Help with spec

sybaris

sybaris

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Can anyone help with specing me a new rig please?
£1200 budget, not a heavy gamer, only after single graphics card but
would like a min of 16gb RAM and a clockable i7 CPU
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £199.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,101.12 (includes shipping : £28.55).

 
You missed the 16GB idle! :)

OP: What is the use of the rig? CAD, photo/video editing, Running number crunching or multiple VM's?

If none of these, the i7 and 16GB is a waste of money.. As an i5 and 8GB of RAM will be more than enough.

Idle: I wouldn't go for the H100 refurb personally.
 
Doomedspeed said:
You missed the 16GB idle! :) I did`nt actually. ;)

OP: What is the use of the rig? CAD, photo/video editing, Running number crunching or multiple VM's?

If none of these, the i7 and 16GB is a waste of money.. As an i5 and 8GB of RAM will be more than enough. Now, if the OP anwsers these questions and still needs 16GB, then there is still money left over in the budget. :D

Idle: I wouldn't go for the H100 refurb personally. I would`nt have one, but it can be changed for an air cooler.
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Its for everything from gaming to web design, number crunching, movies, manipulation of data, development. I want to run a VM machine for browsing (have been hit too many times with viruses and ransomware).
 
sybaris said:
Its for everything from gaming to web design, number crunching, movies, manipulation of data, development. I want to run a VM machine for browsing (have been hit too many times with viruses and ransomware).
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Going to be honest i feel an i7 and 16GB will be wasted.. (not fully utlised) Though you do have a big enough budget to include them both..

Idles spec is a good starting point, though i'd change the RAM and the cooler..
 
Doomedspeed said:
Going to be honest i feel an i7 and 16GB will be wasted.. (not fully utlised) Though you do have a big enough budget to include them both..

Idles spec is a good starting point, though i'd change the RAM and the cooler..
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £199.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £145.99
1 x Adata XPG Xtreme v1.0 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U2133XW8G10-2X) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case - Black £74.95
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler £65.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,179.66 (includes shipping : £23.20).

 
Colour or cooler?
Im not in to all those fancy lights and stuff, the PC sits under the desk.
As for a cooler, I was thinking of either a H100 water cooler thing or a huge air cooler with a fan either side in a push/pull setup.

I agree that the spec is a good start. Any tips on what to look for with RAM, especially if Im thinking of clocking the CPU?
 
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