Soldato
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Hi guys, I'm looking to upgrade my machine in the next couple of months and get properly in to AC and iRacing. I was hoping for someone to cast their eye over the below spec and tell me if I've made any howlers.
I've left out a case as I've got an Antec P180 I'm planning to carry over from the current machine, unless the new components won't fit or there will be potential cooling issues...?
My primary concerns are:
- Is the power supply powerful enough?
- Will the 290 cope with eyefinity 1920X1080 in games such as BF4, TitanFall etc. on high settings?
- Do I need a better CPU cooler? I won't be overclocking (at least not initially) but I do want 100% rock solid stability. The last thing I want random locks a couple of hours in to a 3 hour race
- Is it worth cutting back on some components to go for better monitors or are the Iiyama 27s ok?
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
3 x Iiyama Prolite X2783HSU-B1 27" AMVA Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £187.99 (£563.97)
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £87.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £65.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler £47.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £19.99
Total : £1,544.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).
I've left out a case as I've got an Antec P180 I'm planning to carry over from the current machine, unless the new components won't fit or there will be potential cooling issues...?
My primary concerns are:
- Is the power supply powerful enough?
- Will the 290 cope with eyefinity 1920X1080 in games such as BF4, TitanFall etc. on high settings?
- Do I need a better CPU cooler? I won't be overclocking (at least not initially) but I do want 100% rock solid stability. The last thing I want random locks a couple of hours in to a 3 hour race
- Is it worth cutting back on some components to go for better monitors or are the Iiyama 27s ok?
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
3 x Iiyama Prolite X2783HSU-B1 27" AMVA Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £187.99 (£563.97)
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £87.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £65.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler £47.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £19.99
Total : £1,544.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).