A spec check, if you could please.

MoratJG

MoratJG

MoratJG

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Howdy folks,

My gaming rig is really beginning to show it's advanced years so the time has come to buy some new bits. It's been a long time since I was seriously into hardware so I hope this build works. If you could cast your eyes over and offer any advice, I'd appreciate it.

Budget is ~£1000-£1200

TIA

MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Seasonic 660w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply
Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S)
Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black
TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler
 
I'm running a very similar setup (albeit with a 7970 rather than a 280x and OCd the 4670k to 4.2Ghz) and am running everything out at the moment at high/ultra, so would highly recommend!

Are you carrying over your HDD to go with your SSD? 128Gb will be tight if its your only drive
 
You get a free mouse with the motherboard. Same one as in your initial spec.
The psu is cheaper, but still a very good Seasonic one.
Added a 250GB SSD which takes it to £990.



YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £137.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £990.83 (includes shipping : FREE).




You should get free shipping assuming you are mainland UK :)
 
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You could get a slightly cheaper CPU cooler which would do just as well probably - every little helps :)

Maybe a Hyper 212 Evo or such, I've seen a lot of praise about that one, or a Freezer Pro 7 from Arctic Cooling does just fine for me.
 
Thanks for the replies. Seems the SSD needs a buff, so I'll add that Samsung 250GB that Lee recommended. I don't use a lot of disk storage but it seems sensible to add a little headroom.
 
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