Advice on New Build?

[fhoneill]

Having just moved job I find myself in a situation where I'm living in two places across the week. I had considered lifting my current gaming rig and moving it here with me but given that I'm not too short on cash I figured I may as well invest in a second.

Given say £1250-£1300 I was hoping someone might be kind enough to advise what I should spend it on? That budget excludes peripherals etc which I don't mind paying extra for. Also I have no issues building a machine from components so it's simply a case of what I can get for my money.

Any thoughts?

 

[lee32uk]

Will you require an operating system ?
Any preference on case/size ? i.e ATX/mATX etc
Are you going to be overclocking ?

 

[lee32uk]

Here is a rough spec in the meantime. Left the case/cooler out for now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,109.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[fhoneill]

Cheers mate.

I can cover the OS outwith the budget.
No preference on case size.
Yes, likely to overclock if I can.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,297.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Here is a full spec to get you started

I don't know if you have any preference between AMD/Nvidia gpu's. They are currently around the same price for a R9 290 or GTX780.

The case is also personal preference, so you might decide you like something else.

If you intend on going cf/sli in the future then you would need an 850W or so psu.

 

[Fallen god]

Lee's spec is pretty spot on, and a decent green theme too.

 

[mickyflinn]

Mite be worth considering a modular PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 600W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST60F-P) £79.99
1 x Corsair CS650M 650W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020077-UK) £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £79.99

 

[Fallen god]

I would personally go with this, a bit pricy but awesome brand and a bit more power.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
Total : £109.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[lee32uk]

The 540 has loads of room for cable management, so I don't think a non modular psu would be an issue. Plus it's all hidden out of sight anyway. A 650W should be more than enough for a single card setup.