Check my Spec: New Intel build

CharlieRich

CharlieRich

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Waddup guys,

Selling my old lower-end rig to a mate and putting the money towards a better Intel based gaming/editing rig.

So far I have the below in my OcUK Basket:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 760 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Parvum Systems S2.0 MicroATX Case - Black with White £129.95
1 x OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm £112.97
- 1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £37.99
- 1 x Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Corsair Neutron GTX Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-N120GBGTXB-BK) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £82.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1866C9) £79.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 450 '80+ Gold' 450W Power Supply (CP-9020066-WW) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £22.00
Total : £1,076.78 (includes shipping : ).



Can you guys work your magic and let me know what you think? If I could beef up any components or save a few quid anywhere, I'd love to know.

Also I need a sexy looking thin bezel monitor, if anyone had any suggestions that would be cool too. 23 inch plus I'm looking at!

Merci!
 
Ive had a play,

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Parvum Systems S2.0 MicroATX Case - Black with Red £139.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £101.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050004-WW) £22.00
Total : £1,034.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Gone for some red+black style.

The 280X is faster than a GTX760 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1038

The board and PSU allow SLI later.

*maybe double check the thick rad on the H105 fits.
 
If you aren't into overclocking then you may want to just get a large heatsink CPU cooler like the Thermalright Macho HR-02 (which can cool the CPU passively - see here) and use a fan controller to keep the fan running slowly and quietly.

With a haswell i5 this set up will keep your chip very cool and will be much quieter (and cheaper) than a liquid cooler.

Edit: Apologies - I thought the case was of a similar size to the bitfenix prodigy (which can happily fit a large CPU heatsink), however on closer inspection this case is a lot smaller. My bad.

+1 for Stulid's picks for pretty much everything else (not that there's anything wrong with the H105).
 
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