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Heavenkiss

Heavenkiss

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Hi Guys,

What do you think of the below build?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC Rev2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Black PCB** £199.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W Power Supply (CP-9020055-UK) £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Orange/Black £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Crucial M500 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT120M500SSD1) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,308.50 (includes shipping : £14.75).




I was inspired by http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-368-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475 and really like the orange and black theme - but that is way out of my budget!

I'm looking at a complete build for around £1300. Mostly for gaming and slight photoshop use. Future proofing as much as possible as usual.

On second thoughts not sure if the case I chose is too garish.. hmm
 
if i were you id try to squeeze a 280/770 in for the gpu, you could easily save money on the PSU and get get the 650w superflower for £75~

actually, i'll go do a spec, sec
 
I'd swap out the SSD for a quicker unit..the write speeds on that are a travesty. I'd also swap the 760GTX for a 280X.

Rest looks ok although I've never been a fan of Corsair power supplies as I've had 3 die on me. I prefer Antec, Seasonic or Superflower. In fact you don't need 750w for that lot, a good 550w will do fine. if you wanted a bit of headroom then perhaps a 650w unit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £245.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
Total : £411.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,390.22 (includes shipping : £13.75).



A bit over, although you do get a 780 :)

If you don't plan on adding a 2nd gpu anytime then you could put a smaller psu in to save a few more pennies.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
Total : £69.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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nice big window with orange cable extensions included, and some LED's to light up your interior, better gpu and a more sensible psu choice etc - what i will say is if you're sticking with that case you picked out, the orange highlighted motherboard is pointless as you wont really see it, and you can get something which will suit your purposes perfectly for £50 less which saves you money or frees up more for gpu/better peripherals etc

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 770 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.95
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Orange £28.45
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
2 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm £8.99 (£17.98)
Total : £1,320.16 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Black and white:

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WHITE EDITION** (77NPH6DT8KTZ) £259.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
1 x GeIL EVO Potenza 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (GPW38GB2400C11BDC) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Black & White £12.95 (£64.75)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - White £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved white/black £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - White £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - White £4.99 (£9.98)
Total : £1,296.52 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
lee32uk said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,390.22 (includes shipping : £13.75).



A bit over, although you do get a 780 :)

If you don't plan on adding a 2nd gpu anytime then you could put a smaller psu in to save a few more pennies.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
Total : £69.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Can't see an awful lot wrong with that..not bad at all.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £289.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Orange/Black £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K65 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Silver - Red Switch (CH-9000040-UK) £69.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder 2013 6400 DPI Essential Ergonomic Gaming Mouse £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £1,424.52 (includes shipping : £14.75).



So I blew the budget... but... you get some sweet peripherals... a card that will outdo a 770 and if you sell the copy of BF4 you get with it you should recoup some of the $$ :)
 
Hi Guys,

Thanks a lot for your help. I've kinda pinched and borrowed from all builds and found a case I like.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,359.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Will I need some more case fans do you think? Going to invest in some orange cabling also - If anyone can suggest how many / what i need that would be great.

If anyone has the monitor in my build too, thoughts would be great. Going to try dig reviews out now. I simply went off price and design originally.

Nice one
 
Rather overbudget, but it is lovely and colour coordinated ;)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-50G) £389.99
1 x Asus VN248H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Orange £28.45
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,527.14 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
Yeah... kinda blew the budget and it doesn't have a keyboard or mouse!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £379.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
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) £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIO) - Orange Light £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 4-Pin ATX12V Extension 45cm - sleeved orange/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal USB Extension 30cm - sleeved orange/black £4.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95
Total : £1,543.70 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Yer, starting to get out my price range a lot ha. Good to have the input though thanks.

I really don't like the 540 case design either. Rather have a tower shape. Love the 300r except for the damn vents on side window, spoils the design imo. Never thought i'd be struggling with the case!
 
How about some MATX goodness?
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £148.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £1,400.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
I've got that exact same dilemma, 300R or Ronin xD I think it would be about £10 anyway to get that window replaced in the 300R with another sheet of perspex. The fan filters on the Ronin are pretty much non existant, not a great point so personally I'm going for the 300R
 
Shivy011 said:
I've got that exact same dilemma, 300R or Ronin xD I think it would be about £10 anyway to get that window replaced in the 300R with another sheet of perspex. The fan filters on the Ronin are pretty much non existant, not a great point so personally I'm going for the 300R
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Let me know if you get the persoex replaced and how easy it is mate.

Just checked out ronin and same situation as you, hate the fact no dust filters.
 
Yeah haven't ordered the 300R yet, going to ponder it for a day or to.

But yeah, sorry for hijacking thread xD
Either way you'll get a good case. Heaven your second spec looks nice but maybe a higher spec PSU and you could even spend about £15 for a 2TB drive
 
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