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I'm currently looking to build a gaming PC
My initial thoughts are the system below although I would prefer if I could get it to the £1000 mark (I'm a tad over at the moment)
If anybody can give me their thoughts on this system and how it might be improved I would be very grateful. Things I'm not sure on are:-
is it worth going for an i7 or will a i5 be good enough?
If i'm overclocking the chip do I have to watch out what type of memory I'm using?
Would it be better to stick with the 760 or try to stretch to a 770 or even a 780 (may need an overdraft for the final option!)
Is the H100i the best solution? I will not need a cdrom drive in the case as I use steam for gaming
Thanks in advance
Ian
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C11 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1866C11D3P1K2/8G) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD £64.99
Total : £1,142.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).
My initial thoughts are the system below although I would prefer if I could get it to the £1000 mark (I'm a tad over at the moment)
If anybody can give me their thoughts on this system and how it might be improved I would be very grateful. Things I'm not sure on are:-
is it worth going for an i7 or will a i5 be good enough?
If i'm overclocking the chip do I have to watch out what type of memory I'm using?
Would it be better to stick with the 760 or try to stretch to a 770 or even a 780 (may need an overdraft for the final option!)
Is the H100i the best solution? I will not need a cdrom drive in the case as I use steam for gaming
Thanks in advance
Ian
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C11 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1866C11D3P1K2/8G) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD £64.99
Total : £1,142.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).