Advice/ Feedback on a gaming pc spec

[ross1204]

Hello,

Just looking for some feedback on a spec I have put together.

I have a budget of around £800 and am looking for a PC that can play the latest games (1080p) as well as some Photoshop use.

I haven't built a PC in awhile so just looking for some opinions as to whether this is a decent spec or not.


**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor

**CPU Cooler** | [Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

**Storage** | [Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk

**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

**Video Card** | [MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card

**Case** | [Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Gaming Case

**Power Supply** | [Seasonic M1211-620 EVO Edition 620W Power Supply


Thanks

Ross

 

[Fulax]

Looks like a sensible spec. A couple of things:

It won't make a huge difference to performance, but you can get faster (and cheaper) RAM than the Corsair stuff. Either the Kingston HyperX kit on offer this weekend or one of TeamGroup's kits.

The MSI Gaming series GPUs have been having problems with their fans lately (oil leaking and whatnot), so unless you're getting it on the cheap (like, close to £200) I would avoid them.

And a gold rated PSU. Spending a bit extra on a good 650w unit should have you covered for Crossfire.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £49.99
Total : £405.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[ross1204]

Looks like a sensible spec. A couple of things:

It won't make a huge difference to performance, but you can get faster (and cheaper) RAM than the Corsair stuff. Either the Kingston HyperX kit on offer this weekend or one of TeamGroup's kits.

The MSI Gaming series GPUs have been having problems with their fans lately (oil leaking and whatnot), so unless you're getting it on the cheap (like, close to £200) I would avoid them.

And a gold rated PSU. Spending a bit extra on a good 650w unit should have you covered for Crossfire.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £49.99
Total : £405.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks for the reply.

I will definitely get the faster performing ram seems crazy not to at that price.

So is the general consensus to stay away from the MSI Radeon R9 280X now then? Think its priced around £220.

Also is the PSU I selected still good? only reason I ask is would prefer a semi-modular setup.

Ross

 

[Fulax]

For the extra £20 I'd go for the ASUS model for the peace of mind if nothing else.

Nothing wrong with the PSU you selected if you want (semi) modular.

 

[tamzzy]

my 2p on your budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £49.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £847.45 (includes shipping : £8.00).



better cooler, better ram and added an optical drive just in case you need one and forgot to spec it.
dropped the case to something cheaper (but still very decent and comes with 5 fans!)
dropped the psu to 500w full modular (the mobo you specced does not support sli/xfire, so there's no need to go overboard with the psu