Gaming and Work Rig

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 Jun 2014 at 15:03

Been a while since I priced anything up but I'm looking at the below for gaming use and work, bit of video editing and Photoshop work.

I've priced up the below but I'm not sure about the Motherboard, in the past I've always had Gigabyte but the MSI board seems to have a better spec.

I've never heard of the RAM company either but the price is good.

I already have additional hard drives, mouse, kb etc...

Danny75 · 11 Jun 2014 at 15:42

Good spec, but the Corsair RM 850W won't fit, as far as I know. Max is 160mm depth PSU for that case, and they recommend PS2 ATX size, which is (standard) 140-150mm depth (although a bit longer or shorter would still be PS2).

There's a B-Grade version of the same Gigabyte GPU available for £199.

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 Jun 2014 at 16:02

Ah ok, what PSU would fit that is a similar spec, the 850W is probably overkill so I could drop to around 600W.

Good shout on the GPU, that is a really good deal.

Danny75 · 11 Jun 2014 at 16:35

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £85.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £277.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

A good 550W will provide plenty of power for an i7 and a 770. If you want to futureproof for a more powerful card in future, then go with 650W. The Corsair RM 550/650W's are modular, but between the SuperFlowers and those, I'd go with a SuperFlower which should have better internals, and sort out the cable management somehow (there'll be just enough room above the PSU to coil and tie the excess cabling neatly, even more room if you remove the optical drive bay).

Also, I've built with the Phenom mini-ITX version, and although things are positioned differently to the M-ATX, I think you'd still benefit from including a big 230mm fan, as the case is not the best for airflow. The BitFenix Spectre Pro's are ideal.

Doomedspeed · 11 Jun 2014 at 17:15

Even though there not modular id go for a super flower PSU, though the NZXT hale 90+ PSU are cheap at the moment. Very well made units with silent adaptive fan.

500-550w will be ideal.

As for the motherboard id grab the gigabyte. I think UK RMA alone is worth an extra £10.

I think that H90 isn't a great idea, not the best cooler for that price. Id personally spend £50-£55 and get a megahalems with a silent fan.

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Or grab a secondhand H80i for around £40.

If you can get that B grade GPU your laughing. If not id be looking at a 280x for that money.