Gaming & Rendering PC

Stuen4y · 13 May 2014 at 13:40

lee32uk said:
I think that could be a HX650 anyway good PSU made by Seasonic A single 280X or 290 will run fine with that psu.

For the record its a CWT but still a very good PSU. Will run any single graphics card setup quietly with ease not breaking too much sweat at all.

lee32uk · 13 May 2014 at 14:16

Stuen4y said:
For the record its a CWT but still a very good PSU. Will run any single graphics card setup quietly with ease not breaking too much sweat at all.

No it's a Seasonic. The 750W Model and above are CWT.

HalfBakedJake · 13 May 2014 at 14:31

I would change the Phantecs heatsink for a Dark Rock 3. Better thermals IMO and its thinner allowing for tall RAM

altrewin · 13 May 2014 at 15:38

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £137.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.95
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler £43.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £1,112.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Included P280 as a placeholder/possible alternative for the Define R4.

lee32uk · 13 May 2014 at 15:50

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.98
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £101.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black £94.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,067.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

BenJ · 13 May 2014 at 20:16

Thanks for the info and specs folks.

From the various posts I'm thinking somthing like this (Note: changed SSD to 500gb as he needs bigger than 250).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £233.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) **£18 CASHBACK £215.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £128.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler £54.95
Total : £1,093.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Went for the sniper as other people seemed to recommend it in the Z87 version. The write up on the heatsink sounds good, I hate loud fans. No idea on the RAM quality but seemed a popular choice.

Only thing now is, do I wait for this Haswell refresh that someone mentioned in a month or two.

abbotsmike · 13 May 2014 at 20:31

If he's doing 3D animation is 500GB going to be enough or would a smaller SSD and a 1-2TB HDD/RAID array make more sense?

BenJ · 13 May 2014 at 20:42

abbotsmike said:
If he's doing 3D animation is 500GB going to be enough or would a smaller SSD and a 1-2TB HDD/RAID array make more sense?

should have mentioned he has like 4tb of mechanical drives already (split between 3 hds)

The ssd will purely be for windows, games, program's etc, no storage

abbotsmike · 13 May 2014 at 20:47

Fair enough, just thought I'd check!

smilertoo · 13 May 2014 at 21:05

If you're doing 3d rendering i'd recommend an nvidia card, slightly slower in games but less crashy drivers in 3d apps.

BenJ · 13 May 2014 at 23:00

smilertoo said:
If you're doing 3d rendering i'd recommend an nvidia card, slightly slower in games but less crashy drivers in 3d apps.

That's interesting to know, perhaps the 770 is back on the cards

Stuen4y · 14 May 2014 at 07:42

lee32uk said:
No it's a Seasonic. The 750W Model and above are CWT.

You are completely right, I do not know how I've missed that detail. Shame on me!

It's still a very good PSU regarding if the OEM is SS or CWT.