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GefGz

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I built a PC for a friend not long back, and it's given me an upgrading itch.

If you can suggest anything that would be a better choice, even if it's a tad more expensive, the 780TI is more of a placeholder because I'm probably going to wait for a non reference 290x.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £619.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M2A1866C9) £199.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £191.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) HDD £128.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus Red LED Big Tower Windowed Case - Black £119.99
1 x Thermalright Archon SB-E X2 CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
Total : £2,107.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
It's primarily a gaming rig yeah, to be honest I'm currently on 8GB now and I've found myself running out doing certain things like hosting a minecraft server etc, so I wanted to be on the safe side, there's always space for another 16!
 
For 200£ you can get faster ram tbh and 16gb too.
Look up tesmgroup or kingston at the store.
And I would change the psu for non-i version, maybe even different brand, like SuperFlower.
Seen some topics lately about the i version not being good.
Motherboard is your choice, but I'd go for gigabyte instead.
Simply better quality/value ratio.
 
Haven't included GPU. The psu would allow for crossfire, but if you only plan on running a single card then you could drop down to a 650w.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £349.9
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIG) - Green Light £149.99
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 £113.99
1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA300) HDD £79.99
Total : £1,277.89 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Lee most of your items are Out of stock, not very useful..

OP, you can do MUCH better for your money..

Using the 290X's as placeholders look what you can get for the same price:

YOUR BASKET
2 x HIS Radeon R9 290X Boost "BF4 Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95 (£859.90)
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1866C9) £155.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £97.58
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Red Clover Edition £12.95 (£64.75)
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (8g) £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Red £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Red £6.98 (£13.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Red £5.99
Total : £2,191.99 (includes shipping : £19.10).



A blinged up 290X Xfire rig. :)

The sabertooth is overrated the UD4H is a superb board,

I think 500GB for an SSD is too much and just a waste..

The Black drives are loud and pointless in the SSD age.. You just need a reliable drive like the seagate..

Thr 1220 is a great cooler. The fans are for the cooler and case. :)
 
Lee, that looks nice :-)
I have avexir memory as well, its a speedy one.
Good choice of motherboard, very nice sound chip.
I'd keep the psu at 1k, you never know when you may need power and its better to have it, than buying a new psu in a few months, right?
 
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