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Scratchy

Scratchy

Scratchy

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Hi guys, I'm trying to come up with a new gaming system having been out the loop for a very long time, still running a Core2Duo :)

This is what I've come up with so far as a first attempt.

I'm still a little under budget so I'm sure there's room for improvement so if anyone can give some advice or pick out obvious flaws in my choices I'd be grateful, thanks.

I already have an OS KB/Mouse and monitor btw.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit £299.99
1 x Asus Z97-K - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £245.58
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT240M500SSD1) £89.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £42.95
Total : £852.48

 
Do you like orange+black?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £305.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **Overclockers UK Exclusive** £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £960.85 (includes shipping : £19.10).




The SOC Force comes with free RAM.

If you buy the CPU+Board together you get £25 cashback - http://uk-promotion.gigabytenordic.com/

Then all you need to do is decide on how you are going to cool it?

• Stock intel heatsink that comes with the CPU
• All-in-one water cooler like a H105 from Corsair
• Or a large aftermarket air heatsink
 
stulid said:
Do you like orange+black?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £305.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **Overclockers UK Exclusive** £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £960.85 (includes shipping : £19.10).




The SOC Force comes with free RAM.

If you buy the CPU+Board together you get £25 cashback - http://uk-promotion.gigabytenordic.com/

Then all you need to do is decide on how you are going to cool it?

• Stock intel heatsink that comes with the CPU
• All-in-one water cooler like a H105 from Corsair
• Or a large aftermarket air heatsink
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Orange+black looks pretty good to me, I did actually have that 290 in my basket originally because I thought it would look cool with the case :)

Are the other coolers just for if I want to OC?

I don't really like having a noisy rig will they be noticeably quieter than the stock cooler also?

Thanks.
 
The stock cooler is a little noisy thing that has to spin fast (so noisy) to move decent air as the fan is tiny.

An aftermarket cooler will be quieter due to having a bigger fan that rotates slower (but can be ramped up to loud) and thus will cool better too.
 
the 1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler £52.99

is a great cooler. Espically if you stick on 2 140mm fans in push/pull!
 
Thanks for the advice guys, will this be a pretty decent build then? I'd like it to last for me a while.

I've built up quite the collection of games through steam sales but never really had a PC to run them at a decent graphics level, looking forward to The Witcher 2 amongst others :)
 
Best Z97 board especially for overclocking.

PSU will handle two GPU's with ease.

The Prolimatech in black with a black fan is a good shout and easy to fit too.
 
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-04-40G) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Blue £89.99
1 x MSI Z97-G55 SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £88.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CI) - Blue Light £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £42.95
1 x Deepcool GAMMAXX 300 CPU-Cooler - 120mm £16.99
Total : £1,005.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Scratchy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **Overclockers UK Exclusive** £169.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,027.93



Is it worth paying that bit more for the i7 or should I just save the money and stick with the i5?
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Possibly if you do add a 2nd card then there is less of a bottleneck.

Besides the i7 is not slower than the i5 as it has a 500MHz higher core speed and turboboost speed too.
 
Thanks for all the help I think this is pretty much my final build, just still contemplating whether to go with the i7 or not, any final critique?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **Overclockers UK Exclusive** £169.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,054.04 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
The H105 has a thicker rad so performs better.

It also doesn't use the LINK software that the H100i does. The software has issues with Win8/8.1 if you google it.
 
I'll be using Windows 7 as that's what I have now but I've switched it out anyway if it performs better.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **Overclockers UK Exclusive** £169.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Orange £89.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
Total : £1,031.92

 
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