Need Help for New PC

H3R013

H3R013

H3R013

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Hi guys,

My PC (Packard Bell bought from PC World) started playing up so I thought I'd build a new one. The last PC I built saw about 7 years ago so I think I'm gonna need help with getting the right parts.

The parts I've got in mind so far are .....


CPU Intel Core i7 4770K

M/B Asus Z87-PRO

Ram Corsair Vengeance 16GB - which one any recommendations ?

GPU Not Sure.... GTX 770 or AMD R9 280x/290

HD WD 1TB

SSD Not Sure......

Optical Samsung DVD Re-Writer 24x

Case Coolermaster Centurion 6

PSU Not Sure.....


Let me know what you guys think about these parts and if I need to make any changes or upgrades ??

As you can see I'm not sure about the graphics card and whether or not go with SSD. Can you guys help me decide and recommendations will be most welcome.

Also not sure which PSU to go for that will be keep all the above juiced up.

Cheers :)
 
What is you total budget as that helps us spec you a good pc. I would probably change the motherboard but it is still a good one though, for the GPU the 280X is good band for buck, for the SSD you would be looking as one of the Samsung Evolutions, for a 280X you would be looking at a 600W PSU. Hope this helps;)
 
What will the PC be used for (gaming, video editing, etc)?

What is your total budget?

Buy an SSD!
 
Hi,

Sorry for not including this is in my first post....

Total Budget £1200

To be used for games like far cry 3, bf4, sky rim etc


Any suggestions for a different motherboard ?

What size SSD should I get ?

Can you suggest a good 280X ?

Also, with this in mind can somone suggest a decent PSU....

Cheers
 
Id change a lot of things in that spec..

Can you answer a few more questions;

Are you going to be overclocking? If so wheres your CPU cooler int eh spec, if not why have you picked the K CPU and Z87 motherboard?

16GB of RAM is pointless for gaming (i've wrote that so many times this week, must be the season)..

Are you interested in Xfire/ SLI?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £94.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Green £28.45
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £1,209.74 (includes shipping : £17.10).



Build is XFire ready also has a green theme and the motherboard also has brilliant sound so that's a plus only included 8GB of RAM also the Gigabyte R9280X is good but if you already have BF4 you could just sell it.
 
Single Card rig,

Sub £1000

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler £28.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £993.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Thanks for the suggestions !

Doomedspeed I do not plan on doing any overclocking.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think SLI/Xfire is when you have two graphics cards. If thats the case then I wont be planning on SLI/Xfire either. just a single gpu. Should I still go for the i7- 4770K CPU and Z87 motherboard?


Why is 16gb Ram overkill for games ? Will 8GB run all the latest games on ultra settings with mods ?
 
H3R013 said:
I do not plan on doing any overclocking

Just a single gpu. Should I still go for the i7- 4770K CPU and Z87 motherboard?

Why is 16gb Ram overkill for games ? Will 8GB run all the latest games on ultra settings with mods ?
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If you're not overclock you may as well get the 4771, it has extra instruction sets that help with multi-threaded programs.. Won't add anything to games but its the same chip and cheaper. :)

You may as well keep a Z87 motherboard for the fast RAM support.

RAM isn't affect by games much, they tend to use GPU VRAM rather than actually RAM.

I can Play Skyrim on Ultra modded to the teeth and only use 4GB ish of RAM. :)

My sugestion:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4771 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £954.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Hi,

Was thinking about it and I might be doing Xfire at a later stage, maybe 6 months down the line.

In that case is Gigabyte Z87 still good for Xfire ?

Shall I go for the 280x or chip in a little more for the 290 with 4GB ?

Also will a 550W PSU be sufficient for all this or should I go with something stronger ?

Thanks guys :)
 
For the 290 you're looking at £380-£400 for the non reference ones currently, maybe down to £350 a few months down the line/when the mining craze dies down.
If you do plan to xfire than the mobo doom speced is fine to but you'll need a 'bigger:' psu 750-850w.
If you're buying a 280x and buying tonight I'd say go for the sapphire 280x toxic for £13 more.
Get the k cpu, even if you don't plan to oc now it'll give you option imn the future. If the reason not to oc is cause you think its too difficult/time consuming etc no need to worry as there are auto oc options in the bios.

Edit: well I guess I was wrong on the price of the toxic, seems its gone up to £300 since I last looked.
 
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With that in mind this basket is for you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4771 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £984.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).




If you do want to overclock your CPU atall in the future, you'll want to look in here:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £263.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £97.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler £28.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,023.41 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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