Final specs and thoughts for gaming build at £1200...

H3R013

H3R013

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Yours thoughts and suggestions on these specs for my new gaming rig :


Intel Core i7 4770k

Gigabyte G1.SNIPER Z87

Teamgroup Vulcan 8GB 2400MHz

Saphire R280x Toxic 3GB

WD 1TB

Toshiba 128GB SSD

Samsung DVD Re-Writer 24x

Coolermaster Centurion 6

Corsair Builder Series 600w
 
budget is about £70 for case and whatever it takes for a decent cooling setup.

Both the corsair carbide 300R and the Bitfenix Ronin look good. will these cases support cross fire ?
 
hey thanks for letting me know bout the cases. i think i'll be going with the 300R, try and get my hands on a non-windowed one.

I was thinking about the cooler and I might be sticking with the stock cooler for the moment as i'm looking to start overclocking after a month or so. You think this is a good idea or shall i get a better cooler setup right now ? Also the i7-4770k comes with a stock cooler right ? :)

so if i decide on crossfire say 6 months down the line, in that case which PSU should i go for ?
 
yeah i think ill be rocking the stock cooler until i start messing with overclocking :)

so it looks like i'll be needing 750w PSU if i wanna do xfire in the future. the seasonic looks good though.

had another question about the ram. If i do overclocking and get a decent cooler and im also doing xfire will i need to get low profile RAM or is the one i put in my specs good enough ?
 
ok Martini1991 i see what your getting at. I shud get an i5 4670k (you mean i5 right ?) and overclock this to 4.whatever GHz and put the money in the R290. I'm guessing for gaming (far cry 3, skyrim, bf4) the CPU doesnt matter as much as the GPU. Is this right ? Also I heard that the R290 are noisey like hell, is this true ?
 
Doomedspeed said:
He has a point but as you CAN afford both you may aswell get both, the 4770k (i7) will help when titles start to ultilise multi-core technology. Its already starting to happen/.

The Reference 290's were noisey, the aftermarket 290, like the windforce are pretty quiet and cooler than the reference version a great choice of card.
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Still torn between i5-4670k or i7-4770k but from what you said if games are gonna start using multi-threading i'm thinking the 4770k the better option.


Please let me know what Reference and Aftermarket mean when it comes to components. heard this sop many times...
 
ok i get yah :)

So reference cooler is kinda like a stock cooler released by the manufacturer of the card but that aint so good so the aftermarket stuff puts in a better cooler and tweaks the card for better performance and then theres upping the price :eek:

Seriously, toughest part of building your own rig - deciding on the parts !
 
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