Check this spec please

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platypus

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Could some kind soul just check over this spec before I fire the buy button and make sure I haven't made any glaring errors?

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Ta :).

E: Meant to say that my max budget is £1k, yes I'm slightly over that but just wondering if it can be tweaked to be better in any areas whilst staying under that cap.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £139.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £138.98
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Silverstone Tundra Series TD02 Liquid CPU Cooler £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
Total : £1,139.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).



If you drop the PSU down as you don't need it so powerful, you can switch for a better GPU, have changed the board to something better, and a better watercooler.
 
Is the 650W enough? Just concerned it might be a bit close.

And looking at the Silverstone cooler, it has to be installed with the top cover off, not too keen on that! Appreciate the advice.
 
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Is the R9 270 really not a good card then?

Also in the future would a 650W allow me to go SLI?
 
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It's not that the 270X isn't a good card... it's that the 280X is a better card :P

The 650W PSU won't allow you to CF in the future...

This is probably what I would go for...

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £139.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
Total : £1,136.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Slightly over the cost of you're spec... but you get a 280X and a PSU that should allow you to CF in the future if you want to :)

Although my spec is already slightly over budget... I would probably go a little further and get the cooler that TheReaperGuy has specced...
 
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It's not that the 270X isn't a good card... it's that the 280X is a better card :P

The 650W PSU won't allow you to CF in the future...

This is probably what I would go for...

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £139.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
Total : £1,136.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Slightly over the cost of you're spec... but you get a 280X and a PSU that should allow you to CF in the future if you want to :)

Although my spec is already slightly over budget... I would probably go a little further and get the cooler that TheReaperGuy has specced...
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You would be better with the non matx board. Also no point in LED ram in a non windowed case.
 
 
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