Final Build check please £1200 budget

Maverick01

Maverick01

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Hi Guys,

Thanks to allot of you who have already helped me. I think I have finally got the build I think I want to go with. Already have RAM (DDR3) and drives.

Will be gaming at 1080p on one monitor atm.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 770 SC ACX Dual Bios 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2776-KR) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £187.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Arctic White £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
Total : £1,064.32 (includes shipping : £17.85).



I want it to be Nvidia and Intel with an emphasis on cooling as my case will be under a desk :)

Any advancements on this? Still not 100% on case...
 
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I would suggest changing the for a 4670k if you are simply gaming and you'll be better of with some SP120's Quiet Series for the H100.

Is there any reason you've gone for that awful Sabertooth board? There are cheaper alternatives out there which will be just as good!
 
that is a spec with VERY good parts, nothing more to say really.

BUT
the PSU is well over power your dont need anything over 450/500 you could save £50 there. the CPU coolers are very well known for braking and developing buzzing sounds with only a 90day warranty i would give it a mis.
and do you need the power of an i7 in 90% of tasks the i5 performs the same.


this is where i would be at

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Arctic White £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £78.95
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 120mm Fan - White £7.99 (£15.98)
Total : £1,030.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).



the spec includes 2 coolers one water and one air, the air would be upto the job no problem but if you must have water its there for your choice
 
P4Clock said:
that is a spec with VERY good parts, nothing more to say really.

BUT
the PSU is well over power your dont need anything over 450/500 you could save £50 there. the CPU coolers are very well known for braking and developing buzzing sounds with only a 90day warranty i would give it a mis.
and do you need the power of an i7 in 90% of tasks the i5 performs the same.


this is where i would be at

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Arctic White £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £78.95
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre PWM 120mm Fan - White £7.99 (£15.98)
Total : £1,030.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).



the spec includes 2 coolers one water and one air, the air would be upto the job no problem but if you must have water its there for your choice
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Not sure that spec would be a good leap forward compared to what he already went for.

Tat 4670k is OEM, you get no cooler & only 1 year warranty Get the retail version as you get a stock cooler if you need a backup and 3 years warranty.

The HyperEvo 212 is a spot on cooler for the price! There are other available if you wanted high end air cooling. (Phanteks PH-TC14PE, Alpenfohn K2 & Noctua D14)

SSD Spec'd is not great. The Samsung EVO is cheaper & a lot quicker.

Also, it would be a 550-650w PSU which would be a better solution, 450-500 would be too low. If the OP is thinking of SLI/xfire, the Corsair RM would be fine, but maybe think about the 750/850 model
 
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments, I went for the sabertooth for a) asthetics (black and white build) and b) cooling as my case is under a desk. If you have any better ones please do suggest!

It will be for gaming and also SQL database work for, well, work!

Already have an SSD and RAM.

I want NVidia as i have a 3d vision ready monitor and would like to play around with it. As suggested yest i will be considering SLI for sure on the future hence the PSU.

My reasoning behind the h100 is that i want as little heat inside my case as possible.

I heard mixed reviews about those h100's but see a lot of them spec'd?
 
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but the ones spec'd would have a full warranty the one you picked as a 90day warranty
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To be fair I had this opinion, but for my build requests, most who spec'd the H100 did indeed spec the 90 day Unit,

When hitting the price point I assume the H100 really comes into it's own at the sub £50 price point, at stock pricing it's not such dead cert?

I've struggled with the 90 day thing , but also figure (despite some of the RMA units pictured) that Corsair isn't likely to ruin it's reputation with either Overclockers or Overclockers members.
 
Maverick01 said:
Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments, I went for the sabertooth for a) asthetics (black and white build) and b) cooling as my case is under a desk. If you have any better ones please do suggest!

It will be for gaming and also SQL database work for, well, work!

Already have an SSD and RAM.

I want NVidia as i have a 3d vision ready monitor and would like to play around with it. As suggested yest i will be considering SLI for sure on the future hence the PSU.

My reasoning behind the h100 is that i want as little heat inside my case as possible.

I heard mixed reviews about those h100's but see a lot of them spec'd?
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I think your view on how hot this case is going to get is a little lost.

When gaming, your components will yes, get hotter. However, with the use of case fans & a fan controller, this can be controlled very well. If I dont put my fans on high when gaming, the case rapidly hits 40deg. With the fans on full, it;s a low 29. You could get a nice Gigabyte board with a saving as the thermal armour will not make that much of a difference. Idle temps are pretty low too, so on this, I would do the following:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Gaming Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 850 '80+ Gold' 850W Power Supply (CP-9020056-UK) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Arctic White £99.95
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Silver £66.98
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller (White) £29.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £19.99 (£39.98)
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
Total : £1,017.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Graphics card is cheaper, silent and very efficient. Even under full load, the TwinFrozr's only use 40% fan speed with nice low temps

Phanteks is one of the top 3 air coolers along with the Alpenfohn K2 and Noctua D14. These will keep your case at a nice low temp, but you will need to make sure you have low profile RAM. The Watercoolers are OK, but these are better IMO.

Fans are to replace the stock case fans, quiet series with high airflow and a fan controller to well...control them.

You can use a bit of software called Phoebetria instead of the supplied software by BitFenix as it's awful. You can then control from your desktop as it sites in the notification area.

There is also a white 770 if you want to match:

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WHITE EDITION** with FREE GPU Keyring £369.95
Total : £380.75 (includes shipping : £9.00).



Another note, if you do need more RAM, get it here ASAP. The prices are set to rocket early/mid next week.
 
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Changes I'd suggest to snips86x would be to go with the ax series corsair psu over the RM series as the ax is sesonic while from what I've been reading the RM series is not, ax series is more expensive but better OEM plus better efficiency.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-106-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

Unless there's a particular reason you must have the 770 I'd suggest going for the 680 as its pretty similar in terms of performance but cheaper, you can recoup the extra paid for the better PSU.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-156-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

Or.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-213-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

Depending on what games you play the i7 maybe worth getting, from what I've read more games will start using the extra "cores" provided by the i7(use I know they're not actual physical cores thus the " "). Therefore its more future proof, also its within your budget so no harm in going for it.
 
Hi,

Isn't the EVGA clocked higher and offers a similar cooling/noise performance? I love the look of the white but want better outputs than that! I.e dual link DVI. I was going for 770 due to wanting to SLI in the future, i dont want to have to buy a second hand card when i do.

I have 8gb vengance 1600 RAM so low profile is out of the question. I was planning on upgrading this, in time as i dont see it as that urgent as it stand.

Playing BF3 so i am more inclined to go with the i7 as i have read it will benifit from the threads.

Re cooling i am thinking of spening more and getting the h100i instead, better warrenty etc. 100% agree on getting sp120/af120 fans and although i wont be able to get to it a fan controller is a good idea.

I see what you mean about the motherboard, what are the main diffreences between the sabertooth and the gigabyte?
 
Difference between the gigabyte and asus sabertooth?

1) price, the gigabyte is £50 cheaper

2) gigabyte is UK based warranty so less waiting in case you need to RMA, plus no international postage.

Well those are the 2 main things, there are other spec wise but I can't be bothered to sit and check :)

If you stick with the i5 you could go for the 780 ;)
 
IWANTBLUE said:
To be fair I had this opinion, but for my build requests, most who spec'd the H100 did indeed spec the 90 day Unit,

When hitting the price point I assume the H100 really comes into it's own at the sub £50 price point, at stock pricing it's not such dead cert?

I've struggled with the 90 day thing , but also figure (despite some of the RMA units pictured) that Corsair isn't likely to ruin it's reputation with either Overclockers or Overclockers members.
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they have a lot of problems with NEW h100's so the pre used will have just as much chance of bracing. however if your happy to run the risk at that price its a very good cooler
 
 
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Was more so I can put stock cooler and test first and safely remove, handy thing to have anyway XD

Yeh I've read the pre-applied stuff is decent so wont be changing that!

Thanks for all your help!
 
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