Finalisation of new build

chris_h

chris_h

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I am now ready to purchase after months of waiting for the new 970 cards.

The basket is as follows..
-MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
-Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM
-Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733)
-TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01)
-Corsair CS550M 550W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020076-UK)
-Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Windowed Case - Black/Orange
-Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G)
-Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD
-Asus PCE-N53 300Mbps Dual-Band Wireless-N600 PCI-E Adapter
-Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler
-Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)

Total £989

Now I am ready in the next week to pick these items up, but before I do that I am putting it to the OC community to give me their opinion on this build..
 
Change the PSU to a Superflower 550W 80+ Gold, much better PSU.
Change the SSD to a Crucial MX100, kingston speeds aren't to be trusted.
Change the HDD to a WD Blue/black or Toshiba/Seagate 1TB. Green's are quite slow.

Maybe grab the i5 motherboard & CPU bundle to save £18.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Change the PSU to a Superflower 550W 80+ Gold, much better PSU.
Change the SSD to a Crucial MX100, kingston speeds aren't to be trusted.
Change the HDD to a WD Blue/black or Toshiba/Seagate 1TB. Green's are quite slow.

Maybe grab the i5 motherboard & CPU bundle to save £18.
Click to expand...

Done! saved me £20. I chose the £248 bundle, as there isn't much between the two boards in the two bundles.
 
Sticking with most of what you listed, managed to squeeze in 2TB HDD + 256GB SSD. Seen you were going for a red theme so changed the RAM to Avexir Red series which look awesome lit up.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £248.58
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £77.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CIR) - Red Light £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Alfar Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £44.99
1 x Asus PCE-N53 300Mbps Dual-Band Wireless-N600 PCI-E Adapter £24.98
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24F1ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £17.99
Total : £998.46 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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