Help me spec a new 2k gaming machine

The only thing with the 750D imho is that your will see the non braided cables coming from the PSU to be-hide the motherboard tray and they kinda spoils it for me, with the cube case that isn't an issue. You could always just rip your new PSU and braid the cables yourself tho :)
 
Ethermaster said:
The only thing with the 750D imho is that your will see the non braided cables coming from the PSU to be-hide the motherboard tray and they kinda spoils it for me, with the cube case that isn't an issue. You could always just rip your new PSU and braid the cables yourself tho :)
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Or you could just spray everything Orange :D
 
Ethermaster said:
The only thing with the 750D imho is that your will see the non braided cables coming from the PSU to be-hide the motherboard tray and they kinda spoils it for me, with the cube case that isn't an issue. You could always just rip your new PSU and braid the cables yourself tho :)
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Noted, that's the sort of priceless insight you get asking on this forum. I'm more inclined to take go with the general consensus when a reason against something else is provided, where I fully follow what has been said or not ;)
 
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It is wider then a normal tower case as the PSU is hidden on the other side but its much much shorter to the point that it could be a mid tower case almost.
 
If its just down to case choice now ill vent my advice. If you want a h100 type cooler only you may as well just get Ronin or 540.

The 540 is the jack of all (and master of most) so ots always a good choice.

If you want a case for full on watercooling the phanteks is tough to beat.

Another option if you dint like the look of the 540 is the 750d.
 
Ok this is over budget, but its a full loop, themed with white / blue and black theme, that will look pretty damn nice. I also added extra fans for the rads etc and its got X-Fire 290's :) You can flog the 2 copies of BF4 if you dont need them also the copy of Rome2 and FF14, should recoup some of the overspend lol.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x Mach Xtreme Technology 240GB 2.5" SATA 6GB/s MX-DS TURBO PREMIUM Edition SSD £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 X-RES (Incl. Pump) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 480 (Quad) £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel £52.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple) £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
4 x Phanteks PH-F140SP 140mm Fan - Black / White £12.95 (£51.80)
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98)
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99 (£29.90)
Total : £2,246.11 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Holy crap, I think my head is going to explode!!

I see doomedspeed that your build on the precious page was a full CPU/GPU water cooled build too, and smack on the budget and that's really nice sideards with the water cooling and twin cards.

I've had a good look at the 540 and it's actually growing on me.

So within budget I need to make a choice between H100i cooled CPU and dual cards or a single card with full water cooling and overclocking.

I didn't expect so many different combinations, unreal guys :D
 
I wonder ..... can I do a dual card with watercooling build, for the record dual cards on air will offer better performance then the same card on water ;)
 
SiDeards73 said:
Ok this is over budget, but its a full loop, themed with white / blue and black theme, that will look pretty damn nice. I also added extra fans for the rads etc and its got X-Fire 290's :) You can flog the 2 copies of BF4 if you dont need them also the copy of Rome2 and FF14, should recoup some of the overspend lol.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x Mach Xtreme Technology 240GB 2.5" SATA 6GB/s MX-DS TURBO PREMIUM Edition SSD £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Gigabyte M8000x Gaming Mouse £143.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Acetal £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 X-RES (Incl. Pump) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 480 (Quad) £59.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy Clean CSQ - Nickel £52.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE 360 (Triple) £49.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
4 x Phanteks PH-F140SP 140mm Fan - Black / White £12.95 (£51.80)
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Clear £5.99 (£11.98)
10 x EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99 (£29.90)
Total : £2,246.11 (includes shipping : £22.20).

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Nice spec :) I would opt for the Samsung Evo SSD though.
 
To be honest, i would run 1 x 290x under water rather than dual 290, it would come in under price also and offer insane performance once you crank up a decent OC on the gpu and cpu. And yeah would allow to spend elsewhere on the build.
 
Answer was no not in budget :(

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 100 (incl. pump) £105.95
2 x XSPC Razor R9 290X / 290 VGA Waterblock £94.99 (£189.98)
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x XSPC EX360 Multiport Radiator £54.95
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x XSPC EX240 Multiport Radiator £44.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99 (£51.98)
2 x XSPC Razor R9 290X / 290 Backplate £24.95 (£49.90)
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 30cm £20.95
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
2 x BitFenix 6-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95 (£11.90)
4 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Red £4.99 (£19.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95
10 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.19 (£31.90)
2 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear (1m Length) £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £2,461.63 (includes shipping : £25.45).

 
Gboyd said:
Doomedspeed and Havana that have provided the full water cooled rigs, very nice too.
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The build I offered wasn't full water cooling, but used a semi-custom closed loop cooler made and delivered ready-to-use by Overclockers, very similar to the Corsair Hxxx/Antec Kuhler range. It's customisable in that you have some choice on the radiator and the colour of the coolant, and I chose this over the Corsair H100i/H110 for this reason to make it match the rest of the build's yellow theme.
 
Ethermaster said:
Answer was no not in budget :(

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Radeon R9 290 "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-D5 Vario X-RES 100 (incl. pump) £105.95
2 x XSPC Razor R9 290X / 290 VGA Waterblock £94.99 (£189.98)
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x XSPC EX360 Multiport Radiator £54.95
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x XSPC EX240 Multiport Radiator £44.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £25.99 (£51.98)
2 x XSPC Razor R9 290X / 290 Backplate £24.95 (£49.90)
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Aqua White 30cm £20.95
2 x Mayhems Pastel - Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £13.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24-Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
2 x BitFenix 6-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix 8-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.95 (£11.90)
4 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Red £4.99 (£19.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8-Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95
10 x XSPC G1/4" to 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £3.19 (£31.90)
2 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear (1m Length) £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £2,461.63 (includes shipping : £25.45).

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I knew this would happen, I'd get greedy and want best of both worlds .....

Can you explain the raid 0 set up on the HDDs, is this for security reasons?

Just thinking if I dropped them and stole the HDD from my current rig that would be 'just' 10% over budget .....
 
No I didn't get RAID 0 into that spec, what RAID 0 is two drives that makes the same capacity as a single drive but with much much great performance, where most SSD's are rated for around the 500Mb/s mark RAID 0 SSD's can hit as hit as 1000MB/s transfer rates :)

EDIT: But the risk is if you lose a single one of the drives all your data on them is lost, but thats why we all have HDD's and backup storage right?
 
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I thought when you had 2 x Seagates it was for raid 0 - but that's still answered my question so I'm assuming raid 1 is where it writes to both drives simultaneously so if one drive fails you have a backup.
 
Alright, I think I'll forget the full on water cooling option and go with just the overclocked CPU using a liquid cooler nice and simple. I'd probably be too much of a wimp to push the overclocking anyway :D
 
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