build idea help

[TheNexusPanda]

Hey guys I'm about to sell my macbook pro retina (dont judge me I know it was a bad choice) so I will have about £1200-£1400 to play with and am going to build my own beast of a gaming desktop along with enough power for 3d graphic design and software dev

My plan so far:

Processor - Intel i7 4770k
Ram - 16gb 2400mhz corsair
Motherboard - Asus maximus hero
Graphics card - saphire amd 290x
PSU - 750w corsair
Cpu Cooling - corsair h100i
Case - aerocool x-predator devil red
Ssd - 64gb sandisk 6gb/s
HDD - 2TB 7200rpm

I was looking to use 'intel cache acceleration' on the 64gb ssd to speed up the hdd and then add a 120gb ssd if needed

does anyone have any experience of using the above?

Roughly £1300

Anyone got any suggestions or advice before I spend this much

 

[edamthgrate]

I think it looks good but I think using a 120gb ssd as a boot drive then using smart response
with the 64gb and hdd. I wouldn't chose that case but that's just me.

 

[TheNexusPanda]

what case would you pick??

 

[Fulax]

The 290X is not generally considered worth the premium over the 290. If you can buy it before the offer expires (Wednesday morning), the MSI 290 Gaming is a bargain at £350.

what case would you pick??

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-157-CS&groupid=2362&catid=1489

Or a bit cheaper: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-129-BX

 

[Fallen god]

My money would be on something like this, much cheaper Mobo, no point spending so much with your current build, adding in green ram to give it a nice theme. Awesome case with so much space to work with, Gigabyte GPU has an awesome cooler, comes in all black and they offer great RMA. Better PSU and bigger SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £369.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £339.94
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIG) - Green Light £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,243.88 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIR) - Red Light £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £139.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,366.33 (includes shipping : £17.10).

 

[Danny75]

Hey guys I'm about to sell my macbook pro retina (dont judge me I know it was a bad choice) so I will have about £1200-£1400 to play with

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £369.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIR) - Red Light £149.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 630 High Performance Modular Ultra Tower Case - Gun Metal £145.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x NZXT FZ-140 Airflow Fan Series, Red LED - 140mm £12.98
Total : £1,421.93 (includes shipping : £20.10).



If you want to store games on the SSD, you really need the 250GB version instead. If loading times from HDD don't bother you, then no problem.

 

[fowler002]

It's out of stock currently(gibbon said it should come back in stock middle of next week) but the best 290(non x) is currently the sapphire tri-x(well until the msi lightning model is released, no idea when it is tho), the next best is the msi gaming edition.