A £900 -> £1200 budget Build

necrontyr

necrontyr

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Building a Christmas present to myself, I want optimal components for minimal cost trade-off. Going to use this thread to consolidate my various build ideas.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially with a cost / benefit analysis , i've been away from the PC part scene since my last build in June'13.

Here is the basic build , based upon http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-095-EP&groupid=43&catid=2478

Basic Build : Ignition Prebuilt [ Radeon ] (Revised)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £179.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £99.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - White £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £861.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Enhanced Build

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £184.49
1 x Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £166.04
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - White £102.45
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £102.45
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £87.11
1 x BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case - Black £79.90
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £29.72
Total : £1,013.51 (includes shipping : £12.50).



End Game Build : Skipping HDD (Revised)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548435) £295.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - White £99.95
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case - Black £77.95
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £1,162.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Current Build

Q6600 @3.2Ghz
4Gb DDR2 RAM
AMD Radeon 6850 1GB
60GB SSD
Antec 900 Case

Monitors : <-- 1080p : 1050p -->
 
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I will be primarily gaming, but i'm a programmer and regularly build with 8 threads in work on the cmd line, while running 1-3 eclipses with 4Gb allocated each.

My next build i'll add is a stripped down Hawell-E to try fit my budget, where I can supplement parts or buy them in the new year.

But you can assume the end goal is high end eyefinity gaming ( monitors to follow , buying x6 , for me and the wifey )

Regarding Silence Optimization I amn't massively fussed, I've built with the Ghost before and I like it's dampening, but I'd change case if there was merit.
 
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Okay, well firstly the 290Xs you picked are reference coolers which will run quite hot and loudly, so I'd recommend going for something like the MSI 290X lightning or an nvidia GTX 970
Also some faster RAM would be nice as it's not much more expensive but makes a bit of difference

Here's an attempt at an X99 haswell-e system

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £307.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-UD4 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £167.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £1,227.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).




You get £37.50 cashback before the 27th of December - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

The GPU takes 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin PCIE cables as it's a beast!
Case is out of stock so you could pick another one I guess

The Crucial DDR4 stuff you chose is supposed to be pretty bad I think, I've never played with it so wouldn't know but I wouldn't go for it
This SSD is considerably cheaper than a 840 Evo but still is fast enough :)

EDIT: or something else with £65 cashback!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus X99-S - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving*** £513.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £1,235.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Shivy011 said:
Okay, well firstly the 290Xs you picked are reference coolers which will run quite hot and loudly, so I'd recommend going for something like the MSI 290X lightning or an nvidia GTX 970
Also some faster RAM would be nice as it's not much more expensive but makes a bit of difference

Here's an attempt at an X99 haswell-e system

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £307.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-UD4 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £167.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £1,227.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



That PSU covers you for future xfire

You get £37.50 cashback before the 27th of December - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

The GPU takes 2x8-pin and 1x6-pin PCIE cables as it's a beast!
Case is out of stock so you could pick another one I guess

The Crucial DDR4 stuff you chose is supposed to be pretty bad I think, I've never played with it so wouldn't know but I wouldn't go for it
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That PSU is not good enough for xfire.

You are about 100w+ short.

And not enough PCI-E cables, meaning the OP would have to use molex=PCI-E adapters, not a good idea at all!!!!
 
stulid said:
That PSU is not good enough for xfire.

You are about 100w+ short.

And not enough PCI-E cables, meaning the OP would have to use molex=PCI-E adapters, not a good idea at all!!!!
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I did change the xfire quote a few minutes ago, realised you need at least 850W (possibly more for the LE cards?). Also the PSU has 4x8-pin PCIE? That should be enough right?

PCIE 4x 8pin (6+2)
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Shivy011 said:
I did change the xfire quote a few minutes ago, realised you need at least 850W. Also the PSU has 4x8-pin PCIE? That should be enough right?
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How can 4 PCI-E equal the 6 PCI-E that two cards need?

Surprised you have included a GFX card as last time you thought X99 had built-in IGP:D
 
stulid said:
How can 4 PCI-E equal the 6 PCI-E that two cards need?
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I changed the xfire statement just after you quoted it, again I realised it requires 850W+ :)
If you look in the quote there's nothing there about xfire anymore
 
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Okay , so now i have a basic build , and a high end build , what could I do to both of them to keep the price in the same domain, but drastically increase quality?
 
stulid said:
There was when I quoted it;)
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Just after sorry, derp
But yeah, forgot these aren't 970s lol


About decreasing price on the X99 one you have there, I'm not so sure - you could go for a lower end case I suppose, but X99 in a £20 case doesn't appeal to me much! :D I would at least attempt to get a storage HDD in there, 256gb will run out fairly quickly you might find out!
 
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necrontyr said:
Okay , so now i have a basic build , and a high end build , what could I do to both of them to keep the price in the same domain, but drastically increase quality?
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Cheaper case for the budget build - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-RT&groupid=2362&catid=2850

Cheaper 128GB SSD - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-011-SH&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

You need a better PSU should you wish to go Crossfire on that X99.
 
Gonna post a revised cheap build now, Do i need to xfire for 3 monitor 1080p 30->60 fps on high ( assume a 2013 game, like tomb raider, or even WoW:WoD )
 
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