New build - missing GPU - £800 budget

richard1032

richard1032

richard1032

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Please take a look at my build and let me know if you can spot any compatibility issues or improvements. I would also like some recommendations on a graphics card and CPU cooler to complement the build so far. I would like to keep the total budget below £800. I don't need anything else like monitor, OS, more storage etc. PC is mostly for mmo's.

Thanks in advance

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor £185.99
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £99.95
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
Samsung 128GB SSD 850 PRO SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive £87.98
SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply £85.99
Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £71.99

Total so far £641.39
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte z97x-sli - devils canyon core i5 4690k bundle **£14 saving** £264.58
1 x inno3d geforce gtx 970 oc 4096mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £239.99
1 x sk hynix 256gb ssd sh910a sata 6gb/s solid state drive (hfs256g32mnb-2201a) £74.99
1 x bitfenix ronin tower case - black £69.95
1 x teamgroup vulcan red 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-19200c11 2400mhz dual channel kit (tlred38g2400hc11cdc01) £65.99
1 x superflower golden green hx 550w "80 plus gold" power supply - black £59.99
1 x raijintek themis black heatpipe cpu cooler pwm - 120mm £19.99
total : £810.47 (includes shipping : £12.50).



you get free shipping, with this deal: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

and £22.50 back from gigabyte with this deal: http://www.gigabytenordic.com/uk/intel_z97-x99_promotion/index.html

So thats around £775. :)
 
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Thanks for all the little deals Doomedspeed, thats £50 saved there, nice one.

I like your build, I will upgrade the power supply as super flower don't seem to do a fully modular 550W power supply which is a little irritating but i guess having the 650W will give me scope to SLI at a future date if i choose to.

Is there a graphics card £30-40 cheaper you can recommend that would not impact the build to much or would you strongly recommend that one?

Thanks again
 
I don't personally think a modular PSU is worth sacrificing GPU performance for. The case is big enough (and has enough cable management features) to make the build nice and tidy without modular cables.

650W is a bit small for SLI too..

I suggest you go with my build above, but if you have to have a modular PSU cable of SLI/Xfire:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £264.58
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £191.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £792.47 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
richard1032 said:
Thanks again for your help doomedspeed. I will Have to see if i can scrape some more pennies together and merge the builds.
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Personally i wouldn't bother looking at SLI either, the (70 will Max out anything at 108p for a LONG while to come and the same canbe said (for the next year atleast) about 1440p too.

I built an mATX PC with a non-modular PSU with ease, no reason why you can't in an ATX.
 
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