£900 Spec Check Please

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It's finally time to upgrade my 6 year old Q6600. I've put together the following spec but as I've been out of the hardware loop for a while I was looking for a little feedback on whether it seems reasonable and if there are any incompatibilities (will the cooler fit in the case and will the ram fit underneath it for instance?).

(I already have an SSD waiting to go in it too)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair CS650M 650W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020077-UK) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Peformance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN3800) £22.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £903.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Looks fairly similar to what I'd spec for myself - forget the wireless card, get a USB one instead. Also the PSU is a bit naff.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £253.54
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £209.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN727N) £5.48
Total : £910.88 (includes shipping : ).





Thermal compound isn't really needed either, you should be able to do fine with the heatsink paste.
Better PSU, sligthly worse case but an SSD slotted in which is pretty much a must these days.
 
frying_pan_cat said:
It's finally time to upgrade my 6 year old Q6600. I've put together the following spec but as I've been out of the hardware loop for a while I was looking for a little feedback on whether it seems reasonable and if there are any incompatibilities (will the cooler fit in the case and will the ram fit underneath it for instance?).

(I already have an SSD waiting to go in it too)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair CS650M 650W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020077-UK) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Peformance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
1 x TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN3800) £22.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £903.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Everything will fit ok. I would suggest a better psu though. Something like the Superflower leadex.


YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
Total : £87.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Hang on I failed, you already have an SSD :)


YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 290 V2 X-Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (VXR9 290 4GBD5-DHX) £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £253.54
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN727N) £5.48
Total : £916.93 (includes shipping : ).




Fitted a 290 into there
 
looks good to me, you can always make little changes here and there that people can debate over, but it would work, put it that way! (i do recommend switching to the superflower psu someone suggested however)
 
lee32uk said:
The Ereboss with the black fan looks nicer imo :cool:
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On its own I think I agree but with the red detailing on the motherboard I think the red one will go well. I didn't even notice that there was a choice of fan colour until you said that either :p

Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely get the superflower PSU if that's the recommended one these days.

Shivy011 said:
forget the wireless card, get a USB one instead
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What's the main difference between a wifi card and a usb adapter? Is it worth going for one of the more expensive ones? I will be using the PC to stream blu rays, so will the faster/dual band ones make a noticeable difference or would it be a waste of money?
 
Any one of these would be decent

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FWK2/8) £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FRK2/8) £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX21C11BGK2/8-OC) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX18C9BRK2/8-OC) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
Total : £445.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Not really, though I'd just go for a 2133/2400Mhz kit because it's not even that much more than a standard 1600Mhz kit these days - those last TeamGroup sticks would be perfect.
 
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