Can you improve and make this build cheaper

[ThePoundDollar]

1.65V RAM is fine, all performance RAM is rated at that sort of voltage and Haswell will see a benefit from the increased speed.

the V300 uses cheaper NAND and performance suffers.

Could I use this ps cause there's an offer on it today NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

 

[stulid]

Yes you can.

 

[ThePoundDollar]

Yes you can.

Damn! Any idea when you'll be getting stock back in for the VTX3D Radeon? I was literally about to purchase everything.

 

[stulid]

You need to ask in customer services dude.

 

[ThePoundDollar]

You need to ask in customer services dude.

Can you link me the page cause couldn't find it last time I was looking. Unless there isn't a page.

NEVER MIND, Found it

 

[ThePoundDollar]

You need to ask in customer services dude.

Okay well I might as well ask a few questions while I wait for an answer from customer services haha. This ones about the case. I know that I said I wanted a window, but I've been having a look at some reviews of the ronin, and a few are saying cooling is a problem. The fans don't bring as much air in as needed and since the case is relatively small compared to others, heats up fast which causes the fans to be louder. What do you reckon? Should I go for another case? I'm not too bothered about a window if it means cooling will be fine.

 

[stulid]

The ronin should be ok, it has open holes at the front for airflow and you are not putting too much inside that gets hot.

If you want me to find an alternative then just ask

 

[ThePoundDollar]

The ronin should be ok, it has open holes at the front for airflow and you are not putting too much inside that gets hot.

If you want me to find an alternative then just ask

So you think I'm best just sticking with the ronin? BTW managed to find the Radeon on different website for same price so might as well get it

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - Gun Metal £79.99
1 x Cooler Master 690 III Advanced Midi-Tower - Window Pure Black £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £59.99
Total : £312.84 (includes shipping : £19.10).




Pick a case you like.

 

[ThePoundDollar]

YOUR BASKET
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - Gun Metal £79.99
1 x Cooler Master 690 III Advanced Midi-Tower - Window Pure Black £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £59.99
Total : £312.84 (includes shipping : £19.10).




Pick a case you like.

Thanks for giving me such an easy choice haha. I like all them except the Corsair 300R. Whatever you think is the best bang for your buck (can't believe I actually just said that)

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - Gun Metal £79.99
1 x Cooler Master 690 III Advanced Midi-Tower - Window Pure Black £79.99
1 x Zalman MS800 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
Total : £332.84 (includes shipping : £19.10).




You need to pick one as you have to live with it, although the Zalman looks like it has a big range of features for its money.

Check out written and video reviews for them.

 

[stulid]

DVD writer prices have changed since yesterday,

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x Zalman MS800 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K30 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000043-UK) £32.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,075.36 (includes shipping : £25.45).

 

[ThePoundDollar]

YOUR BASKET
1 x CM Storm Scout II Advanced Gaming Case - Gun Metal £79.99
1 x Cooler Master 690 III Advanced Midi-Tower - Window Pure Black £79.99
1 x Zalman MS800 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
Total : £332.84 (includes shipping : £19.10).




You need to pick one as you have to live with it, although the Zalman looks like it has a big range of features for its money.

Check out written and video reviews for them.

Did some research on these and here's my thoughts:

Coolermaster Storm Scout 2: Only concern with this case is the fact is only has one fan, and that's an exhaust fan.
Coolermaster 690 III Advanced: This seems to be a great contender for me.
Zalman MS800 plus: Looks to be a great contender too, one negative was that cable management is a bit tight.

So by the sounds of it the 690 III is the best. Your thoughts?

 

[stulid]

I kind of like the zalman, has lots of fans fitted and some clever little features.

 

[ThePoundDollar]

I kind of like the zalman, has lots of fans fitted and some clever little features.

I'd go for the zalman if it had better cable management. I mean compared to the CM, there's next to no room left on the back panel. Yup I'll go with the coolermaster

 

[ThePoundDollar]

DVD writer prices have changed since yesterday,

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x Zalman MS800 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K30 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000043-UK) £32.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,075.36 (includes shipping : £25.45).

Well today's the day so I'm gonna finish a few things. Firstly I need to question the graphics card again. I'm looking at the VTX3D one and I'm just a bit skeptical about it. I can't find any reviews of the 280X thats been manufactured by them. I can find ones from MSI and the likes but this company just seems like a ghost. Any reason?

 

[stulid]

Thats true but if you are buy from a good company then you will excellent support should something go wrong and you need to return it.

If you are worried then grab one of the Powercolor cards, the 280 non-X is on offer today, its based on a 7950 chip.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Total : £411.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[ThePoundDollar]

Thats true but if you are buy from a good company then you will excellent support should something go wrong and you need to return it.

If you are worried then grab one of the Powercolor cards, the 280 non-X is on offer today, its based on a 7950 chip.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Total : £411.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Yeh that's what I'm saying I don't want to buy from VTX3D since I can't find any info on them. They could be a potential bad company. I was looking at the MSI or Asus cards bbecause i've seen a few good reviews on them

 

[ThePoundDollar]

Thats true but if you are buy from a good company then you will excellent support should something go wrong and you need to return it.

If you are worried then grab one of the Powercolor cards, the 280 non-X is on offer today, its based on a 7950 chip.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £221.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
Total : £411.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

What do you think? This is what I'm going for so last opinions?
Should I just get the OEM of the processor anyone?

1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x Cooler Master 690 III Advanced Midi-Tower - Window Pure Black £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £61.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K30 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000043-UK) £32.99
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £19.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Total: £1089.78