Are these components compatible with each other?

[RetroVertigo]

Hello,

I'm going to be buying and building my first gaming PC in the summer (by which time I should have the money to do it) and I've chosen the components that I would like to buy.

I've checked the specifications of all of the components myself and I believe they are compatible with each other, but I would like an experienced PC builder to double check the components just to make sure.

Also, can I get people's general opinions on the components that I've chosen please? I just want to know if I've made good choices with the components.

These are the components that I've chosen:

MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

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

Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK)

Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD

Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler

Cooler Master 120mm Jetflo FAN 1600RPM

Cooler Master 200mm MEGA Flow FAN - Red


Thanks!

 

[stulid]

Hi.

That all looks compatible, but what is the budget? as I maybe able to conjour up something great.

 

[Idleman]

What I would get.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £848.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Your spec, with ram included.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £143.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £79.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £23.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Cooler Master 120mm Jetflo FAN 1600RPM - Red £11.99
1 x Cooler Master 200mm MEGA Flow FAN - Red £9.98
Total : £851.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).



http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1041

You could add an ssd if funds permit. Also, bear in mind prices and offers will change between now and the summer.

 

[lee32uk]

I would ask for a spec in Summer as prices/components will change a lot between now and then.

 

[RetroVertigo]

Hi.

That all looks compatible, but what is the budget? as I maybe able to conjour up something great.

Hello,

Thanks for responding so quickly. Ok, thank you for confirming the compatibility of my components. My budget is about £800. I've also just noticed that I forgot to choose the RAM haha!

 

[ShivP]

What I would get.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £848.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).




You could add an ssd if funds permit. Also, bear in mind prices and offers will change between now and the summer.

^^ That with a 760 would be perfectly in budget

 

[stulid]

Hello,

Thanks for responding so quickly. Ok, thank you for confirming the compatibility of my components. My budget is about £800. I've also just noticed that I forgot to choose the RAM haha!

Then for £800 I would be doing something like this,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £775.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[RetroVertigo]

What I would get.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler £39.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £848.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Your spec, with ram included.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £143.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £79.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £23.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Cooler Master 120mm Jetflo FAN 1600RPM - Red £11.99
1 x Cooler Master 200mm MEGA Flow FAN - Red £9.98
Total : £851.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).



http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1038?vs=1041

You could add an ssd if funds permit. Also, bear in mind prices and offers will change between now and the summer.

Hello,

Thanks for replying so quickly.

Thanks for recommending those components to me.

So do you think the extra fans from my specification won't be necessary from keeping the system from getting too hot?

 

[RetroVertigo]

I would ask for a spec in Summer as prices/components will change a lot between now and then.

Hi,

Yeah I've been told by a friend of mine that the prices/components on OC will change by the summer.

Thanks!

 

[RetroVertigo]

Then for £800 I would be doing something like this,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £17.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £775.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).

I've been told that more cores in a CPU isn't always better or is that incorrect?

 

[stulid]

I've been told that more cores in a CPU isn't always better or is that incorrect?

Depends on the game/application.

If a game is older and programmed for dual core chips then outright speed matters.

Modern titles like BF4 show good gains with the eight core FX chips vs quad core haswell.

 

[RetroVertigo]

Depends on the game/application.

If a game is older and programmed for dual core chips then outright speed matters.

Modern titles like BF4 show good gains with the eight core FX chips vs quad core haswell.

Ah I see, thanks.

 

[ShivP]

I'd still go for an Intel build (personal preference though) at £800, it's within budget and in most games you won't see much of a difference except games starting to use 6-8 threads/cores, however in single thread applications the Intel CPU's just storm ahead. Your choice though

 

[RetroVertigo]

I'd still go for an Intel build (personal preference though) at £800, it's within budget and in most games you won't see much of a difference except games starting to use 6-8 threads/cores, however in single thread applications the Intel CPU's just storm ahead. Your choice though

Ok thanks for the advice.

 

[stulid]

Better value for money with AMD, (SSD including in the spec for well under £800).

 

[ShivP]

Definitely better price/performance ratio with AMD (especially the 8320), great CPU's but for £800 I'd still stick with Intel (totally personal though!)

 

[RetroVertigo]

Ok thanks guys for your advice, it's very much appreciated.

I think I'm going to take stulid's advice and go with the AMD build that you recommended to me earlier on in the thread.

I've just got one question though, would this system need a couple of extra fans to keep it from overheating or would the system be ok without them? I'm just a little worried about it getting too hot that's all haha!

 

[stulid]

The case comes with two fans, no need for more I reckon.

 

[RetroVertigo]

Ok thanks.