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[NeilMcL86]

Ok guys little winter upgrade that didnt happen lastime around but really got into my iRacing and this old rig is feeling abit rusty.

I did want to go amd on gfx and intel on overclocked bundle, been threw the motions and apparantly nVid for gfx is the "Best"....

Dont need ssd. hdd, case. Hopefully can use my very old antec. do have sounds card if needed old power supply newer gfx.
So fire away with all you have for Bundle - Gpu - Psu.
Main use / iRacing and CS:GO and maybe new fps games.
thanks Was hoping inbetween £650 £750. maybe £800 if its REALLLLLLLLy worth the extra,. ahhhhh that old chestnut!

Cheers

 

[stulid]

Oh.

Think I shall do this for you

What case do you have then? need an OS? what PSU and GFX etc you have?

 

[NeilMcL86]

F5

 

[stulid]

I have.

But it still just says old Antec case.

Shall I just start from scratch for you?

 

[NeilMcL86]

no i ment im waiting to see what you put in haha gonna order in the morning sorry

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £781.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I think the £30 off deal on the GFX card is still going - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631947

 

[NeilMcL86]

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £781.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I think the £30 off deal on the GFX card is still going - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631947

Sorry i didnt mean from fresh with F5. Ive got ssd and hdd.
is it not worth trying to use an old case? im not sure what size it is. not small tho thats for sure.
Would you not bother with an OC bundle? not really into the overclocking myself so i thought id buy one?

 

[stulid]

The chances are it cant fit a long gfx card in it due to the HDD bays which probably cant be removed and it may not be wide enough to take a average 160mm tall heatsink.

Buy the parts yourself, overclocking is not hard.

 

[NeilMcL86]

Ohh i see old cases cant take the newer cards! Doh!

 

[stulid]

Ohh i see old cases cant take the newer cards! Doh!

Well it depends how big it is.

Can you upload a picture of the case so maybe I can recognize what it is.

 

[NeilMcL86]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x ReFlex Asus Z97 - Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.2GHz Configurable Gaming Bundle £126.01
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C9BGK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Prolimatech 68 CPU Cooler - 120mm £31.99
1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
Total : £775.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).




This is what i did have, will take a pic of case now

 

[NeilMcL86]

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag16/NeilMclaughlin/20141107_221848_zps86de7b7f.jpg

Forgot how dusty it is man, needs a good clean !!!!


http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag16/NeilMclaughlin/20141107_221912_zpsf8e7ff4b.jpg


yeah probably best haha

 

[stulid]

I have no idea what that is.

I think you could do with a case with fan filters to keep the dust out judging by that pic.

 

[NeilMcL86]

this case was in a room at 1 point when in was re plastered,
What do you think of the bundle i put on?

Amd GPU or Nvidia?

 

[stulid]

Bundle looks fine.

The Prolimatech cooler is 158mm tall, so will it fit in your case.

 

[NeilMcL86]

just noticed on your build the psu will need to be bigger the card says 600 or more.

Prob get a new case i think!

 

[stulid]

That 550w is fine.

Its a solid PSU that can deliver its power fully, not a £20 potato that couldn't run a bath.

They tend to exaggerate what you need to account for the people who spend £10 on a 800W PSU thinking its great.

If!

You want to run SLI (two cards) then you need 750W ish, such as that bequiet. But the ASUS board in that bundle cannot do SLI anyway, so you may as well drop the PSU down a bit.

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Can I ask what drives you have? are they all SATA type (the SSD obviously is) but if any of your drives use fat ribbon cables then they wont work.

 

[NeilMcL86]

Yeah they are all sata sli option would be nice

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £252.58
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £348.16 (includes shipping : £8.00).




That does SLI.

But its not overclocked.

 

[NeilMcL86]

Right yeah I would really like the option for 2 cards. Do you think that be quiet 730 will stand up to 2 cards?
Sorry to Sound like a parrot do you think the 970 is worth the extra 60 over the r90?

Thanks for your time