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noahl

noahl

noahl

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Hi All,

I'm attempting my first build and wanted to see what people thought of this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti-2GD5/OC) £107.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
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 Cooler Master Centurion 6 Case - Black £64.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £61.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
2 x Scythe Glide Stream 1200RPM Fan - 120mm £8.99 (£17.98)
Total : £850.45 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I will be using it for video editing and some gaming, any suggestions for improving performance or making some savings (or anything that is blatantly not going to work) would be most welcome . I'm already at the limit of my budget, so savings without compromising performance would be ideal.

Many thanks in advance.
 
Hi and welcome.

I have made a few adjustments,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 "BF4 Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
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 TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £65.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £838.43 (includes shipping : £8.00).



• Free BF4 voucher with this card.
• Not convinced the WD Black is worth it over a rival 1TB HDD from Seagate/Toshiba etc.
• Why spend nearly £20 on fans? buy a better case to begin with.
 
Another option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Windowed Tower Case - Black £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800) £27.98
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £829.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Let me explain:

  • 8320 - should be better/just as good for video editing as the i5 due to lots of threaded cores
  • 16GB of RAM will help with editing
  • 270X, the X is better than the non-X
  • CPU cooler for a little overclock. :)
  • Cheaper.

You like?
 
From personal experience I'd advise against a wireless LAN adapter and go with some powerplugs instead for just a little more money. When I had a LAN card I was getting constant 1/2 bar connections and my internet was lagging out all of the time, and speedtests would only give me 5mbps when at the time we were on 30mpbs download. Might just be me though. Never had a problem with the plugs.
 
Thanks for all the advice. I think I am going to go for this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black (CC-9011014-WW) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x TP-Link 450Mbps Wireless N Dual Band PCI Express Adapter (TL-WDN4800) £27.98
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £765.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).



It's around about what I had in mind budgetwise when I first looked at doing a build.

I don't plan on overclocking so no real need for the CPU cooler.

16GB of RAM would be great, but for the time being 8GB should be plenty and can I add more if I decide I need to.
 
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