Dear computer wizards,
In September 2009 you helped me build a lovely PC for about £600 (which I'm using right now and will put in the living room) and I've now come back for some more advice. The PC I built worked really well, however since 2009 I've discovered Steam and... well, let's just say I quite enjoy PC gaming now.
I'm looking to build a new gaming rig for about £1300 (though I don't mind going slightly over if the performance justifies it). I'm not planning on over-clocking, but I'd like it to be a good all-rounder so that I can occasionally use software like Photoshop for graphics work and just something that will last me 5-6 years with good performance.
Any advice or suggestions would be welcome, just a few questions:
> Is there much of a difference between the new types of GTX 970 (Gigabyte, Asus etc.)? I've gone with the Gigabyte one mostly because it looks swanky.
> Will the 750W PSU be able to handle all of this?
> I've gone for a 500GB SSD and will use about 200GB of it for gaming installs, with the 3TB WD Caviar Green being mostly for file storage. Is this a good choice or should I go for a smaller SSD and get another HDD/Hybrid?
> Will 8GB of the suggested RAM be suitable to start with? I think I could easily upgrade it to 16GB if I see that it's becoming an issue.
I've put together a build so far, I would really like a great graphics card so the timing of the GTX 970 launch works well and I really like the look of the case (seems to have great reviews too).
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £358.93
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
1 x G.Skill TridentX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-2400C10D-8GTX) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair CS750M 750W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020078-UK) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x Akasa 120mm Piranha high performance PWM air ripper blade fan £13.99 (£27.98)
1 x Samsung SH-118BB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £1,294.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).
I'm looking to get it mid-October or possibly early November.
Thank you in advance.
In September 2009 you helped me build a lovely PC for about £600 (which I'm using right now and will put in the living room) and I've now come back for some more advice. The PC I built worked really well, however since 2009 I've discovered Steam and... well, let's just say I quite enjoy PC gaming now.
I'm looking to build a new gaming rig for about £1300 (though I don't mind going slightly over if the performance justifies it). I'm not planning on over-clocking, but I'd like it to be a good all-rounder so that I can occasionally use software like Photoshop for graphics work and just something that will last me 5-6 years with good performance.
Any advice or suggestions would be welcome, just a few questions:
> Is there much of a difference between the new types of GTX 970 (Gigabyte, Asus etc.)? I've gone with the Gigabyte one mostly because it looks swanky.
> Will the 750W PSU be able to handle all of this?
> I've gone for a 500GB SSD and will use about 200GB of it for gaming installs, with the 3TB WD Caviar Green being mostly for file storage. Is this a good choice or should I go for a smaller SSD and get another HDD/Hybrid?
> Will 8GB of the suggested RAM be suitable to start with? I think I could easily upgrade it to 16GB if I see that it's becoming an issue.
I've put together a build so far, I would really like a great graphics card so the timing of the GTX 970 launch works well and I really like the look of the case (seems to have great reviews too).
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £358.93
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
1 x G.Skill TridentX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-2400C10D-8GTX) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair CS750M 750W Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply (CP-9020078-UK) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x Akasa 120mm Piranha high performance PWM air ripper blade fan £13.99 (£27.98)
1 x Samsung SH-118BB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £1,294.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).
I'm looking to get it mid-October or possibly early November.
Thank you in advance.
