Building a new rig; Would appreciate advice!

Ah, thanks!

Doomedspeed said:
Would this be included in your budget or seperate?

Would 1080p suffice or do you want 120hz/1440p? :)
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Included, but can probably push it over a little bit too.

1080p should suffice. And I'm not sure if I'd make use of 120hz, although I could be convinced if it's not excessively more expensive.
 
Hmmmm yummy new case!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games **FREE SHIPPING** £233.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2482HSD 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0KRD) £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99 (£39.98)
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Molex to 4x SATA Adapter 20 cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99
2 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95 (£11.90)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Red £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,502.83 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Okay, taking on board all that advice (and I apologise for sticking with some things, like the case and keyboard, I just really like them, I always feel a bit of a jerk ignoring any advice from helpful people) this, I think is my final list: Unless anyone can think of anything missing, or anything wrong, this is what I plan to go with. I noticed there were multiples of cables, so I'd like to make sure that's all correct too. (I also threw in a new controller)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games **FREE SHIPPING** £233.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £129.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black - Blue Switch £119.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Razer Sabertooth Elite Gaming Controller for Xbox 360 & PC £69.98
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0KRD) £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler £28.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99 (£39.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Molex to 4x SATA Adapter 20 cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99
2 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95 (£11.90)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Red £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,626.37 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
End of the day pc spec (cases and such) are personal prefferance you have a lot of good components now that should last you for quite a while BUT why oh why would you want a controller ! mouse and keyboard all the way !
 
scotsdragon said:
End of the day pc spec (cases and such) are personal prefferance you have a lot of good components now that should last you for quite a while BUT why oh why would you want a controller ! mouse and keyboard all the way !
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Hey, we're PC gamers, why limit ourselves to only one control scheme?
Of course, Mouse and Keyboard all the way for FPS, RTS and what-have-you, but platformers, spectacle fighters, beat 'em ups and 3rd person games that aren't shooters are usually a lot better with a controller. The PC gamer should have options, not limitations. ;)
 
Do you plan on xfire in the future? If so you'll want the 750w model, the 620w will prob be enough if you plan on leaving everything at stock but the 750w will allow for overclocking etc.
 
You don't need thermal paste as some comes preapplied to the CPU cooler, will only need some if you need to take the cooler off again for whatever reason.
 
as said, you don't really need it now, but if you want to buy some, get a non-conductive paste such as IC Diamond 7.

I still use AS5 as I had loads, but when that runs out, I'm getting ICD7 instead.
 
Hyburnate said:
Wow, PC Gamer really don't know much :rolleyes:

No need for i7, AMD GPU would be better, no need for Win7 Ultimate, case is old (personal taste), motherboard is pretty basic not something I'd expect in a 1.1k build, cooler isn't great, RAM isn't the best for a 1k+ build, PSU isn't the best quality and would want something more than 500W for future proof. Do you already have a monitor, SSD and/or hard drives? Let me spec something up.
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so true +1
 
fowler002 said:
You don't need thermal paste as some comes preapplied to the CPU cooler, will only need some if you need to take the cooler off again for whatever reason.
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I won't be using the standard cooler. Thanks though, I'll remember that whenever I build my next budget rig.
 
Zikar said:
I won't be using the standard cooler. Thanks though, I'll remember that whenever I build my next budget rig.
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The CPU cooler you've speced will come with pre-applied tim, all CPU coolers(air or closed loop liquid coolers) come with pre-applied tim not just the one that comes in the box with the CPU. Well if you go 'true' water cooling(I.e not the closed loop ones like the h100 etc) you need tim for the waterblocks(CPU, GPU etc depending on how far you go).
 
Huh... things have changed it seems. Wasn't that way a few year ago was it? Or did I just buy a really budget cooler last time? :P
 
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