First Build HELP!

m1key93 · 2 Apr 2014 at 14:41

Hi guys the other day i thought of a build I could put together and posted it on this forum and I listened to all your advice and decided to add an extra £100 on my £1000 budget to make it better, including monitor peripherals.

And ive been watching a lot of videos about getting into pc gamming and research a lot over the cause of a few months, and what ive been hearing everywhere is cooling and keeping your rig cool. so I added that extra £100 in for cooling because I want to overclock in the near future.

But im abit stuck on how big of a power supply I will need for this rig so can someone help me ?

SPECS:
Corsair Carbide 300R
Windows 8.1
Intel i5 4670k
MSI Z87-G45
MSI R9 270X 4GB
G.SKILL Ripjaws x 2133MHz
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Corsair H80i
Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition x3
Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition x3

dacads · 2 Apr 2014 at 15:18

Hi mate, I would be looking to get a better graphics card preferably a R9 280 at least

As for PSU you can't go wrong with a gold unit that has 5 years warranty

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
Total : £89.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Or for £10 more, this one has a 10 year warranty

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
Total : £99.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

lee32uk · 2 Apr 2014 at 15:23

m1key93 said:
SPECS:
Corsair Carbide 300R
Windows 8.1
Intel i5 4670k
MSI Z87-G45
MSI R9 270X 4GB
G.SKILL Ripjaws x 2133MHz
Seagate Barracuda 1TB
Corsair H80i
Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition x3
Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition x3

Have you already bought all of the above components ?

m1key93 · 2 Apr 2014 at 15:24

Thanks for that is 650w enough then ? ive seen very good reviews on 270x and its on sale for £160

Would anyone recommend an Nvidia GPU ? for round about the same price with better performance

m1key93 · 2 Apr 2014 at 15:25

i haven't bought these yet but if i get some good feedback of you guys i will be doing tonight

lee32uk · 2 Apr 2014 at 15:42

If you only plan on running one graphics card then a 550W will be enough. You could save on the cooler by getting the Alpenfohn Matterhorn Pure Edition.
Also the Gigabyte Sniper is a better board than the MSI G45 for the same price.

I would also try for a 280X rather than a 4GB 270X, and a SSD if your budget allows it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £209.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

lee32uk · 2 Apr 2014 at 15:50

Another motherboard option would be the Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H. It comes with a decent free cooler, which will be fine for overclocking on.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
Total : £153.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

dacads · 2 Apr 2014 at 19:26

m1key93 said:
Thanks for that is 650w enough then ? ive seen very good reviews on 270x and its on sale for £160

Would anyone recommend an Nvidia GPU ? for round about the same price with better performance

Yep 650w is more than enough should allow some nice leeway in future for upgrades.