Is this a good rig?

Mark This Day said:
U can pick up a 580 for under 60 pounds
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The GTX 580 isn't the best way to go, let me explain.

GTX 580 = GTX 670 = GTX 760, R9 270 > GTX 760. :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming Edition OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A/120G) £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Silverstone SST-SG08B-Lite USB 3.0 Sugo Mini-ITX - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £37.99
Total : £657.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



This would be my starting point. :)
 
Can you give me your opinion on this version of this version of the 750ti compares to the R9 270?
PALiT GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual OC 2GB GDDR5
 
deano-5 said:
Can you give me your opinion on this version of this version of the 750ti compares to the R9 270?
PALiT GeForce GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual OC 2GB GDDR5
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The R9 270 is about 20%-30% better.

The 270X is another 5-10% better than the 270 also.

The 750ti's main draw is it's very very low power use, but thats not a big issue with your rig.
 
Doomedspeed said:
The GTX 580 isn't the best way to go, let me explain.

GTX 580 = GTX 670 = GTX 760, R9 270 > GTX 760. :)
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670 smashes a 580 when you take into account *current* drivers and overclocking headroom. A 580's more like a 7850 on later drivers, without the massive overclocking headroom which would leave the 580 behind.
 
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Vapor X is nice, high class coolers and a higher than average clock speeds.

One adjustment I would make to Doomspeeds spec is swap the SSD for this Intel,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-052-IN&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2103

Which is due in a day or two, There was an article at Anandtech saying how the V300 from Kingston has had its spec changed and now uses inferior nand flash chips.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand
 
Did you not read the Anandtech article I just linked too?

The kingstons supposed read/writes have now fallen through the floor due to the swap of chips used.

The Intel is a SATAII drive which explains its limited read speed.

Spend more and grab a Toshiba or Samsung SATAIII SSD, but the spec was already £50 over your budget, I tried to suggest a suitable alternative from a good manufacturer.
 
Yes it is, but the faster alternatives are more expensive, if you want then grab a Toshiba/Samsung at around the £65-70 range.
 
Yep, that or the Samsung EVO which is regarded very highly indeed., as long as you get a good SSD from a good brand it beats having a HDD any day.
 
This is what I'm looking at:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Vapor-X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Silverstone SST-SG08B-Lite USB 3.0 Sugo Mini-ITX - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £37.99
1 x Sony AD-7640S Slot Loading Slim DVD Combo - OEM £34.99
Total : £720.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I'm thinking of swapping the GPU for this:


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-325-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

Opinions please.

Also I'm not sure how the dvd drive will fit.
 
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I think this will be better suited for around for budget :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £69.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £39.95
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR) £35.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSWS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - White £21.98
Total : £742.76 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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