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Indie

Indie

Indie

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Hi Guys,

Decided to build a new PC for home. will be used mainly for gaming. SC2, Witcher, dota 2, WoW... most likely among others. I've got a few bits I can salvage from another PC

Bits I can salvage from old media PC:
Intel 330 Series 60GB SSD
1TB HDD
TeamGroup Elite 8GB DDR3 PC312800C11 1600MHz (2x4)

With that in mind... I've come up with this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Red £161.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £49.99
1 x Antec GX500 Midi-Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £550.43 (includes shipping : £17.10 Ex.VAT).




Could anybody offer any advice/better options? I've not been keeping upto date with the latest hardware for a good year or so now...

Ideally I'd want to keep it to around £500-550. lower the better!

Cheers,
Indie
 
You're on the ball with your options. I would suggest that a 60GB SSD is too small and might warrant an upgrade, even if you have a dedicated storage drive (just partition the excess space on a larger SSD). The 1TB hard drive has only so many years it can work. If it's more than 4 years old, I'd suggest a new one to at least back-up data or use instead, since most HDDs last up to 5 years. Though newer models are built better and can have longer warranties, WD is known for good long warranties.
 
 
There is the Z97P-D3 board which is a little cheaper than the SLI board, and if you won't be using SLI in the future and don't have a massive need for the better sound and such, could save you a decent chunk of money
 
Shivy011 said:
There is the Z97P-D3 board which is a little cheaper than the SLI board, and if you won't be using SLI in the future and don't have a massive need for the better sound and such, could save you a decent chunk of money
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Only problem is I doubt it will be as good for overclocking. OP is looking to get a k chip either now or in the future, so along with a good CPU cooler he should be set for some decent overclocking :)
 
Possibly, but people such as pastymuncher got 4.4G on his B85 board/4670k so it can't be that bad as it'll likely be better for OC'ing than B85 :) May be wrong though
 
That's all fair and well and I am sure he has achieved that but the point of a better motherboard is they will have better power phases, meaning they will put under less pressure which will of course be better in the long run.
 
dacads said:
Only problem is I doubt it will be as good for overclocking. OP is looking to get a k chip either now or in the future, so along with a good CPU cooler he should be set for some decent overclocking :)
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Stick to the SLI board bundle;)
 
dacads said:
That's all fair and well and I am sure he has achieved that but the point of a better motherboard is they will have better power phases, meaning they will put under less pressure which will of course be better in the long run.
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Fair enough :)
 
Thanks for the options guys.

Any chance you could recommend a decent cooler? relatively cheapish....

Also, will the salvaged memory be okay? I remember it being quite cheap, but I think that may have been all the factories burnt down!

SSD Will probs be the first thing I upgrade, Only really using it to keep the costs right down atm, as budget is quite tight.
 
Something happened to the factories, a natural disaster I think but the prices are finally coming down to what they were 5 years ago :p

Most of the cheap coolers seem to be out of stock but this will do when in stock

YOUR BASKET
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £25.97 (includes shipping : £4.98 Ex.VAT).



At 157mm tall will just fit into the case you're going with which allows 158mm coolers ;)
 
stulid said:
Microsoft.

But with a dollar sign to represent the price premium.
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Ahaa, like it :)

Its got W7 on it at the moment with quite a bit of space.. I'll upgrade it later. I'm gutted i missed out on the Samsung SSD on the "today Only" sale. would have snapped that up!
 
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