Any thoughts on this build?

mountingmuppet

mountingmuppet

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Looking to replace my rig with a prodigy build:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCUII OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCUII OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99

(£149.99)
ASRock H87M-ITX Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard ASRock H87M-ITX Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99


Corsair Builder Series CX 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020015-UK) Corsair Builder Series CX 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020015-UK) £73.99
(£61.66) £73.99

BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
(£58.29) £69.95

GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99



total budget ~ £700
 
Is that all you need? No hard drives or cooler?

Or optical drive..

The 760 is very poor value for money. Considering the 280X is only £40 more.

750w is too much for that rig.. not needed.. You would be better off getting a 500-600W modular PSU.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).




Splash the cash for a Z87 chipset board with WiFi+Bluetooth.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M 'Yin' MATX Cube Case - White/Black £74.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2000GC4G9B-2G) £59.99
Total : £723.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
Doomedspeed said:
Is that all you need? No hard drives or cooler?

Or optical drive..

The 760 is very poor value for money. Considering the 280X is only £40 more.

750w is too much for that rig.. not needed.. You would be better off getting a 500-600W modular PSU.
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Oh bugger.. Forgot I need an ssd as well.


Was gonna go for a samsung 840 256gb - assuming they're still the ssd of choice?

Thanks for the advice guys!

I can probably stretch to £800 to accommodate the ssd actually.


Optical drive: was gonna stick with my current drive. Any benefit of sticking a blu-ray drive in a PC if I'm not gonna watch blu rays on it?
 
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mountingmuppet said:
Also is there any benefit of getting a K processor if I'm not going to overclock?
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Not unless you want to overclock further down the line. Assuming you keep the system for 3 or 4 years (just a guess) its nice to have the option there if you change your mind. :)

Also if you overclock it a bit in a couple of years it will be up to scratch with new systems again. My CPU is 3 years old now (2500K), and sitting at 4.6GHz it's a bit better than the new 4670K :)
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).




Splash the cash for a Z87 chipset board with WiFi+Bluetooth.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M 'Yin' MATX Cube Case - White/Black £74.95
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2000GC4G9B-2G) £59.99
Total : £723.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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Thanks for taking the time to put that together stulid!

I have a couple of questions:

Is the 7950 3gb a better card than the 760- I saw a 7950 3gb removed. today so assumed it was an inferior card...

I'm a bit out of the loop my last card was a 5770...
 
160mm modular should be fine;)

http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/prodigy#support

Q: What is the maximum PSU depth on Prodigy?
PSU Cage total depth: 180mm
Recommended PSU depth: 150mm
Maximum PSU Depth:160mm.
Maximum Fully Modular PSU Depth: 160mm
Maximum Semi-Modular PSU Depth: 160mm
*Route Cables through holes with direct paths to connectors prior to inserting power supply unit.
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