New build for a friend.

[new numa hey]

I've been out of the loop for a while (again).

He needs the standard £700ish gaming rig. Nothing too hardcore.

I'll put in a reasonably good after market cooler later on.
Hes still deciding a case so thats not in the build.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £167.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8)= £35.99
• 1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0600-K3)= £33.95
• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard= £89.99

Total: £709.99
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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I don't know how good EVGA PSU's are, I was first looking at super flower.
The CPU and SSD seem fine.

However I'm not sure on the motherboard pricing. I only picked it because I have really good experience with Asus software. Also I heard AMD GPUs have improved a lot. So what is the AMD equivalent to the 970?

Thank you.

 

[stulid]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving**= £245.98
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £68.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8)= £35.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA100)= £32.39
• 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £52.99

Total: £696.33
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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Bundle deal on cpu+board.

Cheapest HDD.

The gold rated PSU is on offer.

The rest i left as its fine.

 

[bioshockeruk]

This is yet another great build from stulid +1

 

[new numa hey]

Thanks stulid. I forgot to check the bundle section!

Super flower are still solid then I guess and I'm not a big fan of Toshiba hard drives even though the warranty is the same.

However you would still stick with the 970 right?

 

[stulid]

Sure 970 or 8Gb 390, take your pick as the PSU is still fine for either, you get a free game with Nvidia also.

 

[new numa hey]

Well now the case has been confirmed and the Asus GC price went back to normal.

This is pretty much the final build.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99
• 1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £52.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8)= £35.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving**= £245.98
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011052-WW)= £44.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £18.95
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £24.95
• 1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £14.99

Total: £764.02
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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The 212 from my experience has been the most solid air CPU cooler in terms of price.
The network card chosen has several 5 star reviews, so I'm going with that.
And he doesn't really need an SSD.

Any changes Stulid or anyone else?

 

[stulid]

Case takes 157mm coolers, the coolermaster is 159mm

 

[new numa hey]

Dang that is true, some have said on other sites that it fits without forcing it and some have said there is no chance unless you want to force it real hard.

Its the same scenario with my old case but that was like a 10mm difference.

The review on the Overclockers site says that he put in a Phanteks PH-TC14PE but was a tight squeeze and thats 171mm with the fans. (I think)

Worth taking the risk?

 

[stulid]

I can only provide the info Corsair says on their website, cant imagine them getting it wrong.

This is 157mm - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-themis-black-heatpipe-cpu-cooler-pwm-120mm-hs-015-rt.html

 

[new numa hey]

If not, I'll go with this.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £24.95

Total: £33.65
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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[new numa hey]

I can only provide the info Corsair says on their website, cant imagine them getting it wrong.

This is 157mm - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raijintek-themis-black-heatpipe-cpu-cooler-pwm-120mm-hs-015-rt.html

It's not them being wrong. Tons of manufacturers state a slightly lower height for the CPU coolers and even cases just to be on the safe side.

I guess I should as well and go with the shorter CPU cooler.

 

[Iron-man]

Dang that is true, some have said on other sites that it fits without forcing it and some have said there is no chance unless you want to force it real hard.

Its the same scenario with my old case but that was like a 10mm difference.

The review on the Overclockers site says that he put in a Phanteks PH-TC14PE but was a tight squeeze and thats 171mm with the fans. (I think)

Worth taking the risk?

Probably not worth the risk unless your not bothered about it stopping the build while you await an RMA and new cooler delivery.

 

[new numa hey]

Probably not worth the risk unless your not bothered about it stopping the build while you await an RMA and new cooler delivery.

Exactly.

Thanks all for the help!