Help with £1500 gaming rig

hazeyjames · 27 Dec 2013 at 16:46

Hello people. I'm looking for a bit of help as I've been out of the PC building game for some time.

I've been off the cigarettes for a year now and am going to treat myself to a gaming rig. I'm looking for something portable and will still hold its own in a couple of years.

Been having a look around and put this list together. Any thoughts or suggestions will be gratefully received. As the case is a small form I'm wondering if I would have any trouble fitting these components in?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £389.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £169.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9A) £149.99
1 x Asus Z87I PROFESSIONAL Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX £145.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W Power Supply (CP-9020055-UK) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD £76.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-208EBK 15x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - Retail £69.95
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £69.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,579.75 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Danny75 · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:27

Need to change PSU. It's too deep at 180mm. Has to be less than 160mm, unless you employ a trick (but the PSU would stick out the back of the case a bit).

lee32uk · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:38

How about microATX ? Case is virtually identical I think (Sizewise) apart from the fan configuration, and you have a better choice of motherboards. Also an external BluRay drive so there is less clutter inside. As regards to power supply you would only need a 550W/650W ish and I don't think the Corsair RM will fit as it is too long.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £395.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £154.99
1 x Samsung SE-506BB/TSBD External BluRay-RW / DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD £76.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M 'Yang' MATX Cube Case - Black/White £74.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
Total : £1,484.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

snips86x · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:38

This is ideal and with a saving!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

snips86x · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:40

This is ideal and with a saving!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

Here are some modular options:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 600W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST60F-P) £79.99
Total : £359.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

lee32uk · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:40

snips86x said:
This is ideal and with a saving!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

Yep I thought i had the 650W in my spec...seems not

Doomedspeed · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:43

I would personally go down this route:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £389.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £154.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Green £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Green £5.99
2 x BitFenix 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved green/black £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Green £4.99 (£9.98)
Total : £1,521.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

hazeyjames · 27 Dec 2013 at 18:14

Thanks for all the feedback.
The main reason I was going for that case was the handles. I'll probably be carrying it up and down from my loft man cave quite often.
Good idea with the external optical.
Will have another look at my options.
Thanks again.