First build, can you rate it?

[Dizz]

So, I had a budget increase and this is what I thought...
Never built my own PC but thought I would give it a go to save some cash.

Am I missing anything or would you make any changes??

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 780Ti HOF 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £559.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
1 x Asus PCE-N10 Network Adapter 150Mbps - PCI Express £14.99
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (4g) £6.98
Total : £1,790.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[Doomedspeed]

Is this just purely for gaming?

Have you any colour scheme in mind?

£1800 the top budget..

I think it can eb improved by a good choice on the monitor..

 

[Josh]

It if was me, I would save some ££ and get a cheaper RAM and then put it towards a H80i.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIG) - Green Light £71.99
Total : £80.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).




Matches the colour of the MOBO. Looks decent though.

 

[Dizz]

If there was to be a colour scheme it would be green but I wasnt specifically designing the rig around a colour. What would you change Doomedspeed and how would you make it follow a colour scheme?

Thanks for the suggestion Josh, is the H60 just not good enough for the CPU?

 

[hawkhench]

Given the rest of the spec, if you want to budget around that amount for a cooler I'd probably go down the air route. I don't know the dimensions in relation to the case and mobo on this - I'm sure someone else can help on that - but you'd probably get better performance out of something like the K2:

Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99

 

[Dizz]

I was really considering the mount doom cooler actually but thought it took up too much room. Has anyone else got experience with the K2? Would it be too big to get in the RAM needed?

 

[Josh]

If there was to be a colour scheme it would be green but I wasnt specifically designing the rig around a colour. What would you change Doomedspeed and how would you make it follow a colour scheme?

Thanks for the suggestion Josh, is the H60 just not good enough for the CPU?

No, no the 60 is fine but I personally prefer the 80i, you get the Corsair link software which you can alter the fan speed on the unit, I do this a lot, turn it down for movies and crank it up for games.

There is only around a £10 price difference but its worth it imo.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Green:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.60
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Shamrock Edition £12.95 (£64.75)
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN821NC) £11.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Green £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Green £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved green/black £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £1,799.78 (includes shipping : £14.75).



I picked the reference GPU as it has the green light up logo on the side..

The reference cooler isn't actually that bad either, assuming you've got good airflow, which you will have with all those fans.

 

[ndaar]

Dooms done you a good spec.

If I was spending £1800 personally Id want to put in a 250gig SSD as 120 fills up fast.

 

[Dizz]

Green:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.60
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Shamrock Edition £12.95 (£64.75)
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN821NC) £11.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Green £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Green £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved green/black £5.99 (£11.98)
Total : £1,799.78 (includes shipping : £14.75).



I picked the reference GPU as it has the green light up logo on the side..

The reference cooler isn't actually that bad either, assuming you've got good airflow, which you will have with all those fans.

Thanks Doomedspeed. Looks good with all the green.

I will look into shaving off a few more pennies for a 250gb SSD or just whack on the extra. I'm in negotiations with my wife on the costing. I think I could get away with nearer to £1900

 

[Fulax]

I picked the reference GPU as it has the green light up logo on the side..

Warning: the green on the logo is not the same shade of green as the Bitfenix cables or the Sniper motherboard (it has a yellowish tint to it). Now, it is entirely possible that the OP isn't as much of an idiot as I am, but the slight difference in colour drove me mad - to the extent that I had to get a different 780.

So I'd stick with the 780ti HoF - the silver backplate with the green PCI-E cables will go very nicely with the Sniper's heatsinks.

Other than that, Doomed's spec looks lovely

 

[Danny75]

Thanks Doomedspeed. Looks good with all the green.

I will look into shaving off a few more pennies for a 250gb SSD or just whack on the extra. I'm in negotiations with my wife on the costing. I think I could get away with nearer to £1900

There is also a tempting offer on a Toshiba 512GB SSD this week.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Toshiba SSD Q Series 512GB Solid State Hard Drive - (HDTS251EZSTA) £223.99

 

[Dizz]

but the slight difference in colour drove me mad - to the extent that I had to get a different 780.

So I'd stick with the 780ti HoF - the silver backplate with the green PCI-E cables will go very nicely with the Sniper's heatsinks.

Other than that, Doomed's spec looks lovely

I do believe that is enough to make me get the original 780ti. If im buying a windowed case and having a bit of a colour scheme then YELLOW has no place in my life.