Does this build seem ok?

I'm not sure about the cooler, it will be beaten by similarly priced air coolers in terms of noise and performance. The only AIOs worth looking at are around the 240mm and 280mm range

I assume the budget is £1300?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclock ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2983-KR) £439.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £71.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Red £69.98
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,305.56 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



This cooler is a beast, looks decent with the red scheme and is very quiet and cool running

There is the MSI 980 which has a red and black cooler shroud which would fit well :)
As you posted, 750W is enough for 980 SLI, or you could go for 850W (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-EA&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2466) which gives you a little more headroom


Some alternative coolers

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Raijintek Tisis Dual Element Extreme CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Red £38.99
Total : £278.52 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).




You could also wait for the new AMD cards which should be coming soon, especially the R9 390 and 390X

Cashback - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/p...il&utm_term=0_c199b69777-4c4a227cf4-212867289
 
Last edited:
I think that cooler is bigger than my last flat lol

the thing with the air coolers is that they really are all ugly as hell to me (even the nice ones)
 
True, so you could try to squeeze in a cheap AIO

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclock ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2983-KR) £439.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £71.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,315.57 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



The Nepton is quite a nice cooler

What's your max budget overall? And will you ever go 980 SLI do you think?

Waiting for the new AMD cards might be worth it
 
Shivy011 said:
True, so you could try to squeeze in a cheap AIO

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclock ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2983-KR) £439.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £71.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,315.57 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).



The Nepton is quite a nice cooler

What's your max budget overall? And will you ever go 980 SLI do you think?

Waiting for the new AMD cards might be worth it
Click to expand...

The thing with waiting for the new range of cards is just gonna be cost. If I can't stretch to like, GTX titans etc now, i will be in the same place with new range of high end cards no doubt.

SLi isn't a huge concern to me, it's something I'd consider later as the price of a matched gpu dropped but it's not something I'm actively planning.

Initial build I wanna keep as close to £1300 as possible, I'll add to the system later (like doubling the ram etc)
 
Ok, well the 750W keeps the option open for you

It's entirely your choice on the GPU front, but buying a 980 right now isn't too bad of an idea, though it is one of the worse price: performance GPUs out right now, with the 290X and 970 only a few % behind it

For £1315 that I think is a good build, the only way you could "smallen" the price is probably to go to 8GB RAM or drop the cooler in search of a cheaper air cooler
 
its worth noting that stuff like the PSU, if for whatever reason in the future, a year down the line or something, I need one with more grunt, the 750w wouldnt be wasted, I'd put it to one side and use it in a mini-ITX system to replace my partners aging laptop (she thinks it's fine, I know it isn't).
Same with having dropped the blu-ray drive to save some money, I'll pull out the bog standard dvd drive at some point but keep it for her mini system.

So not entirely false economy

As for the current AMD gpus, the radeon stuff has been my first port of call for years and years but for what ever reason this time around, I really got it my head that I want to arm myself with physx cores etc
The nvidia power draw is nice too
 
to be honest this AMD rig is pretty beastly (don't read to much into the gpu liquid cooling bits, that was just me messing about)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 9590 Black Edition 4.70GHz (5.00GHz Turbo) (Socket AM3+) Processor - OEM £184.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £132.95
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit £119.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX321C11T3K2/16) £106.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black £95.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £77.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £71.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X41 140mm Complete Water Cooling £69.95
1 x NZXT Phantom Window Side Panel - Black £19.99
1 x NZXT KRAKEN G10 GPU Cooling Adapter - Black £19.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,222.50 (includes shipping : £14.75 Ex.VAT).

 
The 9590 is just a higher clocked 8320, it's totally not worth it for that price
The 4790k will destroy it in every task, for this budget stick to Intel simply because performance will be better
 
Shivy011 said:
The 9590 is just a higher clocked 8320, it's totally not worth it for that price
The 4790k will destroy it in every task, for this budget stick to Intel simply because performance will be better
Click to expand...

i had the 8350 in a system a while back and that was a a really good cpu back then, paired up to.... i think it was a radeon 7950 3gb.

Probably right, intel seems to be my best option... I am reconsidering the nvidia gpu though, doesnt seem like I will be getting anything of considerable value for the extra money over a r9 290x
 
The 290X is very good price/performance at the moment

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £239.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £71.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,221.77 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




That saves you some money, and I added some bling which you may not want;

- Red/Black cablemods set which replace the stock EVGA G2 cables
- Enthoo Luxe LED strip, RGB so you can set it to red/blue/white and so on
 
xiorell said:
i had the 8350 in a system a while back and that was a a really good cpu back then, paired up to.... i think it was a radeon 7950 3gb.

Probably right, intel seems to be my best option... I am reconsidering the nvidia gpu though, doesnt seem like I will be getting anything of considerable value for the extra money over a r9 290x
Click to expand...

AMD graphics cards are good value for money. The cpu's not so much :)
 
Shivy011 said:
The 290X is very good price/performance at the moment

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £239.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £71.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 2m £16.99
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,221.77 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




That saves you some money, and I added some bling which you may not want;

- Red/Black cablemods set which replace the stock EVGA G2 cables
- Enthoo Luxe LED strip, RGB so you can set it to red/blue/white and so on
Click to expand...

Oh my god those cables are lush. I absolutely do not need them but at the same time, I really really need them
 
Just a big thanks to all who chimed in on this, I'm close to settling on spec and committing money just working out some details, the thread opened up some ideas I hadn't considered.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom