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psweeney123

psweeney123

psweeney123

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Hey Guys, looking at going for a new build in a few days - and I'm on the lookout for a bit of advice. I done up this build a few minutes ago which is the max I'd be willing to spend. Any obvious improvements I could make? I Have a 500gb hdd in my current build which should be fine. Added an SSD for the OS and a few games. Any advice is greatly appreciated :)

 
It looks essentially fine, but you're spending a lot on the keyboard and there are some good SSDs on offer. With some alterations you can get a 144hz monitor:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x BenQ XL2411T Rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz Flicker FREE 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £99.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
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 Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIR) £49.99
1 x Corsair Raptor M40 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000041-EU) £44.99
Total : £1,294.27 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Do you realise you haven't got an aftermarket heatsink in there? The CPU comes with a heatsink, but it is a little loud and won't be much use for overclocking.
 
Fulax has got you covered. But as he said you should really add in an aftermarket heatsink even if your not overclocking, just a lot better and quieter, if you really will never overclock then save a few quid and don't get the K chip.
 
ndaar said:
Curious why you hate the monitor? I know a few people with it and it looks great.
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I just think the display is mediocre. I've messed with the settings a lot, and just can't get it looking good.

Plus, a super narrow bezel... With half an inch of dead screen all around it. :mad:
 
Shouldn't be any dead screen all around it.....although one of my friends had the same issue until I went into his ati catalyst centre and found out that it was overscaning the imagine causing a black gap around the screen....needless to say an easy fix :p

I agree there are monitors out there with better colours and higher refresh rates etc, but it is only a £150 monitor and don't think its a bad one for the money.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Ducky DK2108 Zero Mech Mechanical Keyboard Red Cherry Switch £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Corsair Raptor M30 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000042-EU) £34.99
Total : £1,325.69 (includes shipping : £19.10).



• Free cooler with the board.
• Better RAM
• Monitors good too for gaming.
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Ducky DK2108 Zero Mech Mechanical Keyboard Red Cherry Switch £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Corsair Raptor M30 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000042-EU) £34.99
Total : £1,325.69 (includes shipping : £19.10).



• Free cooler with the board.
• Better RAM
• Monitors good too for gaming.
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Spot on, I like that.
 
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