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Niffy

Niffy

Niffy

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Hi;

After much research on these boards I feel a lot better informed about what to get. I am about to pull the trigger on this lot, how does it look before I part with all that cash?

My logic behind these choices are;
FreeSync is cheaper than Gsync, and the 390 looks to be a good match for the screen. The new smaller AOC screen I was going appears to have some issues. I can upgrade the GPU at some point or go Sli.

PSU will allow Sli and overclocking

Case seems to match everything else!

Have I missed anything (I have mouse, K/B and Windows)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Acer Predator XG270HUomidpx 27" 2560x1440 TN FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red (UM.HG0EE.001) £299.99
1 x MSI Z170A Gaming Pro - Skylake Core i5 6600K Bundle **20 Saving** £299.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Fractal Design Newton R3 800W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/240G) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK8GX4M2B3000C15R) £55.99
1 x Alpenfhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003) £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,284.47 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

 
the only thing i would change is the SSD.

if you are after reaching full read and write speeds then that SSD may not be able to do this due to Kingston changing parts without telling anyone after the reviews where done showing full speeds.

on the product page under the reviews section someone links to a website about it all and states they cannot get near the speeds stated and max out at 280mb read and write
 
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Good spot, I left the wrong SDD in my basket, should have been the Evo;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Acer Predator XG270HUomidpx 27" 2560x1440 TN FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red (UM.HG0EE.001) £299.99
1 x MSI Z170A Gaming Pro - Skylake Core i5 6600K Bundle **20 Saving** £299.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Fractal Design Newton R3 800W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £82.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK8GX4M2B3000C15R) £55.99
1 x Alpenfhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003) £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,307.47 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

 
Not sure which OEM creates the Fractal Design PSU's but would probably change it out for a EVGA/Seasonic/Superflower PSU instead.

Will you be going X-fire in the future? If not you can knock the PSU down to a gold 550w or 750w if X-firing.
 
Hi;

The Graphics card needs a 600W PSU. I looked at the EVGA G2 650w but it's out of stock. The Fractal 800W looked OK and seems well reviewed on the Web.

Any specific models you would recommend?
 
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