Rate My build

blundaruss · 10 Mar 2015 at 18:13

Guys

Im sure you get a lot of these posts but I am looking to upgrade my machine with the below items. Just want to be sure im not making any rookie mistakes here. It will be used for Gaming. I have a limited budget so any advise you can offer to reduce the cost without affecting the performance too much (bang for buck) would be much appreciated.

Thanks Guys! your the best!

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £265.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2400C11R) £74.99
Total : £640.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

stulid · 10 Mar 2015 at 18:14

Everything is awesome apart from the RAM price.

YOUR BASKET
1 x G.Skill TridentX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-2400C10D-8GTX) £67.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £44.99
Total : £169.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

What case, PSU and cooler do you have?

McGraw · 10 Mar 2015 at 18:24

Nice looking build.

I seriously considered pretty much exactly the same thing.

setter · 10 Mar 2015 at 18:51

Id go for the team group vulcan out of all those ram kits stulid has listed, lowest profile of the lot so no problems with cooler choice.

blundaruss · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:04

Well I just checked my PSU and its only 550w. For some reason I thought it was bigger, but it was bought some time ago. It is an antec neo he PSU which is apparently ski ready. I'm pretty sure its a good PSU but need to find out the power consumption is for my new build. That's part of the reason I chose the gtx because it was fairly low on power consumption in comparison to over cards.

My case is an unusual one. I actually built it inside an old toy chest and it doubles up as a coffee table when its not in use. Just open the lid and there's the monitor just like a large laptop. I have a 120 mm fan either end for intake and outlet and an arctic freezer pro 7 CPU fan. There is currently nothing covering the top when it is open so airflow should be fine. I am looking to custom build a box to fit it all in better and maybe fit water cooling but that's a subject for another post when I get around to it.

Thanks for the ram tips, I will take a look at them when I get a chance

@McGraw - was there a reason you didn't build this spec?

mushtafa · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:15

Are you not put off by the 970 vram issues?

We need to see some pics of this case/table!

stulid · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:16

What is the model of the PSU?

setter · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:21

Looks like it might be this model.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Antec-NeoPower-550-Power-Supply-Review/361/1

Fairly old though as i remember using one for a mates build some years ago.

Danny75 · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:24

http://www.antec.com/specs/NeoHE550_spe.html

blundaruss · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:29

@setter - yes, that's the one. And it is pretty old. I bought it at the same time as my Asus p5be mobo! Might that be an issue?

@mushtafa - I wasn't aware if this issue, I will need to look into it. I will try and get a photo of my case, but I will warn you its a bit of a mess and only partially finished!

stulid · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:32

PSU is made by Seasonic and maybe ok to reuse.

blundaruss · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:35

@stulid - you say it may be OK to reuse? Is it just the age of it or might there be further worry's? I'm on a tight budget but wouldn't want to risk it if there could be issues?

stulid · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:37

I think its fine to reuse.

blundaruss · 10 Mar 2015 at 20:56

Here's a photo of my case, not very good quality I'm afraid! Its more of a proof of concept project while I plan the best way to build the actual case.

@simpleMr · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:46

McGraw said:
Nice looking build.

I seriously considered pretty much exactly the same thing.

Ye i am the same it looks like a really nice build.

@simpleMr · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:47

The only thing is i would possibly get a amd with more ram for gaming with a bit more money on the gpu side but that's just me.

blundaruss · 11 Mar 2015 at 17:52

So you like the build yet you would change the mobo, cpu and ram?

or when you say amd do you mean the gpu?

stulid · 11 Mar 2015 at 17:58

Just ignore him.

Telecaster · 11 Mar 2015 at 18:18

Who is this clown? :/

David Bisset · 11 Mar 2015 at 18:36

blundaruss said:
So you like the build yet you would change the mobo, cpu and ram?

or when you say amd do you mean the gpu?

On some builds people spend all their money on CPU and get relatively poor graphics cards, so downgrading CPU gives a better overall build. That's not the case at all for you, so totally ignore him