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[Danny75]

IPS better over the monitor i've picked? My only understanding is IPS has better angles but does that come with disadvatages?

There's the viewing angle difference but also image quality difference - better colour reproduction and sharpness.

There's supposed to be a little faster response time with a TN, but it hasn't been noticeable to me. I always go with IPS if possible.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic...ce-in-color-between-an-ips-and-a-tn/?p=173219

 

[Danny75]

Wow, thanks for the heads up Do you think I have enough power to SLI these in future should I need too?

It's not something im consdering know but could be a possibility in future.

I wouldn't trust that particular Corsair model for 780 SLI. Not to say it wouldn't work out. But I wouldn't buy it knowingly for SLI.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £129.95
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova NEX 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-PG-0750-GR) £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 750W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95

 

[altrewin]

Revised spec for you:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2481HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £155.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
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 £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken CPU Cooler £32.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £1,402.24 (includes shipping : £25.45).


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Optional cables:
YOUR BASKET
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Orange £28.45
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £69.41 (includes shipping : £7.25).


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If you wanted to go SLI in the future the Gainward Phantom needs to be changed to something else due to its 2.5 slot cooler and the spacing on the Z87-OC. Any of these would work:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £399.95
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 EX OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (78XNH5DN8MSU) £395.99
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.99
Total : £1,195.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[ShivP]

If you do get the 300R let me know how it is - there's also a B-Grade Z87X-OC for like £80 so grab that maybe?

 

[Danny75]

Good shout on the orange SATA cables, Altrewin, knew I was forgetting something. I left out the USB cable because I think that's a USB 2.0 and the case only has 3.0. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

And good shout on the GPU for SLI on that board.

 

[altrewin]

Have 5

Anandtech
Hexus
Guru3D
TechPowerUp
LegitReviews

Couldn't find any for the windowed version, but the internals are the same

E - Thanks Danny, removed USB2 extension from previous post!

 

[lee32uk]

Thanks for that Lee. Will consider it then. Do you have any pics of your cooler and mobo so I can see where it sits in comparison? Im guessing the size difference isnt a big difference from 2 to 3.

This is fitted on a Z77X-D3H Motherboard with 3570K cpu. The case is Bitfenix Raider. The fan on the cooler was touching the top of the first ram module when I first fitted it, but you can move it up by taking the clips off and then moving it up a couple of notches.

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The Raider case is the same width as the 300R (210mm) so it should give you a good idea. Looking at BeQuiet's website it seems the Dark Rock 3 is 6mm shorter in height anyway.

 

[Heavenkiss]

Thanks a lot for that Lee. It's big, but not as big as I imagined. Help greatly mate, cheer.s

 

[Heavenkiss]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Asus VN248H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
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 NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£7.90)
Total : £1,508.44 (includes shipping : £20.10).




Finally build up for review now. Changed PSU so it is modular and colour scheme matching (What do you guys think?) added the orange wires and lights (Thanks for the help guys!) And also switched to IPS as recommended.

Any input but I hit the buy it now button?

 

[Danny75]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Asus VN248H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler £54.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
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 NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£7.90)
Total : £1,508.44 (includes shipping : £20.10).




Finally build up for review now. Changed PSU so it is modular and colour scheme matching (What do you guys think?) added the orange wires and lights (Thanks for the help guys!) And also switched to IPS as recommended.

Any input but I hit the buy it now button?

Yes, read some reviews about that PSU before pulling the trigger. It's not ideal for high-end multi-GPU. And it's quite overpriced for some reason (compared to US where it's about $100). Its price-to-performance should be around £60-65 imo. The 3 year warranty is one giveaway. A good PSU around that price-range will be 5+ years.

It's not designed to last long, with Teapo instead of Japanese capacitors. It's made by HEC for Be Quiet!, who also produced the EVGA 600B for EVGA (which for £50 is good value), and this PSU is only slightly better (in some respects*) but it's £40 more...

The L8 730w has dual 12v rails of 30 and 25 amps, making a total of 55 amps. And the CPU will share one of those rails with one of your GPUs (if you went SLI).

* The 49 amps on the single 12v rail on the EVGA 600B actually makes it superior for a single GPU (which is all it can run as it only has two PCI-E connectors).

You'll be much better off spending £5-10 more on a far better one, and dealing with the colour theme later on. You could make a shroud for it, or have one made, for example. Black and orange, or just black. Metal and painted or acrylic with vinyl wrap.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved orange/black £5.99 (£11.98)
3 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £185.03 (includes shipping : £10.75).






The Seasonic psu is better, although it is out of stock atm.

The Molex to 4 x SATA power extension will connect to the back of your SSD, Hard drive and optical drive. Hopefully the cable will be long enough for all three.


You will be better off with 2 x 6+2 pci cables because you can use them with a 6 pin or 8 pin socket.

You need 3 sata cables (SSD, Hard Drive and Optical drive)

Also 4 x 2 pin I/O cables (1 for Power switch, 1 for Reset Switch, 1 for Hard drive led and 1 for Power led)

 

[Heavenkiss]

Thanks for all your help guys. With all the above in mind, please review final build before I hit buy

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 £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £167.99
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 Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
2 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99 (£27.98)
1 x Zalman ZM-K200M Multimedia/Gaming Keyboard £11.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £7.79
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Orange £6.98
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved orange/black £5.99 (£11.98)
3 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£17.97)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,562.23 (includes shipping : £25.45).



Added an sp140 for another intake at front (Will work alongside 300r standard one) and 2 sp120's, one for H60 (Swap out the existing fan so I can have colour band), the other as an exhaust at the top of the case. Plan on buying some orange spray paint for the bands to add more colour.

Swapped to the H60 so I can show off more of the mobo / orange. Added R9 for orange also.

As for the PSU i'll probably just peel the blue sticker off, If I can!

Thanks guys.

 

[Fulax]

Personally I'd get the Bitfenix Ronin. The 300R has vents on the side window - not to my liking. OcUK don't have the Ronin in stock, but you can find it elsewhere.

To be clear about the fans: You want an SP120 for the cooler and AF120 and/or AF140 for intake and exhaust.

Some orange spray paint for the fan rings

YOUR BASKET
1 x MTN 94 Spray Paint Orange - 400ml £4.99
Total : £8.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).



EDIT: An external DVD drive will keep the build looking clean.

 

[Heavenkiss]

Personally I'd get the Bitfenix Ronin. The 300R has vents on the side window - not to my liking. OcUK don't have the Ronin in stock, but you can find it elsewhere.

To be clear about the fans: You want an SP120 for the cooler and AF120 and/or AF140 for intake and exhaust.

Some orange spray paint for the fan rings

YOUR BASKET
1 x MTN 94 Spray Paint Orange - 400ml £4.99
Total : £8.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).



EDIT: An external DVD drive will keep the build looking clean.

Yep, 120 for cooler and 120 for top exhaust and 140 for front intake.

Nice one on spray paint I didn't even bother to search OCUK thinking they wouldn't stock it.

 

[Fulax]

Right, but just to make sure: you only have AF fans in your basket. You want an SP for the cooler. The SP series are optimised for use on radiators.

 

[Heavenkiss]

Right, but just to make sure: you only have AF fans in your basket. You want an SP for the cooler. The SP series are optimised for use on radiators.

I didnt even notice there was a difference mate, thanks. Was just going off pics.

Looks like 1 SP120 for cpu then and 1 120AF for top exhaust. Just did a quick google and due to the case having dust filters on intake and as fan is over cages, might be best to get an SP140 for intake also instead of AF.

 

[Heavenkiss]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £389.99
1 x Asus VN248H 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 Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
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 £43.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050001-WW) £13.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Single Pack (CO-9050005-WW) £13.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED10-WT 12x White LED Sleeve - 1m £9.98
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 4 x SATA power extension - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved orange/black £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x MTN 94 Spray Paint Orange - 400ml £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Orange £3.95 (£7.90)
Total : £1,562.51 (includes shipping : £25.45).




What do you all think of this now then? Macbook air sold on that popular auction site last night which has now raised the last bit of cash to splash out on a new desktop!

Let me know your thoughts before I hit buy now

Edit - Not sure what second keyboard is doing there :? ignore that ha.

 

[Danny75]

Check:

Two x 2pin I/O's, not four?

The SuperFlower Leadex 750 Gold is presently available for the same price as the Seasonic. Seasonic is quality as well but the Leadex would look beastly in that case. And I know it's a bit more expensive but this Avexir RAM is better quality and would look very sexy.

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIO) - Orange Light £79.99




Where will you be mounting the Hydro? And where is the single AF120 fan going?

And just so you know (in case you didn't), there is a cheaper 290 Tri-X now, which just needs overclocking:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £341.99

Hi there


Sapphire have given us a great deal, due to 290 Tri-X demand being so high and supply so poor, they said to me, look we can get you many many units if we don't pre-overclock them to save us time, if this is OK we can get you lots and much quicker!

Of course I agreed to this deal and the stock is leaving Hong Kong today, we expect the delivery Friday or Monday, so this price is PRE-ORDER ONLY.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18581508

 

[lee32uk]

That Superflower psu is pretty long (200mm). I don't know if it would hinder any of the case cable routing points. The max psu length is 240mm.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6055/corsair-carbide-300r-case-review-corsair-for-the-masses

 

[Danny75]

That Superflower psu is pretty long (200mm). I don't know if it would hinder any of the case cable routing points. The max psu length is 240mm.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6055/corsair-carbide-300r-case-review-corsair-for-the-masses

Yes. Given it's designed to take a PSU of max 240 depth, I thought might as well use it to show off that gorgeous chunky Leadex. Any cables that need fitting at the bottom of the motherboard can be slipped through the appropriate routing point before placing the PSU. Don't imagine there'll be any really thick cables that absolutely need to go through that point either, so there would probably be enough room to slide the cables in (at an upwards angle) from behind, even with the PSU mounted, imo.

I've seen pics of a Corsair AX1200i (also 200mm) in a 300R build.

But hey, if it might be a headache in the slightest way, go for the Seasonic.