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am1314

am1314

am1314

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Hi all, looking for some advice on wether to change this setup, i have between £1000 and £2000 to spend, less i spend the better but want a good gaming machine that will last good years like current one

In my current pc only new thing is one and half year old graphics card, still think its a good card, wanted to keep it and get another and SLI it but cant find it now, is getting a similar card an option and then the better card will run at same speed as old one or is this not possible?
Its a
Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

Here is my current choices, would you guys do it different? would you get graphics card or get new one?

I play lots of movies/music and wanted good sound card, have a superb pair of Sennheiser headphones too so wanted that card for also ease of plugging in headphones, is it a bit too much?

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Thanks!
Al
 
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Done some minor changes - but bare in mind Haswell refresh appears shortly!

Motherboard works with the cpu and 8gb is plenty for a gaming machine. ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £529.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.98
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,461.01 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
RJC said:
Done some minor changes - but bare in mind Haswell refresh appears shortly!

Motherboard works with the cpu and 8gb is plenty for a gaming machine. ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £529.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.98
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,461.01 (includes shipping : £20.10).

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Is total with the VAT as well?P:)
 
RJC said:
Done some minor changes - but bare in mind Haswell refresh appears shortly!

Motherboard works with the cpu and 8gb is plenty for a gaming machine. ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £529.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011015-WW) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.98
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
Total : £1,461.01 (includes shipping : £20.10).

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Nice one, really like that! couple of questions

I was going for 2 x 128gb ssd and stripe them for faster performance, is that not better than one 250gb ssd?

Oh i forgot i have a 2gb 6mb second hdd :)

Could i get two of the ram kits and make it 16gb?
 
You can go for 2 SSD'S, there will be a speed increase but whether you see this in day to day tasks hard to say, having raid in the past I just prefer a single a larger drive, but this just my personal view :)

Thats good, scrap the 1tb, thought I better put a storage drive in.

You can get 2 ram kits, but generally for gaming 8gb is fine.
 
HI all, decided to wait for the Haswell refresh and now decided on this combo, would it all work?

Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-533-IN

Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-141-KS

Asus TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-612-AS
 
am1314 said:
HI all, decided to wait for the Haswell refresh and now decided on this combo, would it all work?

Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-533-IN

Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-141-KS

Asus TUF Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-612-AS
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If you plan on overclocking then you need the i7 4790K cpu.

You will also need an aftermarket cooler. That Kingston Ram will also limit your choice due to the large heatspreaders.

Do you only need the three items ? What is the pc being used for ? As an i5 is good enough just for gaming.
 
the 4790K is not the haswell refresh is that correct?

Not too fussed about over clocking, I'm getting the corsair liquid cooler, all the other item at the start of the post im still getting, just going for newer board proc etc
 
4790k is Haswell Refresh as well, the 4770k is the older Haswell processor. I'd overclock, especially with a AIO cooler like the Corsair units :)
 
Here is a full spec if you want something up to date. Your initial spec was incompatible anyway :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290X PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
2 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
Total : £1,263.94 (includes shipping : £13.75).




The sniper has very good onboard sound, so you might not need a separate soundcard.

The psu has enough power should you wish to add a 2nd card.

2 x 256GB SSD's if you want to put them in raid.

The Antec P280 is a nice case for the money, although it is personal preference, so you might prefer the Corsair.

The 8GB of Ram is enough for gaming, although you have room in the budget if you want to go with 16GB.
 
Super i like it, i still think id go for the Corsair case and cooler

I want to go to 16gb ram, would my kingston choice from earlier work with this board and proc?
 
am1314 said:
I want to go to 16gb ram, would my kingston choice from earlier work with this board and proc?
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You don't need 16gb of RAM, gaming will be spot on with 8gb. RAM doesn't speed a system up...

The Kingston is good RAM though it is High Profile, so (the general rule is) it won't fit under air coolers (there are some exceptions but always assume the worst).
 
I'm concerned that you're complicating your build with 2 SSDs for RAID for a debatable performance increase given you appear new to building computers. You certainly can do it, and it's not that hard, it's just adding additional complexity for very low benefit. Personally, given two identical SSDs I would not RAID them even though I know how as it's just not worth it in a normal PC, or if buying a new PC I'd go for a single larger SSD over several small ones, but of course it's up to you :)

On RAM you'll be fine with 8GB, if you really want 16GB I'd consider looking for kits with 2x8GB rather than using 4x4GB as you can only run dual channel anyway, gives you room for expansion if you ever need it (unlikely) and puts slightly less strain on the memory controller. It's a minor point though, so if you're happy with 4 sticks then go with that - I still think 8GB is a better option though!

Also, in your opening post, you mentioned you have a graphics card you'd think about reusing in SLI with a new one. All the above specs after your initial post include graphics cards, all significantly better than a 670, but you'll not be able to SLI your 670 with them I'm afraid.
 
David Bisset said:
Also, in your opening post, you mentioned you have a graphics card you'd think about reusing in SLI with a new one. All the above specs after your initial post include graphics cards, all significantly better than a 670, but you'll not be able to SLI your 670 with them I'm afraid.
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Hi David, I was meaning if i got another 670 but it was different spec to my own could i still SLI it...
 
But not too concerned about that now, i'll either get a new one or keep the 670 for now and get a new one later..as its still a good card :)
 
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