good gaming build? Thoughts and help please

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:19

I am making a computer for gaming and video recording/editing, this is what I have so far, can anyone say if it is good/bad, and any parts i should change. Also i am not too sure about the graphic...i was planning to get AMD due to BF4, what would be the best £200ish card?

Also how do i know if the motherboard works with everything including the case, and is a full case required? Budget £800ish

Aerocool Mechatron Gaming Case
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7870 Graphics Card
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB
Intel Core i7 4770K Quad Core Retail CPU
Western Digital Green - 2TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive
Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
Corsair CW-9060007-WW Hydro Series H60 High Performance 120mm Rad All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler
Corsair CX750 Builder Series CX 750W ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze PSU
Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Motherboard

Raikiri · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:24

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

On pre-order but a considerably better card than the 7870. Otherwise it seems fine, I wouldn't get that case though. There are better quality ones that look a lot nicer (imo) at a similar price point.

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:30

Raikiri said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

On pre-order but a considerably better card than the 7870. Otherwise it seems fine, I wouldn't get that case though. There are better quality ones that look a lot nicer (imo) at a similar price point.

hmm...it seems that that card has a heat problem is that a common thing?

Idleman · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:31

What`s your total budget for this build?

Raikiri · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:32

IIRC there was a bad batch of them with poorly mounted heatsinks/too much TIM. I could be remembering that incorrectly though.

Regardless of what you go for £200 should get you a 7950 of some description, which is generally a better card than even the 7870LE (which I own).

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:37

Idleman said:
What`s your total budget for this build?

£800 ish...sorry i thought i wrote that XD

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:38

Raikiri said:
IIRC there was a bad batch of them with poorly mounted heatsinks/too much TIM. I could be remembering that incorrectly though.

Regardless of what you go for £200 should get you a 7950 of some description, which is generally a better card than even the 7870LE (which I own).

i will defiantly note that down...thanks

Idleman · 26 Aug 2013 at 18:50

ArcticFrenzy said:
£800 ish...sorry i thought i wrote that XD

If that £800 is to include your spec and a Gpu, then you will be struggling. You would be looking closer to a £1000.
Is it your intention to go xfire in the future?

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 19:10

Idleman said:
If that £800 is to include your spec and a Gpu, then you will be struggling. You would be looking closer to a £1000.
Is it your intention to go xfire in the future?

i do not even know what xfire is/does so thats not my intention really

Doomedspeed · 26 Aug 2013 at 19:17

ArcticFrenzy said:
i do not even know what xfire is/does so thats not my intention really

Xfire is multi AMD GPU's so two 7950's in one machine..

Idleman said:
If that £800 is to include your spec and a Gpu, then you will be struggling. You would be looking closer to a £1000.
Is it your intention to go xfire in the future?

I think you're right £1K seems about right:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £78.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
Total : £1,007.71 (includes shipping : £22.45).

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 20:51

Doomedspeed said:
Xfire is multi AMD GPU's so two 7950's in one machine..

I think you're right £1K seems about right:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £78.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £68.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
Total : £1,007.71 (includes shipping : £22.45).

do you think i really need the water cooling thing? or would the air fans be enough?

Doomedspeed · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:05

ArcticFrenzy said:
do you think i really need the water cooling thing? or would the air fans be enough?

Stock cooler?

I think you'd need an aftermarket cool atleast.

The only reason i dropped the H80 in is i saw a H60 in your orignal spec..

Otherwise a cooler like this would suffice:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm £28.99
Total : £34.97 (includes shipping : £4.98).

azibux1 · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:35

I'd say go for air cooling to save a lot of money... Unless you're looking at seriously overclocking the cpu

Doomedspeed · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:37

azibux1 said:
I'd say go for air cooling to save a lot of money... Unless you're looking at seriously overclocking the cpu

You can get serious overclocks on air coolers.

What you should have said is:

"Go for a sub £30 cooler unless you're looking at seriously overclocking the cpu"

azibux1 · 26 Aug 2013 at 21:57

Doomedspeed said:
You can get serious overclocks on air coolers.

What you should have said is:

"Go for a sub £30 cooler unless you're looking at seriously overclocking the cpu"

Okay

Either way... He can still save some money haha

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 23:55

azibux1 said:
I'd say go for air cooling to save a lot of money... Unless you're looking at seriously overclocking the cpu

i'll go for the money saving method XD....im already spending a lot so i might aswell being it down a bit...and i was planning to OC, but not drasticly

ArcticFrenzy · 26 Aug 2013 at 23:56

Doomedspeed said:
You can get serious overclocks on air coolers.

What you should have said is:

"Go for a sub £30 cooler unless you're looking at seriously overclocking the cpu"

do you know any good sub £30 air coolers?

Fulax · 27 Aug 2013 at 00:05

ArcticFrenzy said:
do you know any good sub £30 air coolers?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £32.96 (includes shipping : £4.98).

ArcticFrenzy · 27 Aug 2013 at 06:59

Fulax said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £32.96 (includes shipping : £4.98).

pawsome

hehe sorry about the next question but would that replace the default CPU fan or does this plug into the MB?

Doomedspeed · 27 Aug 2013 at 07:22

ArcticFrenzy said:
pawsome

hehe sorry about the next question but would that replace the default CPU fan or does this plug into the MB?

it replaces the stock CPU fan.