First PC build and some advice needed

RoadRippa

RoadRippa

RoadRippa

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Hello, I'll be building my first PC soon. Pretty new to the forums, so I'm a little shy :p So far I've chosen the following:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £275.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Asus USB-N10 Micro USB Network Adapter Wireless-N 150Mbps £6.98
Total : £942.79 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I chose the motherboard bundle because of the ability to upgrade the motherboard for a newer one later on. (:D) I'd like the build to last me until I decide to take advantage of the upgrade. Is there anything any of you wonderful people would change at all? :) I do computer science at college so apart from gaming, I'd be doing a bit of Photoshop, possibly rendering a few videos and programming.
For the heatsink, would you recommend that I choose something like a H80i or wait until the Raijintek Triton becomes available? (and use the reference heatsink until then)

Thank you in advance!
 
mini itx portable build?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (78XNH5DN9IST) £215.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £129.95
1 x MSI Z97I Gaming AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Silverstone Sugo SG05 HTPC Case with 450W Power Supply - All Black ( SST-SG05BB-450 USB 3.0) £99.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint M8 2.5" 1TB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M101MBB) HDD £47.99
1 x Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler Low Profile - 92mm £34.99
1 x LiteOn DL-8A4SH-25C Slim SLOT Black 8x DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive £29.99
Total : £1,012.88 (includes shipping : £11.75).



mobo has wireless ac included
16gb ram
gtx 780
 
Sorry but I don't really want to go ITX or mATX (because of SLI and i prefer ATX, my fault. I didn't mention that in the first post) I'd like the option to upgrade my system to skylake or cannonlake through the gigabyte board. Is there any changes you'd make to my original spec? :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £229.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £129.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN823N) £11.48
Total : £1,068.26 (includes shipping : £12.50).




£30 off and free shipping with this code: XFX290PROMO (so total price = £1020)
16gb ram for rendering (you'll need it)
850w psu if you intend to run dual gpu in the future
256gb ssd added
matched all-black interior (could do well with some fancy leds lol)
300mbps wifi

nvidia option:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (78XNH5DN9IST) £215.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/16) £129.95
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN823N) £11.48
Total : £1,054.26 (includes shipping : £12.50).



free shipping with code: SFCASE
 
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Leds. I like your thinking! :D I have a lot to take into consideration :P Didn't think about dual-gpus, nice to have the capacity for it in the future :) Not really a big fan (no pun intended) of the heatsink. Out of something like the H80i and the Triton (when it is available), what would you go for?
 
haha i threw in the heatsink more as an afterthought tbh. you'll want to be able to overclock straight away and i'm afraid with my 2p above, you don't have enough budget to get an AIO cooler.
with an el-cheapo heatsink you can overclock while saving for a better cooler (or save the money and use the stock heatsink for now)
you'll want a 240mm aio cooler ie: h100/105 or the triton
 
Hmm... I think I'll play it safe and use the stock heatsink for now. That way, I can see what the Triton is like compared to one of Corsair's AIOs. :) Is it worth using something like AS5 on the stock heatsink or is it better just to save it for when it is replaced by a different heatsink?
 
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