Help on a new build please...

bioshockeruk

bioshockeruk

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Hi all, my current setup is a little ageing now. Running an FX 6300 OC @ 4.2ghz with H80. Asus 970fx mobo, 8gb Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz DDR3, 240gb Sandisk Ultra II SSD, 120GB Sandisk Extreme SSD, 2x Raptor 240GB HDD, Radeon HD 7870 Ghz with Antec Gamer 750w PSU.

I'm looking to rebuild my rig, I will probably look to keep the ram and SSD's and my BDXL optical drive.

Here is my proposed rig, would you recommend any changes at all, and also which cooler would you recommend, either Heatsink/AIO Water/or Basic Custom Loop Kit. My budget is around £1600, however I could sell of old parts if needed.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £269.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage 480GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHSS37A/480GB) £229.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/Red £199.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD4003FZEX) £175.99
1 x Corsair RMi '80 Plus Gold' 750W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020082-UK) £109.99
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster Z High Performance Gaming Sound Card - Retail (70SB150000001) £69.95
1 x Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLT2CP4G3D1608DT2TXRGCEU) (Red & Green Activity LEDs) **WORLD FIRST** £59.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
1 x Corsair SP140 Twin Pack Red LED Fans (CO-9050034-WW) £19.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
- 1 x Silverstone 4-pin Molex to 4x SATA cable 30 cm - Black / Red £6.77
- 1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
- 1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
Total : £1,594.26 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




any help, information or suggestions welcome...thanks in advance...
 
 
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so would it really be worth the extra £150-£200 increase for the skylake stuff or just go with the haswell refresh? I'm after the best performance for my money in current and upcoming AAA games, ie. BF4, Heroes of the Storm, SC2, GTA V, Battlefront etc...and is 8gb ram still enough now would i need an extra 8gb ram?
 
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so would it really be worth the extra £150-£200 increase for the skylake stuff or just go with the haswell refresh? I'm after the best performance for my money in current and upcoming AAA games, ie. BF4, Heroes of the Storm, SC2, GTA V, Battlefront etc...and is 8gb ram still enough now would i need an extra 8gb ram?
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Yes, seeing you had a £200 case, for best performance
 
 
The idea behind getting a £200 case was the fact I've outgrown mine and plan on a full custom loop at a later stage. Also this would be a case where I could keep and upgrade in as it has excellent features on par with say 900d but for a better price.

And on the skylake front, I guess I'd be better going with the i7 rather than i5 for improved rendering right? What size PSU would I need and would my current Antec 750w Gamer series do the job.

Also some nice baskets there however I chose the crucial ballistic because I already have 8gb of that so makes sense to get more of the same stuff instead of buying 16gb of something different.
 
Also seeing the price of skylake is definitely giving me food for thought. The last thing I want to do is drop a load of cash on components that I'll later regret. As I do now with my amd purchase 2 years ago.
 
Yes u are correct, i thought it was gaming only for some reason :confused:
Your Antec 750w psu will be fine. Also yes use duplicate ram.
 
Also on case, i regret buying a huge £200 coolermaster case many years ago. I want newer models, but mine cost too much too change. :(
 
 
Ok thanks for all the input; I think I now have my final build list. My budget was originally £1000 for components, and around £350 for water loop. Now I have a buyer for my current system so I have around £1700 give or take.

Would all this be compatible, and is this a good enough system to take on most tasks I throw at it with the ability for some good overclocking and good upgrade paths?

so this is my build;

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x XSPC RayStorm D5 Photon AX240 WaterCooling Kit £234.95
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £209.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £169.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x MSI Z170A Gaming M5 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P10 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD3003FZEX) £129.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14400C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C9SRK2/16) £79.99
1 x CableMod B-Series DPP 10/11 Cable Kit - Black & Red £69.95
1 x Lamptron FC Touch Fan Controller - Black £30.00
2 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack (CO-9050006-WW) £22.00 (£44.00)
2 x Koolance LIQ-702 Liquid Coolant Bottle, High-Performance, 700mL (UV Red) £11.99 (£23.98)
Total : £1,694.70 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

 
DDR3 RAM wont work in a DDR4 board.

Nice case choice, should last years due to its size and options for cooling.
 
oh my bad i meant to add the ddr 4 version! lol, cheers for pointing that out! everything else good tho?

and for the case, I been looking thousands of reviews and wanted something that looked clean and not out of some childs spaceship fantasies, and with enough space for future upgrades in my loop or another GPU. And I hear phanteks put a lot of care and attention into their cases.
 
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It all looks like it works.

HDD is expensive and the PSU is expensive for the wattage output.

Other than that its sound.
 
Do you have any recommendations on PSU & HDD, wanted something reliable on both counts. Was going to re-use my current ones but thats out of the question now.

edit: also is 650w enough if i plan on adding a 2nd GPU later?
 
 
I think ill go with the EVGA 850w platinum as it's little extra for the platinum and should last me a while. Also one more thing just to nail this before I sort the order, with my chosen GPU, the MSI R9 390, would I be better off looking for a reference design instead if at a later stage I wish to include in my loop or is it possible to find blocks to fit the non reference cards?

My aim is to game in 1440p on 3x monitors eventually (currently have 2, 1x 1440p and 1x 1080p)
 
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