How's this build look?

Huambo81a · 19 Feb 2015 at 21:13

So. My trusty i7 920 is refusing to die. And has been annoyingly faithful at 3.8ghz for over 5 years. It won't die!!

I've kept her alive with a new graphics card every two years, but now finally I'm choosing a new PC for the next part of my life.

How's this look?

Bitfenix Colossus case £100
Intel Core i7-4790K £275
Gigabyte Z97 Gaming 5 £109
Kfa2 Gtx 970 infin8 black edition £290
Samsung evo 850 SSD 500gb £192
Corsair Builder series CX750w £72
Kingston Huper X 2400 2x 4gb £47
Akasa Venom Medusa cooler £64
Sea gate Baracuda 2tb HdD £67

£1265

Any good?

stulid · 19 Feb 2015 at 21:23

Just games is what you will be using it for?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £379.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £84.98
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £84.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £46.99
Total : £1,123.86 (includes shipping : ).

Huambo81a · 19 Feb 2015 at 21:33

Hi Stulid. Thanks for your input.

Games and music recording I record guitar using an interface into Podfarm software.

It needs to kick ass with games for sure. Currently playing a lot of Space Engineers and World of Tanks. Needs to be fast.

I think Space Engineers is quite CPU dependant.

Reason I chose the 500gb SSD was that I wanted to get a load of Steam content on there. Never used an SSD before, is a 500gb worth it. Or do people still install steam etc to their HDD?

Ta

Huambo81a · 19 Feb 2015 at 21:35

That case you suggested is very nice

stulid · 19 Feb 2015 at 21:43

It looks like you can have a big SSD and 16GB of RAM,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £379.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £289.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £162.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £95.99
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £84.95
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
Total : £1,250.82 (includes shipping : ).

Huambo81a · 19 Feb 2015 at 21:51

Thanks.

That's a great looking spec!

Do you think the performance would be greatly increased over my old i7 920 @ 3.8 and an R9 280x?

Thanks again

stulid · 19 Feb 2015 at 22:24

Thats the problem as I think you should maybe try keeping the CPU/Board and RAM and adding the other new stuff to see what happens.

Huambo81a · 21 Feb 2015 at 22:03

I took the plunge.

Ordered a Titan Tanto with a few changes.

- Case: Bitfenix Colossus
- Power Supply: Super Flower 750w Gold PSU
- GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition.
- CPU: i7 4790k
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
- Cooler: Corsair H80i Closed loop Cooler
- RAM: 16GB 2133MHz
- Hard Drive: 500gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD / 1tb Baracuda

Without the large SSD i could have gone to a GTX 980. But i think the benefit of having an SSD, and a large amount of storage on it, will benefit me more than another 15fps on games

I hope to get the I7 to a stable 4.7* with the cooler. Temperature dependant.

stulid · 21 Feb 2015 at 22:23

The i7 runs at 4GHZ and turbos at 4.4 on a single core at stock.

Doogles · 21 Feb 2015 at 22:47

I feel bad for your old i7

Send it to a good home please

Huambo81a · 21 Feb 2015 at 23:05

stulid said:
The i7 runs at 4GHZ and turbos at 4.4 on a single core at stock.

doh, i meant 4.7.

It's been a week of number and acronyms, i'm forgetting my brain!

Huambo81a · 21 Feb 2015 at 23:08

Doogles said:
I feel bad for your old i7 Send it to a good home please

She's still an awesome machine. Completely reliable for over 5 years! No issues at all!

i'm upgrading now not because the performance has become sub par, but because finances are going to be tight soon! If i don;t do it now i never will.

Also, i can just shove another 970 in there in a years time, and i'll be set for another 4 years.