£1300 build - need ideas please..

colinuk

colinuk

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My old i7 1366 socket has final gone to calculator heaven :( It even took the motherboard with it.

So, looking around for something with more umph. Around £1300 for 30% Potoshopwork - 30% Internet and watching movies, 40% games, nothing too great, D3, wow, MWonline ect.

Just looking for a box, have the mouse, screen and keyboard already. Looking around, looks like i7 with 16 gig ram and a 2 gig Gcard is in order, but which works the best with each other?

Any help would be fantastic.
 
Haswell:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,234.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).


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Or if you wanted to have a hex core still (but with a less powerful graphics card)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K) £407.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (8D) Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95 (£91.90)
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,288.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
 
Probably something like this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K) £407.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (8D) Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95 (£91.90)
Total : £1,291.28 (includes shipping : £13.75).


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If you have a case you can re-use + £50 (or similar) you could upgrade your motherboard to an X79 Deluxe and have integrated Wireless AC/Bluetooth.
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 4930K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail (BX80633I74930K) £407.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £145.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - White £97.99
1 x Enermax ELC240 with 2x T.B.Silence 12cm Fans £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £45.95 (£91.90)
Total : £1,320.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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This with a proper quad channel memory kit would be decent. The bigger water cooler will also be much more capable than a single 120mm AIO.
 
Thanks guys, will do some reading on these parts and see if i can get OCUK to build and ship it to me :)

On 2nd thoughts, where is the fun in someone else building it for me!!
 
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altrewin said:
True, but is it worth the extra £20 over those silly priced Kingston sets?
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It helps should there be a ram issue causing intermittent errors. I recall 8pack explaining why a quad kit is best in an old thread in the memory section. There is a compelling reason why but struggling to remember what it is.
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Silver (CC-9011034-WLED) £115.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
Total : £1,230.71 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
colinuk said:
Has any one built a system with the Corsair ATX cube case? Does the dual case work?
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I have. Really easy to work in and you can just stuff the PSU cables in the second chamber without a care in the world yet the part you do see remains tidy.

Because there are no HDD cages blocking airflow it cools really well.
 
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