Check my build (please)

I don't mind spending the extra on a mobo to future proof myself a bit, I may overclock, its just not something I feel the need to do straight away. Taken your advisement on the fans, I can always add them anyway, also have an old tower I can harvest fans from.

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
Total : £972.91 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
You'll also note the Asus mobo has more fan headers, the MSI only has a single header for a SYS fan. The devil is in the details as they say ;)

Definitely OC the 7870LE, it will trade blows with a stock 7950 when you do that :) The SSD is ok but like I said I'm not keen on sandforce SSDs. If you can't wait on the Samsung Evo I'd look at the Toshiba myself.

Never hurts to talk things through. A build log with pics would be awesome, then we can help you through the build and obviously your post count will increase. Once you hit the magic 100 you could well lose the P&P on future orders :D

GastricTitan said:
I could also collect from store to save a few quid, only live about 2 miles away.
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Now you tell me LOL
 
GastricTitan said:
I don't mind spending the extra on a mobo to future proof myself a bit, I may overclock, its just not something I feel the need to do straight away. Taken your advisement on the fans, I can always add them anyway, also have an old tower I can harvest fans from.

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
Total : £972.91 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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looks good.

Maybe add an H80 from pre-order

You can ask the guys down at the shop when they may be expecting them in.


GastricTitan said:
I could also collect from store to save a few quid, only live about 2 miles away.
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Jealous, Wanna Swap? :)
 
On the RAM, no problem here, but if it was later put in another system it could be an issue, so I just generally avoid high profile RAM.
 
final spec possibly???

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 SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
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 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
Total : £997.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Yeah that's a lot of nice kit :)

In my spec I did use a fair bit of stuff on pre-order. That's because Pre-order prices tend to be lower than when the kit comes into stock. The samsung EVO SSD is what I would order even if I had to wait a little bit. You might have noticed the "Case King" Prodigy was cheaper and you can get the windowed version of it for the same price as the bog standard Prodigy.

I'll also point out there is a trial of Windows 8 you can use for free for 3 months. Saves you cash now by using it and of course should you hate Win 8, you could then buy Windows 7 no harm done :)
 
Yeah, noticed that about the preorder stuff pricing. Thanks for the heads up about the Windows 8 trial. I already use 7 at work and I'm not adverse to Windows 8, i'll be using Steam Big Picture mode most of the time anyway. I'm probably best sticking with the black case anyway, blends in much better underneath a tv imo. Thanks for all your help, just the wife to convince now.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Show her the case first.. Women like cute things (dogs wearing little hats) and the prodigy is cute, right? :D
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If we did that we'd all end up with pink cases lol

I quite like the Case King Ann. Prodigy being black with gold accents. To get a window too for the same price as the normal Prodigy is nice but all it really does is show off the GPU
 
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