First build in years!

Daviek

Daviek

Daviek

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Hello all,

The time has come to upgrade our computer and looking back it was over 6 years ago that it was last upgraded. This will be used for gaming and also my wife works from home so a bit of an office computer as well. I also used to over clock and had water cooling set ups long ago and might do this again.
Below are some of the parts that I've picked out and I'd like some opinions on them.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £188.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2133C11R) £79.99
Total : £885.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I've listed 2 GPUs as I'm yet to decice on what to buy and I'm really bad at going "that's only an extra £20, Oh and thats only an extra 40" but all together adding up to quite a lot.
Pretty much decided on the CPU but I've not listed a motherboard as im still not sure what to go with although a friend has just used a MSI Z97M-G43 board and it seems to be a very good board, also its Micro ATX which I'm going to try at the minute rather than the huge towers we have had in the past.
I've listed the SSD as my mates computer has one and its really good, or compared to a old HDD it is )
The PSU is probably overkill but when I've built in the distant past I've always liked to have a good one.
As for the memory, well i need to read up more on the memory side of things but the ones ive listed seem to be fine.

Undecided on the case so far but possibly a Corsair 350D or a Lian Li PC-A04 as i like this case quite a bit.

so if your still awake after reading this any pointers would be appreciated!

Davie
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £290.94
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £767.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



What you think to that then.

But should you wish to do crossfire (two graphic cards) then you need 850w or a good 550W PSU is plenty for a single R9 290.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £169.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
The 290 is a fair bit (20% ish) faster than the 280x for not a lot more.

I don't think the MSI gaming will offer anything over the PCS+, so may as well pay less.
 
Thanks for all the replies :)

I wont be doing crossfire so no need for a 850w PSU although I do like modular PSUs to make the case a bit tidier.
Never heard of Teamgroup for the memory but as I mentioned above it's one place i still need to have a read up on
Will have a look at motherboards as they have so much features these days that it's a pest trying to find something your not paying for lots of add ons your not going to use.

again thanks for the replies :)

Oh and point taken on the GPUs its an extra few quid for no gain.
 
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