Check my build (please)

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 12:52

teppic · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:00

Can you list the components instead of the links?

Doomedspeed · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:03

Looks good.

I'd change the GPU to this though, Same price but better: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-013-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

You could pre-order the H80, £5 more and a lot better performance.

You should also drop the PSU, 550W is more than enough: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-147-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

teppic said:
Can you list the components instead of the links?

Lazy man!

nick.lidgett · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:03

looks pretty solid mate, i just sold that same ssd as i didnt think it was all that and i also have the same psu as the one you have chosen, its solid but the cables look cheap and tacky so you might want to think about braiding them in the future, i cant comment on the case as ive never had one but its seems from other peoples experiences on here you cant go wrong with it.

foster grant · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:09

Maybe go with one of the Samsung SSDs ?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-161-SA

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:17

Thanks for the info, sorry about the links, on my iphone.

teppic · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:19

Doomedspeed said:
Lazy man!

Don't tell me you didn't think it.

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 13:55

ok, so I've made the following changes. (Couldn't see where that H80 was in the store). Thoughts? I'm under budget now, don't mind squeezing a few £'s if anyone can think of anything that should be considered?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan - All Black £10.79 (£21.58)
Total : £972.47 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Doomedspeed · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:11

GastricTitan said:
ok, so I've made the following changes. (Couldn't see where that H80 was in the store). Thoughts? I'm under budget now, don't mind squeezing a few £'s if anyone can think of anything that should be considered?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan - All Black £10.79 (£21.58)
Total : £972.47 (includes shipping : £11.75).

looks great, cannot believe the price of that 7870, i thought £161 was amazing.

Heres the H80: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-022-CS

And Faster RAM: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Overall only another £15.

Well worth it, great build.

honosuseri · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:30

Pity you don't get free P&P yet.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Asus Z87I PROFESSIONAL Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX £139.99
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 Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Case - CaseKing Anniversary Edt. £60.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £35.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £995.34 (includes shipping : £11.25).

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:31

Not sure when the H80 is likely to be in stock (unless anyone knows the turn around for factory refurb?).

Changed the RAM, hopefully will get this build ordered tonight.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan - All Black £10.79 (£21.58)
Total : £984.47 (includes shipping : £11.75).

honosuseri · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:39

The faster RAM kits make a lot of sense for the price

That MSI mobo I think you'll find is voltage locked limiting your OC, hence why I used the Asus Pro. I'm not too keen on spec'ing SSDs with the sandforce controller either.

If you don't want to wait on pre-order items fair enough. Ask in customer services for an ETA on the CLCs. Remember you can use the stock heatsink for now, you could do your build and make a build log on here. That should help you get to 100 posts for free P&P, then you can add extras like the cooler and more fans if you want them.

Best of luck with the build bud

teppic · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:40

A modular PSU might be easier in a small case like this. I'd also get regular sized RAM to avoid any future problems with coolers.

Yonathan · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:48

Yeah I was gonna suggest a modular PSU.

Doomedspeed · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:50

teppic said:
A modular PSU might be easier in a small case like this. I'd also get regular sized RAM to avoid any future problems with coolers.

with that motherboard you won't have a problem as air coolers (especially big one) can't be used due to them overhanging the PCI-E lane... Thats why i specced High profile RAM.

This is the board hono talked about, not much more £: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-580-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:50

Ok, taken onboard the suggestions. Swapped out the mobo for the asus pro, swapped in a modular power supply (possibly a cheaper but comparable option?). Taken off the corsair heatsink (not looking to overclock, not for a while atleast, will the stock heatsink suffice?). @teppic, not sure what you mean about the RAM sorry, is this larger than usual? This is my first build in 6+ years so sorry for all the back and forth.

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:51

forgot to post basket.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Asus Z87I PROFESSIONAL Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX £139.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £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 BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan - All Black £10.79 (£21.58)
Total : £997.49 (includes shipping : £11.75).

honosuseri · 7 Aug 2013 at 14:55

teppic said:
A modular PSU might be easier in a small case like this. I'd also get regular sized RAM to avoid any future problems with coolers.

It's catch 22 dude. On these tiny mobos some tower coolers overhang the PCI-E lane which we need for the GPU, nevermind RAM issues. Using a CLC eliminates any issues.

I had toyed with the Patriot Mamba and a Xigmatek Dark knight tower cooler. That RAM is shorter but slower (2133Mhz) and the Dark knight is ok on these mobos too but it was out of stock

@OP might as well use the Seasonic in my spec. 550W is plenty and it's modular but also gold rated whilst being cheaper

GastricTitan · 7 Aug 2013 at 15:03

Ok, so this is where I'm at. Thanks for all the input guys. The only thing I've not allowed for now is a replacement heatsink, I won't be overclocking for some time (if ever) so assume that the stock will be ok for gaming etc?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Asus Z87I PROFESSIONAL Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX £139.99
1 x Toshiba (7K3000.D) 3TB SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan - All Black £10.79 (£21.58)
Total : £994.49 (includes shipping : £11.75).

honosuseri · 7 Aug 2013 at 15:08

Well if you don't think you'll ever overclock much then you can get a cheaper mobo, I was just pointing out that not having voltage adjustment will limit what you can tweak out of the CPU. The stock heatsink will do and you can OC a little bit if you wanted to on it.

Not sure you need the fans to be honest. Case comes with a couple anyway, if I was buying a fan i'd probably get a 200mm for the front.