Build advice / bottlenecking (Budget ~1500)

XplosiveHamster

XplosiveHamster

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Wondering if there are any recommended improvements to this build or if any of the components need upgrading/downgrading because of restrictions by the other hardware?

New to the forum and relatively new to custom PCs, so any help and guidance would be very much appreciated :)


Specification

NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White

Stage 1 Intel: Overclock of CPU - 4.2GHz Overclock - Haswell K Edition Processors Only

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

Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler

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

Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X)

Gainward GeForce GTX 770 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD

Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM)

Corsair AX760i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020036-UK)

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-08289)

Networking Not Selected

BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect Blue 30cm

System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM [EXNO-001]

Thanks
 
I wouldn't buy a 4gb 770 as I think its been said on the forums before that its gpu will run out of grunt before using the 4gb of vram have you looked at the 290x or 780ti?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £139.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £115.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £1,511.03 (includes shipping : £20.10).



I put in the 1000w watt psu because if you have a good monitor you can take out t he monitor and get another 290 for crossfire, im sure other will eb along to give you some more builds but as mines shows for 1500 you can get a lot :) as for OS you can get the windows 8 eval free for 3 months :)
 
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If you are open to building yourself you can get better value for money

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15X Dual layer BluRay RW / 16x DVDRW Black - OEM £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £1,485.68 (includes shipping : £19.10).




Do you need 16GB of Ram ? And also a Blu-ray drive ?

If you are just gaming then 8GB is enough.
 
Cheers for the replies and happy new year!, I was aiming for a PC that will run current games on max settings (mostly skyrim, battlefield etc) and breeze through everyday tasks. Will it be possible to get all of this into a mid sized tower rather than a full one? Would your reccomendations still be viable for a smaller tower?

I've never built a computer and don't really want to mess it up if i try myself
 
Happy new year to you as well.

How does this look ?

I don't know if you need a blu-ray writer ? If not then you can just change it back to your original choice.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £84.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Pioneer BDR-208DBK 15X Dual layer BluRay RW / 16x DVDRW Black - OEM £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £1,465.64 (includes shipping : £19.10).




The prices on components change from week to week, so when you are ready to order just make sure that nothing has shot up in price. I don't know how much ocuk charge to build a system, so you might want to get a quote on the above to see how much the overall cost is going to be.
 
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