£1400 Gaming Computer - Thoughts?

Mark719 · 14 Jun 2013 at 14:36

Hey, been thinking about getting this as my first proper gaming computer, any suggestions or thoughts on it?

Case
ZALMAN Z11 PLUS BLACK MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 LE: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

Processor Cooling
INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011

Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Not sure about this, thoughts on windows 8?

Total Cost = £1,393.00

subbytna · 14 Jun 2013 at 14:42

Don't you need quad channel RAM kit? I may be wrong...

If you are getting a decent kit then get a better cooler.

snips86x · 14 Jun 2013 at 14:48

subbytna said:
Don't you need quad channel RAM kit? I may be wrong...

If you are getting a decent kit then get a better cooler.

If you have 2 dual kits, it would be the same.

Kaapstad · 14 Jun 2013 at 14:55

If this is for gaming an i7 4770k CPU and socket 1150 Z87 mobo would be better.

stulid · 14 Jun 2013 at 15:12

YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler ( LGA 1150 / 1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £97.58
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £63.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £51.95
Total : £1,406.89 (includes shipping : £13.75).

snips86x · 14 Jun 2013 at 15:38

stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler ( LGA 1150 / 1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £97.58
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £63.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £51.95
Total : £1,406.89 (includes shipping : £13.75).

That's a great build, but that RAM is ugly as sin!! Preference would be one of these:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G213C1K) £69.95
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £67.99
Total : £146.64 (includes shipping : £7.25).

Icet · 14 Jun 2013 at 15:48

Bit confused why you guys are speccing a £1.4k system with a GTX 670.

Pre built with an i7 and a GTX 780 for under that - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-362-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2602

stulid · 14 Jun 2013 at 15:51

Icet said:
Bit confused why you guys are speccing a £1.4k system with a GTX 670.

Pre built with an i7 and a GTX 780 for under that - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-362-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2602

Its two GTX670's in SLI.

Icet · 14 Jun 2013 at 16:00

stulid said:
Its two GTX670's in SLI.

Doh!

I might consider that for myself then.

JCX50 · 14 Jun 2013 at 18:20

I have never liked that case tbh. I think this setup will look really nice with this case, its just a suggestion:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-066-CS&groupid=2362&catid=2277

Mark719 · 17 Jun 2013 at 20:20

I have used the Overclockers website to configure my own now, and got this, thoughts?

- Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
- Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020041-UK)
- OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
- Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW)
- KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ)
- Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (meax-059) - Blue Light
- Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
- Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2)
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM with FREE Grid 2 PC Game
- NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black

Total = £1,373