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smiggy100

smiggy100

smiggy100

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Hi all

Any feedback will be appreciated.

I have had some experiance with building pcs but when it comes to knowing the newest things and understanding all the information provided somtimes i dont get it.

Here is where im at.

Case = Aerocool GT-A Window Midi-Tower - Black http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-129-AE&groupid=2362&catid=2277

Power Supply = NZXT Hale 82N Series 750w '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-119-NX&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2466

Motherboard = MSI A88X-G45 Gaming AMD A88X (Socket FM2+) ATX Motherboard http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-255-MS&groupid=701&catid=1903&subcat=2399

Cpu = AMD Kaveri 7850K 12 Compute Core APU w/ Radeon R7 Graphics (4 CPU + 8 GPU Compute Cores) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-372-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1944

Memory = Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Channel Kit (HX313C9F/8)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-164-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1180

GPU = Asus Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-330-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

HDD = Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (SHFS37A/120G)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-072-KS&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

Drive = Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-156-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

Controller = AeroCool Touch 2000 4-Channel LCD Touch Panel Fan Controller
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-004-AE

Cables = Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Red
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-013-SV&groupid=701&catid=1428

Watercooling = XSPC Raystorm 750 EX420 WaterCooling Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-242-XS&groupid=962&catid=1532


Total = 1132.94

Any issues you can see with this build ?

No screen Kb/M or OS needed.

System is for Gaming Manly

Budget is around £1200
 
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What is your budget?
What is the computer to be used for? Gaming, photoshop, video rendering?
Do you need an OS? Screen? KB&M?

Anything specific you want in the build?
 
I'd revise pretty much the whole thing. There are considerably better PSU's for less money. And at the moment you are going for an APU + GPU when you will get much better computing and video performance from a more powerful CPU like an i5-4690 and a GPU. APU builds are meant mostly for when no GPU will be added, as the focus of the CPU (APU) is on graphics.

The watercooling kit is unnecessary since it only brings enough bits to cool the CPU and there are cheaper AIO's that do the same job. You picked very slow 1333MHz RAM. You are going for R9 290X when there new GTX 970's are out which are better in several ways.

Basically you can get much better for the money in various areas. And you don't need a fan controller. If the fans the case comes with are (a) crap or (b) noisy, just buy better ones and that will work out better in the long run than trying to tune crap ones with a controller. For instance, the ones I've put into the basket below are absolutely quiet on full speed and still push plenty of air and look great. You can use two of them on the H105 liquid cooler as well.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova B2 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Hybrid Modular Power Supply (110-B2-0750-VR) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x Aerocool GT-A Window Midi-Tower - Black £59.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
5 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Red - 120mm £12.49 (£62.45)
Total : £1,085.28 (includes shipping : £14.75).




More power for less cost. If you still want to spend £1200, then go for an i7-4790K and better case/fancier RAM maybe.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £85.99
1 x Aerocool DS200 Red Edition £74.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x Aerocool DS200 Window Panel £19.99
2 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Red - 140mm £13.99 (£27.98)
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
2 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Red - 120mm £12.49 (£24.98)
Total : £1,100.71 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Thank you All

You have great points that i should have pointed out myself. Hence the reason i asked for some advice.

The fan ontroaller was primarily for the temprature reasons.

What can i buy which displays tempratures of specific components using roes like the controller uses.
 
I noticed that build has 2 Hard drives.

I have never used a SSD before do i need both as i have a 4 TB Server.

Also dont want a External DVD Writer I already have one simular to that.
 
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smiggy100 said:
Thank you All

You have great points that i should have pointed out myself. Hence the reason i asked for some advice.

The fan ontroaller was primarily for the temprature reasons.

What can i buy which displays tempratures of specific components using roes like the controller uses.
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The DS 200 case above has a built in fan controller. There are a couple of good reviews of the case on the interweb :cool:

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/leo-waldock/aerocool-dead-silence-ds200-review/


http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/aerocool_ds200_review,1.html

It is actually a nice case (For an Aerocool)
 
smiggy100 said:
I noticed that build has 2 Hard drives.

I have never used a SSD before do i need both as i have a 4 TB Server.

Also dont want a External DVD Writer I already have one simular to that.
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You put the operating system and some of your games/most used programs on the SSD. The normal mechanical hard drive is used for mass storage.

With an SSD your boot times, and general snappiness will be a whole lot better.

The external DVD drive was just for aesthetics so as not to spoil the front of the case with a 'black' drive.
 
@lee32uk, the G2 PSU is out of stock everywhere and will most likely be like that for a while, I'd recommend changing that in the spec.

And for the sake of spending an extra £20 just for a window, I'd grab a better case that has a window already, Corsair 540 springs to mind.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £347.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 1m £13.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
Total : £1,203.89 (includes shipping : £20.10).




i7 + 850W PSU will put you in good stead for future SLI
 
Shivy011 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £347.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £60.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Multicolor LED Strip - 1m £13.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
Total : £1,203.89 (includes shipping : £20.10).




i7 + 850W PSU will put you in good stead for future SLI
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funny i just changed it to that exact i7 Bundle.

Please can someone let me know how to link the basket like that ?
 
OK i got to this at the minute.

this may go over budget a little.

what i seem to need is a PSU & DVD RW Drive

Also i have a question about the Memory it says its 2400MHz

The Mobo says that it supports Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 3200(O.C.)/3100(O.C.)/3000(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2800(O.C.)/2666(O.C.)/2600(O.C.)/2500(O.C.)
/2400(O.C.)/2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333 MHz

(O.C) Does that mean Overclocked or something ?
Will it support the 2400Mhz Memory.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£34 Saving** £365.94
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/8-OC) £71.99
1 x Aerocool GT-A Window Midi-Tower - Black £59.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
- 1 x Silverstone 4-pin Molex to 4x SATA cable 30 cm - Black / Red £6.77
- 1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
- 1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
Total : £950.52 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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It will support it just fine

Asus have atrocious support should your board go wrong, so I would stay stick with the Gigabyte
No extra HDD for storage? You might run out of that 256GB very quickly
Don't like the look of that case at all :( Would suggest the BitFenix Ronin/Enthoo Pro for that budget

Otherwise is good :) Though that RAM is a bit pricey

Is your budget around £1000 or £1200?
 
Not many Gigabyte support Dual Channel DDR3 Memory.

I have 4 TB server which i store everything on only Os and Games install on the Pc itself.

I like the case :|

My Budget is flexable
 
Don't support dual channel memory? :o
I think they do, just perhaps not written on the Gigabyte/OcUK website, but all the mid-range/high-end motherboards will support dual channel DDR3, if they don't I'd be seriously worried :S
Gigabyte website shows it does support dual channel
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4959#sp

As for the case, it looks good but features wise it doesn't seems all that great - your decision though, so go for what you want!

How about something like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £347.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Aerocool GT-A Window Midi-Tower - Black £59.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - Black & Red £13.16
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
1 x Silverstone PCI 8-Pin to 6 +2- pin PCIe Cable 25 cm - Black / Red £4.24
Total : £1,006.68 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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