New build comments/help appreciated.

fiNker

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Hi time for my new build, passing my current rig to my son.

I am looking help to check over, change if need be and finalize before ordering.

The new set-up will be used mostly for gaming, bf4/hardline gtav and a few other aaa titles up and coming.

I am looking to be gaming on a AOC 3440x1440 monitor and will probably swap out the 290 for one of the new offerings from AMD when they arrive.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x "ReFlex Asus Z97" Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.2GHz Configurable Gaming Bundle £118.79
- 1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX18C10BGK2/16-OC) £119.99
- 1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £275.99
- 1 x Prolimatech 68 CPU Cooler - 120mm £31.99
- 1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0.00
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £106.99
1 x Anidees AI-6BS Midi Tower Silenced Case - Black £101.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £84.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Semi-Modular Power Supply - Black £82.99
Total : £1,188.30 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
Thanks stulid for the quick reply, going to go with the second basket you suggested.

A couple of quick questions before pressing the buy button as it has been a few years since I last built a rig.
Will the processor come pre-installed or will I need paste? and do you know if I will have everything I need regarding cabling so as to get up and running straight away?
 
Sorry, when I first looked at your reply there were only two baskets showing.

The one I am going to go for would be the 290X which is third on your list.

I have 2 dvd drives in my current set-up and will use one from here in the Antec p100, I also have win 8.1.

Only thing I have changed is the 2tb drive to 3tb as I am the local storage for all my familys photos, videos and movies.

Regarding the overclocked bundles, would the memory timings be changed regarding the overclock?

I have overclocked my i5 750 but have no experience with memory and wonder if I would be best paying extra for the pre-overclocked bundles.
 
Thanks stulid for your time and help, its very much appreciated.

If you don't mind, it would be great if you could help me when I get up and running with the BIOS, overclocking and memory.
 
Hey stulid, (also sent to trust) I have got my rig up and running, very pleased with the performance over my old set-up.

Motherboard bios installed is f6, there is a newer f7k tho it is beta so didn't install it, should I?

Cpu idle 24 and load 59 (bf4 ultra 1920x1200)

Gpu was high 95 with 100% fan so added another front case fan, max now 74 but staying around 65/68 (bf4)
 
Cheers, I've updated the bios (took me a while to find my smaller usb fat32).

How would I go about setting the RAM XMP? Hope you don't mind me pestering you
 
Thanks, thats how I like things lol nice and simple.

Regarding the cpu, do you think that there is much headroom with my temps? Highest I've seen is 60c when Playing bf4.
 
Just before I bench, does this look right?

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I set the loadline calibration to Turbo.
 
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