£700 Gaming Build

Im assuming that is the minimum I should go for that build? I don't mind spending a little more for 600+w but if its not needed and theres decent deals on 550w I may aswell go for that :)

I also seen a XFX PRO550W P1-550S-XXB9 Power Supply (PSU) Core Edition for £47.46. These are apparently made by Seasonic which I was told is one of the most reliable PSU manufacturers.

Is this better than the SuperFlower?
 
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No unfortunatly. I mentioned it but he's not 100% needing one at the moment. He will buy at a later date but standard mechanical hd will do just now.
 
Rowan88 said:
No unfortunatly. I mentioned it but he's not 100% needing one at the moment. He will buy at a later date but standard mechanical hd will do just now.
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you know for just a bit more, you can get a full build including ssd...

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 280X DD Black Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-280X-TDBD) £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £41.98
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Zaward OEM 120mm Golf Ball Fan £2.59
Total : £742.48 (includes shipping : ).

 
Yes but in that build there is some components downgraded to what we were looking at. Im getting my build for £721 w/o SSD. Can always buy one at later point anyway :)

Never though it would be the PSU I was stuck on deciding lol.
 
Not 100% sure mate, would be in next year definetly but hes working to a budget of around £850 and i still have to get a £100 monitor, then keyboard mouse and speakers.

I know SSD's are a lot faster but im still using a mechanical just now and its been working fine since built.

Myself personally will upgrade to a SSD also but like I said because of his budget we would rather spread the amount a SSD would cost over the other parts (GFX, Case, Motherboard etc).
 
+1 to the ssd vote. Loads windows in maybe 3.5 seconds. But if i were you i wouldnt get an msi 280x i think they have a tendency to run quite hot. Well mine does tho ive been happy with its performance so far. And thats without mentioning the buzzing situation and the oil leaking debacle that affected msi cards.
 
fowler002 said:
Any particular reason? If it's due to the noise/heat thing then that is not relevant to the third part coolers.
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Because they are £70-80 more expensive and I am working to a budget.


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+1 to the ssd vote. Loads windows in maybe 3.5 seconds. But if i were you i wouldnt get an msi 280x i think they have a tendency to run quite hot. Well mine does tho ive been happy with its performance so far. And thats without mentioning the buzzing situation and the oil leaking debacle that affected msi cards.
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Its not the MSI 280x im going for its the XFX R9 280X DD Black.
 
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I purchased the computer there. This is what I got:

Phantek Enthoo Pro
MSI Z97-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 ATX DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4690k 3.50GHz Devils Canyon w/ GRID AUTOSPORT
Raijintek Ereboss High Performance CPU Cooler Red
XFX Radeon R9 280X Double Dissipation 3072MB GDDR5 w/ 3 FREE GAMES
Kingston HyperX Fury 1866MHZ Red 8GB (2x 4GB)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA Hard Drive
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550w w/ WATCHDOGS GAME
Samsung LS22C570HS 22" HDMI Monitor w/ WATCHDOGS GAME (again lol).

Got all this for £828....

:)
 
Rowan88 said:
I purchased the computer there. This is what I got:

Phantek Enthoo Pro
MSI Z97-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 ATX DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4690k 3.50GHz Devils Canyon w/ GRID AUTOSPORT
Raijintek Ereboss High Performance CPU Cooler Red
XFX Radeon R9 280X Double Dissipation 3072MB GDDR5 w/ 3 FREE GAMES
Kingston HyperX Fury 1866MHZ Red 8GB (2x 4GB)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA Hard Drive
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550w w/ WATCHDOGS GAME
Samsung LS22C570HS 22" HDMI Monitor w/ WATCHDOGS GAME (again lol).

Got all this for £828....

:)
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not bad :)

i got

Intel Core i5-4690k 3.50GHz Devils Canyon
Asus Z97-K
Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600MHZ 8GB (2x 4GB)
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550w
MSI Gaming R9 280x Twinforce 3 gig
Alpenfohn Brocken CPU Cooler
Crucial 256gb SSD
Midgard ii Xigmatek case
Asus Echelon Headset
Windows 7 Home Premium

for about £650 :)
 
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