£750 gaming PC

WhyMoyes

WhyMoyes

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £84.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £51.95
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case 3.0 USB - White £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £801.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Opinions on this build?

Thanks
 
stulid said:
Rigged might be a strong term, more like they use whatever they can get their hands on and now use the cheapest.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand
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So i either swap to another model like the one you offered or i can drop it altogether and stick with a standard HDD.

Are Hybrids worth it over all, i know it will never beat an SSD but it can be faster than a standard HDD but not by much really, just keeping some options open.

Thanks
 
Not convinced by hybrids, tried one, felt the same as a regular HDD, my thinking is save money and get a regular HDD or get a true SSD.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £84.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case 3.0 USB - White £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £796.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Swapped the SSD but may get rid of it altogether, undecided.

How is the rest of the build?
 
Its fine apart from there are cheaper DVD writers in stock.

Pity to add a black drive to that case at all? can you not install from a USB stick or external drive?
 
Never thought of the colour and the black writer.

I could get the black case i suppose. I more or less want a decent sized case with enough room for upgrades but also for cooling fans and decent airflow so keep everything cool.

TBH i'm not looking to build it, i think i may ask OCUK to put it together since they do have that service.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £72.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £41.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £812.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).



my 2p:
better case imo, with more fans, has an inbuilt fan controller and temp sensor as well
cheaper optical drive
250gb ssd (rather than a 128gb ssd - 128gb is so 2013)
better heatsink
win 8 rather than win 7 - cheaper and newer
all for £20 more
 
That is a nice case and with it being black won't mess up any colour scheme either. But i went for the Z9 Plus since it comes with a window and 2 more fan spaces.

Cheaper optical drive, nice.

Windows 8 i dunno about that, i am a fan of windows 7 but 8.1 gave the start button back at least but i do see your point.

Heatsink nice.

That HDD has terrible reviews and with an SSD i am not sure if i would get one, on the fence atm giving it some thought because while it is good for the OS i may not stick any games on it so it may go to waste.

New list.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £788.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
no. don't get the z9 plus. that's the older model without the usb 3 front headers, also the side panel on the z9 plus is fugly compared to the z9u3

also, why a 128gb ssd rather than a 250gb ssd?
128gb is barely the minimum these days, and to see the best results for ssd, you'd want to put the operating system and programmes on the ssd, rather than just the os on the ssd
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £51.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £41.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £785.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Replaced the case

Hm i may stick with the standard HDD then, i may not even really have a use for the SSD.
 
how much drive space do you need, if anything, i'd say ditch the hdd and get a larger ssd.
once you go ssd, you'll wonder how you've coped with a mechanical drive for so long ;p it really is that amazing
 
If anything i'm using around 500GB atm, not really a lot.

Possibly could drop the standard HDD and go to SSD really and just use my current HDD in this PC and put it in the next one.
 
stulid said:
The Zalman Z9 is old hat these days, I'm sure I can find something else thats better.
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it's old, but bang-for-buck wise, it's still right up there with the best of them.
which other case, for £45, gives 3 fans, fan controller, windowed side panel, blue lighted interior (and a temp sensor - gimmicky i know)

granted the z9 can't take a 240mm aio rad up on top, but not everyone uses that
 
tamzzy said:
it's old, but bang-for-buck wise, it's still right up there with the best of them.
which other case, for £45, gives 3 fans, fan controller, windowed side panel, blue lighted interior (and a temp sensor - gimmicky i know)

granted the z9 can't take a 240mm aio rad up on top, but not everyone uses that
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Its old and I have already given two better and newer case designs above:)
 
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