£750 gaming PC

Many of the popular cards on the market that have sold in big numbers (Powercolor PCS, 290 Vapor-X and the Tri-X, the GTX970 windforce and Gaming G1) are all over 290mm.
 
stulid said:
You can get external USB dvd drives and plug it when you use it.
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It is an option.

tamzzy said:
the door can open, but it can't be removed
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Not a fan of the door.

stulid said:
Many of the popular cards on the market that have sold in big numbers (Powercolor PCS, 290 Vapor-X and the Tri-X, the GTX970 windforce and Gaming G1) are all over 290mm.
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Point taken.


While it would be nice to have a good looking case overall it has to be function over looks, i can get LED case fans and most likely whack them on it.

If anything decent amount of fans for cooling and enough space to upgrade stuff.
 
stulid said:
Many of the popular cards on the market that have sold in big numbers (Powercolor PCS, 290 Vapor-X and the Tri-X, the GTX970 windforce and Gaming G1) are all over 290mm.
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Many of the popular cards on the markets that have sold in big numbers (Asus, MSI, EVGA, Galax/KFA2 non-HOF editions) are all less than 290mm...

...but you knew that already
 
Why limit yourself to a 290mm max case:p

The point I made is that you cant rely on GFX cards being under 290mm, many of the popular ones are over this.
 
stulid said:
Why limit yourself to a 290mm max case:p

The point I made is that you cant rely on GFX cards being under 290mm, many of the popular ones are over this.
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i agree, however, there are cards under 290mm, and at the price range OP is aiming at for the pc case, there has to be trade offs
and IMO, the 290mm gpu limit is a good trade off compared to what he'd gain by getting the z9
and i've also pointed out equally popular cards that are sub-290mm

of course you have your list of trade offs and you feel that the 290mm limit is something you shouldn't compromise on, hence you listed the cases you feel are superior

at the end of the day, it's OP's decision on what trade offs he feels happy with ;p
 
There doesnt have to be tradeoffs, I have already listed two case at the same price that do not compromise on GFX support like Z9 does.

There could be that one GFX card released in the future that has that great price compared to others in the range. The PCS cooler, Gigabyte Windforce X3, even the XFX DD was over 290mm and sold in massive numbers.

So the OP sees this card, great price, looks nice but oh wait its 2mm or greater too long to fit in his case.
 
tamzzy said:
get the dremel out ;p

does OP not want a window too?
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Optional, not too fussed, can take it or leave it.

As i said before, While it would be nice to have a good looking case overall it has to be function over looks, i can get LED case fans and most likely whack them on it.

If anything decent amount of fans for cooling and enough space to upgrade stuff.
 
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 Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Black (CC-9011042-WW) £57.95
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 Cooler Master Seidon 120V Ver. 2 AIO CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £804.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).



there. black case, windowed, red led fans, 3 fans
aio watercooling to make the build look tidy through the window =)
 
tamzzy said:
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 Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Black (CC-9011042-WW) £57.95
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 Cooler Master Seidon 120V Ver. 2 AIO CPU Cooler £39.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £804.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).



there. black case, windowed, red led fans, 3 fans
aio watercooling to make the build look tidy through the window =)
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No way

I am not touching water with electronics, never.

Function over looks with the case, gimmie fans and space and it works really.
 
fair enough ;p

just change the cooler to the thermis
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 Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Black (CC-9011042-WW) £57.95
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 Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £784.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).



the case doesn't have the 290mm gpu limit of the z9
everything else is basically the same
the 230t has no manual fan controller, but you can control the fans via the motherboard settings
 
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 Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
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 : £766.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Went for the Antec case due to fan controls.

Swapped both HDD/SSD for the 250GB SSD since i do have a 1.5TB HDD that i can reuse.

Other than that i think this could be the finished build.
 
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