first build since 2008, spec check would be great

Maximus-Xavier

Maximus-Xavier

Maximus-Xavier

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thought i was due a upgrade from my first OC build back in 2008 so after a bit of browsing on here i've come up with this, will be used for a bit of gaming, movies, work(office stuff) . moniter needs to be capable of hooking up with my ps4.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VG278HE 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £349.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Asus Cerberus Gaming Headset £335.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £109.99
1 x ReFlex Asus Z97 - Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Configurable Gaming Bundle £106.01
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX21C11BGK2/8-OC) £65.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1003FZEX) HDD £57.98
1 x Akasa Dual 2.5" SSD/HDD Mounting Kit (AK-MX010V2) £7.99
Total : £1,454.62 (includes shipping : £14.75).



thanks
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2720Z 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £359.99
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £189.95
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case without Window £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Peformance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
Total : £1,390.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).




I don't know how 1080p looks at 27" so I won't comment on that. I would have specced a 1440p monitor, but you wouldn't be able to 'Max out' on everything with a single 290.
The monitor above gets very good reviews though, and has motion blur technology.

Swapped the 290 for the Gigabyte. The warranty support is excellent (UK based)

The ssd comes with a copy (Code) for watchdogs

The board comes with a free headset

The case is personal preference, but the Phanteks case is only a few days old, and it is very good. The airflow should be better than the antec.

The WD Black drives are overpriced, so swapped for a Blue.

The Ereboss will cope fine with the i5, so no need for the H100i.

The EVGA psu has a 10 year warranty, and will allow for crossfire.
 
thanks for the advice made some revisions based on them, stepped down a size on the monitor as i thought it might match the ps4 a bit better?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £299.99
1 x BenQ XL2411Z 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £189.95
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £159.98
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Peformance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
Total : £1,305.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).




system that this replacing is
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz
OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 x2 in crossfire
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card
Zalman Reserator XT Water Cooling
its been a pretty awesome machine never requiring any sort of maintainance really but it is a bit noisy and the reserator takes up a fair bit of room.
iam proberly going to give it to my parents so was thinking of putting a 60g ssd drive in there for windows would that be ok on a motherboard that old?

thanks again
 
Few things:

PSU is too big for a single card. Get a good quality 650w or 750w. If you plan to crossfire I'd be more comfortable with a 1000w. Superflower is a great brand (the psu you listed is made by superflower as are all EVGA psus in that particular range).

GPU: I'd take a powercolor or tri-x over the gigabyte. Better coolers. 1 year less warranty though. That's up to you I guess.

SSD do you really need a 500gb SSD? 250 is usually fine for games and windows.

Case: it's a great case. My girlfriends PC has the same specs as yours pretty much, with the same case. However it only comes with one intake fan (front) one exhaust (rear). I had to add an additional intake and exhaust (top) to deal with the hot air a 290 dumps into the case. That being said ambient temps are 26-30 here which makes a difference. However consider getting a few extra fans.

Finally consider upgrading to a 4790k I7 If you plan on adding another graphics card down the road (remember point one).

Either way, looks like a great system. Hope you enjoy!

P.s. You have no DVD rw drive in, is that intended? (Not that you need it nowerdays but I know).
 
Qitarah said:
Few things:

PSU is too big for a single card. Get a good quality 650w or 750w. If you plan to crossfire I'd be more comfortable with a 1000w. Superflower is a great brand (the psu you listed is made by superflower as are all EVGA psus in that particular range).

GPU: I'd take a powercolor or tri-x over the gigabyte. Better coolers. 1 year less warranty though. That's up to you I guess.

SSD do you really need a 500gb SSD? 250 is usually fine for games and windows.

Case: it's a great case. My girlfriends PC has the same specs as yours pretty much, with the same case. However it only comes with one intake fan (front) one exhaust (rear). I had to add an additional intake and exhaust (top) to deal with the hot air a 290 dumps into the case. That being said ambient temps are 26-30 here which makes a difference. However consider getting a few extra fans.

Finally consider upgrading to a 4790k I7 If you plan on adding another graphics card down the road (remember point one).

Either way, looks like a great system. Hope you enjoy!

P.s. You have no DVD rw drive in, is that intended? (Not that you need it nowerdays but I know).
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The psu will be fine for 290cf. The cost of a 650W fully modular is only £20 or so cheaper anyway. I think it is best to have a cf/sli ready psu so that you don't have to change it 2/3 years down the line should you decide to go for a higher res monitor.

I have never seen any complaints regarding the gigabyte cooler. The tri-x can have issues too (Rattling fan shroud) from what I have read. The warranty support with gigabyte is excellent (UK based) I am not sure what the deal is with Sapphire.

You can never have enough storage :D

I won't comment on the case, as that is personal pref. I think the Phanteks is better, but that is my opinion.

The op might be able to salvage the dvd drive from his previous build ? Failing that i would probably go for an external one and then stick it in a drawer after installing the o/s.
 
The 850w would be cutting it close if you are pushing overclocks, and fine if your not. Although if your not planning on xfiring I'd still get a slightly reduced psu, no point wasting money.

The wind force cooler had plenty of issues in the first few batches. I imagine it's been corrected by now, but it still had those issues of high temps and noise. Also they use elipida memory as well as Hynix, the tri-x and sapphire only use Hynix.
 
The Gigabyte R9 290 pulls 219W under gaming according to the review on kitguru. Under stress (Furmark) it pulls 299W.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...290-windforce-oc-review-1600p-ultra-hd-4k/30/

And like i mentioned earlier, you are only saving just over £20 between a 650W and a 850W as a like for like.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £77.99
Total : £187.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Not gonna keep derailing the topic any more but yer for £20 it's ok. For crossfire 850w will be ok without monster clocks on CPU, and gpus. Either way to the OP the spec is great and hope you enjoy!
 
so after much late night browsing and deciding to bust the budget a bit, i think this is what i have settled on and will order it over the weekend unless anyone can see any errors. went for 16g memory in the end just cause i know it will bug me if i dont i presume it is compatable with motherboard etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £161.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £109.99
1 x Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-79G-03549) £104.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow KC300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive w/ Adapter - (SKC300S37A/120G) £66.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £60
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £54.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £42.98
1 x AeroCool V12XT 4-Channel LCD Touch Panel Fan Controller £38.99
1 x Samsung SE-218CN/RSBS Ultra Slim External DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £29.99
3 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Red - 120mm £12.49 (£37.47)
Total : £1,598.40 (includes shipping : £20.10).



really appreciate peoples comments makes it much easier to splash the cash
 
reserator xt

Maximus-Xavier said:
thanks for the advice made some revisions based on them, stepped down a size on the monitor as i thought it might match the ps4 a bit better?
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £299.99
1 x BenQ XL2411Z 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £189.95
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £159.98
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £64.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Peformance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
Total : £1,305.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).




system that this replacing is
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz
OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 x2 in crossfire
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card
Zalman Reserator XT Water Cooling
its been a pretty awesome machine never requiring any sort of maintainance really but it is a bit noisy and the reserator takes up a fair bit of room.
iam proberly going to give it to my parents so was thinking of putting a 60g ssd drive in there for windows would that be ok on a motherboard that old?

thanks again
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Do you still have the reserator xt ? I'm looking for one to build an external watercooling project thanks
 
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