Advice for game rig (and photo editing) £700 max

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 10:48

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £299.99

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95

is the 970 worth £50 more to me?
i'm only going to be a moderate gamer' so as long as its upto the task for next couple of years then i'm happy!
still got photo editing in mind ADOBE latest stuff & lightroom etc..

what would you do??

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 11:11

The 290X will do the job you ask of it.

Its as quick as the 970 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1059?vs=1355

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 12:49

can you re-do my basket with the 290X Matrix &

1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99

also add on delivery and build and a total price please Stu!!! ...(i'm rubbish at all this aint i?)

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 12:50

gonna put my own SSD drive in when it gets here, and my Win 7 pro

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:08

can you make the RAM upto 16g ... same make and model (teamgroup)

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:13

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £89.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
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 : £907.81 (includes shipping : ).

This kingston RAM is on offer today only.

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:27

how do i order all this then?

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:30

Are you going to attempt to build it or do you need it built?

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:31

might as well up the HDD to a 2TB (spec me a good one Stu)...

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:32

best it built! .. any problems are covered bu OC then

stulid · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:36

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
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 : £932.81 (includes shipping : ).

So make a thread in the customer services section and ask if they are willing to build this spec and how much to do so.

Show them these parts.

marko999 · 23 Apr 2015 at 13:39

will do!