Another build please guys

dunn2010

dunn2010

dunn2010

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Hey all,

going to build another rig, this ones £700 , used for gaming only, No OS needed, and no monitor

no parts can be used from old rig, just full fresh build tower only

little bit if wiggle room if its worth it by £20 or so

i have a build ready but would prefer some suggestions as you guys always have better ideas than me (and know far more than me :D)

cheers
 
Need a keyboard/mouse? Here's a start;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £736.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Downgrade the case to be just in budget.
 
Thanks for suggestion , should have mentioned he wont be overclocking and SSD is not needed on this one, would prefer a better gfx card than faster loading times,

can invest in SSD later on if needed.

Is that PSU modular? I can't see it on the specification, if so seems pretty decent.
 
Non modular but the modular equivalent in internal spec with 100w more is this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

I personally feel its worth £20 more but thats because i am terrible at tidying cables.

Would definitely splash on GPU and go for SSD another day. The 280x tri-x is on offer and would be my first choice if you can stretch to include it by choosing a non k chip and appropriately cheaper motherboard.

*Edit* the tri-x 280x is called the toxic
 
Build i choose, any suggestions? (mainly on PSU i could push him a bit further for an better PSU)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £53.99
1 x Akasa Cobra Power 650W Modular Power Supply PSU £49.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £718.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Nope it's not modular, I can spec one if needed? Here's a revised spec with a better GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC Rev2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Black PCB** £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £718.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I'd still keep the overclockable CPU for future use. It's really easy to overclock with Gigabyte EasyTune, just hit a button and done, even if it overdoes the Vcore.

That's the best CPU you can get for the budget anyhow, so I'd stick with it if I were you/your friend - entirely your guys's choice though!

dunn2010 said:
Build i choose, any suggestions? (mainly on PSU i could push him a bit further for an better PSU)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £53.99
1 x Akasa Cobra Power 650W Modular Power Supply PSU £49.99
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £718.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Z87 board but no K processor? :(
 
I'd prefer the Non K . the OEM only has a 1 year warranty (even though i know CPU's are reliable i would prefer to get him the 3 years) and the non K auto clocks to 3.8 , can't see why he would ever want to go above this, he will never dual cards.

I've also just thought i have an optical drive he can have to so can scrap that from the price also.

Can't believe i didn't see that Gigabyte card earlier nice one! seems like very good price
 
@ Avenged going to see if i can find a build to squeeze that toxic card in cos it seems to good to miss up on :D

Keep the suggestions coming without that graphics card though as it seems a tad unrealistic a good build will fit it sub 700 quid
 
Okay here's something trying to squeeze that toxic in with one of the best H87 ATX boards - dropped the case down though

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Toxic OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x MSI H87-G43 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £55.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3-Plus Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £719.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
 
Should do yeah, not sure about the B85 board though - B85 is the chipset with like minimal features, I believe people reference it as the business chipset
 
TBH you hardly save anything on the b85 and you could go for a chipset with more features without bursting the budget.

Figured if no one is overclocking, motherboard features can be minimal.
 
 
lee32uk said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £235.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Zalman Z3 Midi-Tower - Black £34.99
Total : £703.93 (includes shipping : FREE).




You might as well have the option to overclock. The motherboard also comes with a free cooler.
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