Final Check please on £1400 gaming system

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 12:57

Hi,

About to pull the trigger on the following. Will be primarily doing software development using Visual Studio, as well as web design/database stuff as well as gaming, so will need to run virtual machines as well. Not sure whether to go with 16gb of ram. Cannot spend any more, but need a stable reliable system. Did consider 27 inch monitors but only if they are not 1080p, but think they are too much and would have to cut corners elsewhere. Went with the retail Haswell for the 3 year warranty. Not sure when the Prodigy comes into stock, or the cooler!!! Appreciate any comments:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £215.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £167.99
1 x Asus Z87 GRYPHON Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black Switch £69.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £59.99
1 x Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II 2.0 Speaker System (51MF1610AA003) £55.99
1 x Logitech G100s RTS/MOBA Optical Gaming Mouse (910-003538) £36.95
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £31.99
Total : £1,400.77 (includes shipping : FREE).

s1xtyn1n3 · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:21

Looks good, but for £10 more, you could get a 760:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-223-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

Either card will be pretty kick-ass though

big ape · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:23

Let the 670 vs 760 off topic war commence

Orcvader · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:23

s1xtyn1n3 said:
Looks good, but for £10 more, you could get a 760:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-223-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

Either card will be pretty kick-ass though

I'm pretty sure the 670 performs better, the 760 is more in between the 660 Ti and the 670.

Everything looks fine OP, enjoy that build

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Kuuwahi · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:25

Looks nice.

I would Personally go for a 27", as I find 24" to small and 32" to big for desktop use so 27" is Perfect.

Also personally I prefer Asus over Dell (Just personal preference).

The case reminds me of a Mac Pro case and I hate Mac's lol.

Kuuwahi · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:27

Orcvader said:
I'm pretty sure the 670 performs better, the 760 is more in between the 660 Ti and the 670.

Everything looks fine OP, enjoy that build .

I'm sure I read this somewhere also, Something along the lines of the 760 being good but not for gaming compared.

Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:29

And you still get free shipping.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
Total : £191.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:36

MSI 7950? You get five free games.

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:48

Thanks everyone, I have agonised over this build for ages. I also want to keep the noise down as much as possible, are the MSI Twin Frozers as quiet as the Asus card? is it worth going for the GTX760?

I would like a high res 27 inch monitor, but my eyesight is getting worse and the text will be too small I think!!!!

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:50

Also do the AMD cards use a lot of extra power? are they noisy? would a 650 watt psu have plenty in hand if I got the 7950?

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:52

Are H80 coolers any good?, compared to a top end air cooler? sorry for all the questions!!!

Kuuwahi · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:53

Eisenhorn said:
Thanks everyone, I have agonised over this build for ages. I also want to keep the noise down as much as possible, are the MSI Twin Frozers as quiet as the Asus card? is it worth going for the GTX760?

I would like a high res 27 inch monitor, but my eyesight is getting worse and the text will be too small I think!!!!

I would personally get the GTX 670 - 680 instead of the 760.

Correct me If I'm wrong but due to the resolution having to be stretched across a bigger monitor the text would actually be bigger?

tamzzy · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:55

my 2 pence:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Asus Z87 GRYPHON Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £83.99
1 x Qpad MK-50 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Brown Switches £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Edifier R1600T Studio Plus 2.0 Monitors £53.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Logitech G300 Optical Gaming Mouse (910-003431) £34.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £1,411.68 (includes shipping : FREE).

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:55

Eisenhorn said:
Also do the AMD cards use a lot of extra power? are they noisy? would a 650 watt psu have plenty in hand if I got the 7950?

The MSI 7950 uses a TwinFrozrIII cooler so is quiet, power use is similar to a 670.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:56

ok a few changes as I cannot wait for the Micro-ATX Prodigy and the other cooler:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £167.99
1 x Asus Z87I PROFESSIONAL Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX £145.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black Switch £69.98
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £69.95
1 x Kingston HyperX NA'VI 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit **OcUK Exclusive** (KHX16C9C2K2/8) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II 2.0 Speaker System (51MF1610AA003) £55.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Logitech G100s RTS/MOBA Optical Gaming Mouse (910-003538) £36.95
Total : £1,429.64 (includes shipping : FREE).

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:57

that build from tamzzy looks interesting actually, had not considered that case.

stulid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:57

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-449-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

Includes WiFi.

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Idleman · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:58

Eisenhorn said:
Thanks everyone, I have agonised over this build for ages. I also want to keep the noise down as much as possible, are the MSI Twin Frozers as quiet as the Asus card? is it worth going for the GTX760?

I would like a high res 27 inch monitor, but my eyesight is getting worse and the text will be too small I think!!!!

670 vs 760

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/830?vs=854

7950 vs 670

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/855?vs=830

And I find the TFII very quiet.

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 13:58

those monitors were my preference, but do not have a big desk!!! is 500watts enough psu for reliable operation with that card though?

IntoTheVoid · 24 Aug 2013 at 14:00

stulid, I looked at that motherboard, but have not had great joy with Gigabyte recently. Just built two boxes for the kids using the GA-Z77-D3H and had no end of problems with one of them!!! may have just been unlucky though.