Help with new build - circa £1300 budget

[Itsmee]

Hi Folks.

I’m going to build a two new gaming PC’s and would like guidance on whether I am buying the best I can within my budget.

The things I can’t figure out:
Is the motherboard good (I have always used Gigabyte)
Which cooler to use?
Which RAM to use?
Whether I needed to buy cables etc.?
I would like the colour inside the case to be red if I have to buy them.

My total budget was circa £1300

Thanks for any help.

This is what I have at present

Your basket

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £403.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £197.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2962-KR) £169.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £114.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020061-UK) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,260.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Itsmee]

Hi fellas and thanks for the replies.

1. Am I worth spending for the i7 or is the i5 a better option?
2. Pioneer writer is a must I'm afraid, I've had nothing but problems every time I try a different brand.
3. 8gb or 16gb of memory, is there a benefit to 16?
4. Water cooled.... ooh I'm scared. never used one before. Are they easy to fit?

 

[Itsmee]

Okay fellas.

What about this,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £385.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £275.99
1 x SK Hynix 512GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (HFS512G32MNB-2202A) £154.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £114.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £95.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £94.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £46.99
Total : £1,394.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[Itsmee]

Argh. I showed my spec to a mate and he chucked a spanner into the works.
He reckons I should use the SSD, HD, PSU, DVD Writer and Win8.1 I already have and free up more money for one of the machines.

would this be a good addition

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M4A2666C15) £313.99
1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M4A2666C16) £259.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 7 WIFI Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard £254.99
Total : £838.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[Itsmee]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M4A2666C15) £313.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £309.95
1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M4A2666C16) £259.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 7 WIFI Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard £254.99
Total : £1,148.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Hi

SSD is a Samsung 840 Pro, PSU is a Cooler Master 750, the CPU is the one listed above now.

You see the two Corsair types I have listed, whats the difference between them?