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I have an itch... a painful itch... to upgrade.
Moving swiftly on, I'm planning on donating my 3 year old rig to my dad for money soon so I'm thinking about a new replacement. I've put a build idea below though to be honest the only component I'm actually set on is the case: Fractal R4 because I like it (though couldn't find on the website?). Beyond that... I have no idea. Any alternative components are welcomed. I quite fancy building a colour coded PC this time round, you know right before I put it under my desk and don't look at it again for ages.
The £1400 is for just the tower itself plus OS. It will be used for gaming but I'm also looking to use it for storage of a lot of media. My question is... what would my options be when it comes to setting up the harddrives? Could I just hook up the two harddrives I'm looking to buy, and add more in the future if and when I want to?
Hope this post makes sense and thank you in advance for any help.
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020042-UK) £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £75.35
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G186C9KRD) £65.99
Total : £1,344.12 (includes shipping : £16.60).

Moving swiftly on, I'm planning on donating my 3 year old rig to my dad for money soon so I'm thinking about a new replacement. I've put a build idea below though to be honest the only component I'm actually set on is the case: Fractal R4 because I like it (though couldn't find on the website?). Beyond that... I have no idea. Any alternative components are welcomed. I quite fancy building a colour coded PC this time round, you know right before I put it under my desk and don't look at it again for ages.
The £1400 is for just the tower itself plus OS. It will be used for gaming but I'm also looking to use it for storage of a lot of media. My question is... what would my options be when it comes to setting up the harddrives? Could I just hook up the two harddrives I'm looking to buy, and add more in the future if and when I want to?
Hope this post makes sense and thank you in advance for any help.
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £161.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020042-UK) £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £75.35
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G186C9KRD) £65.99
Total : £1,344.12 (includes shipping : £16.60).








