £287.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
Total : £1,451.63 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Or back to the Corsair 550D and a all-in-one water cooler (not as silent as a good air cooler).
 
stulid said:
This is the link with instructions, FAQs, T+Cs etc - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

Do read it fully and understand it.


So you have a SATA HDD+DVD drive and a 512GB SSD?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £329.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £287.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £94.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
Total : £1,378.42 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Because you can also get 32GB of RAM (if you have a suitable operating system).

The ASUS GFX card (so does the MSI) run passive at idle making them both even quieter.

The case says out of stock but it is at OcUK ready to be booked in.


---------------------------------------------------------------


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD432GM2400HC16QC01) £329.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £287.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
Total : £1,451.63 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Or back to the Corsair 550D and a all-in-one water cooler (not as silent as a good air cooler).
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Thank you so much for the help. Hopefully you will see what I build when I get all the components.
 
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