New Computer (Gaming)

Gerard93

Gerard93

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Hey, first off, I'm new here so hello to everyone.

So I'm wanting a new gaming computer for my 20th just using some of the money I get from my birthday along with my savings. Not sure right now as to what to go for. Will be buying everything from overclockers.

Heres what I have, feel free to make amendments:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £551.99
1 x Samsung 1TB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE1T0BW) £499.99
1 x OcUK Extreme Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.6GHz+ Extreme Overclocked Bundle £477.41
- 1 x No Cooler Selected £0.00
- 1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Force Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £464.99
1 x BenQ XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £339.95
1 x NZXT Phantom 820 Enthusiast Ultra Tower Case - Gun Metal £199.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - W16 Turbo Watercooling Kit 560 £170.84
- 1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 560 £111.98
- 1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
- 1 x Mayhems X1 UV Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Asus Xonar D1 7.1 PCI Sound Card £52.99
Total : £3,173.69 (includes shipping : £22.20).




Have I missed anything important? Not sure what headset I'll be needing as of yet but leaning towards PC 350's.

To explain my choices in SSD's - Small one for windows/key programs, big SSD for games. And I'm gonna use my HD from this computer for junk (Music/Movies/Silly files and what not).

As for water cooling, its new to me - How does it all work ?


This Rig wont be set up for another month, like I said, Birthday present kind of, so wont have it till end of October.


Any help is most appreciated,


Gerard



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Heard theres some new Graphics cards coming out on the market soon, so the 780's arent set in stone. Wanna see if there is gonna be better options available :)
 
It's a bit unbalanced and I think the money could better spent. That rad will not fit in the case, and if you are only looking to WC the CPU, it's an expensive way of going it. PSU is not great, Seasonic, Antec, Corsair, XFX and a few others would be a much better investment.

3K is over the top, you could get a seriously nice setup for £2.2-2.5k and my recommendation would be despite it being over a month away:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Acer HN274Hbmiiid 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses £299.99
2 x Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Games **FREE SHIPPING** £269.99 (£539.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Antec High Current Pro 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £161.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £114.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller (Black) £29.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £25.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Orange £8.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98 (£27.92)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Orange £5.99
4 x Xigmatek Orange Line 120mm White LED Fan (XLF-F1253) £4.99 (£19.96)
Total : £2,088.64 (includes shipping : FREE).



There are some changes you could make like the graphics cards; although at the current price they are a steel, they are 3 slots wide so you'd loose your soundcard unless you went external.

Not sure what motherboard you selected from the bundle initially, so selected the Orange setup, but if you give us a colour, we can spec to that.

The Corsair SP120's are to replace the H100i fans, the others are for the case.

I went with the 7970's as the price vs performance currently is better than anything else on the market at the moment.

What you think?
 
I actually really like snips spec. :D

The Matrix's will be insane. :D

Though with that motherboard not ideal..

As you'd need to use slot 1 and 3.. and then the second card will be pretty near the floor. Hmmmm..
 
Doomedspeed said:
I actually really like snips spec. :D

The Matrix's will be insane. :D

Though with that motherboard not ideal..

As you'd need to use slot 1 and 3.. and then the second card will be pretty near the floor. Hmmmm..
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I know, but at that price, you would be insane to not grab a pair. However, if he is looking to WC, it'll be fine anyhow.
 
Sorry for the slow reply.

I want my Processor OC (I dont know what WC means:confused:) and I have no idea how to do that myself so was just gonna buy it OC'ed.

I also heard 780's are like the best card out, is there no way I could buy that and have a soundcard? Or did you mean I couldnt run a soundcard with Dual 7970's? As I want a soundcard for my new Headset but dont wanna run external.

I also like the idea of having 2 SSD's ( The really big one and one really small one ) as I already have a HD that I would take from this computer for everything else that can be classed as junk :)


Colour Scheme? I guess I would like a Black Case but can go for a Gun Metal or perhaps even a white one if the case looks okay in design. Also like the idea of Blue LED (Got blue in this current setup but not enough of it!:p)



Though feel free to change the lighting colour around as you may change my mind! :)


Gerard
 
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Gerard93 said:
Sorry for the slow reply.

I want my Processor OC (I dont know what WC means:confused:) and I have no idea how to do that myself so was just gonna buy it OC'ed.
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WC is water cooling

Gerard93 said:
I also heard 780's are like the best card out, is there no way I could buy that and have a soundcard? Or did you mean I couldnt run a soundcard with Dual 7970's? As I want a soundcard for my new Headset but dont wanna run external.
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They are fantastic cards, but they come with a premium. This does not make them good value for money. If that's not an issue, then go for them, but the current price of the 7970's make them a superb alternative.

Gerard93 said:
I also like the idea of having 2 SSD's ( The really big one and one really small one ) as I already have a HD that I would take from this computer for everything else that can be classed as junk :)
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Why have a big & small when you can fit in 2x256gb SSD's in your budget?

Gerard93 said:
Colour Scheme? I guess I would like a Black Case but can go for a Gun Metal or perhaps even a white one if the case looks okay in design. Also like the idea of Blue LED (Got blue in this current setup but not enough of it!:p)

Though feel free to change the lighting colour around as you may change my mind! :)

Gerard
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The NZXT Hue will allow you to change the colour of the LED's which come with it. You get 2 meters of LED cable with a variety of colours. The theme was more to create a build with a colour theme. If you wanted Blue throughout, we'd spec one.
 
Gerard93 said:
I want my Processor OC (I dont know what WC means:confused:) and I have no idea how to do that myself so was just gonna buy it OC'ed.
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Overclocking the Haswell (sandy/ivy's) is easy..Well worth saving the money and getting better all around components, espcially as you had a watercooling kit in your spec..

WC means watercooling (short-hand). :)

From your spec, you'd have to assemble the water cooling kit anyway..

Snips spec uses a CLC/AIO (closed loop cooler/All in one) which is easier to setup and use..

Gerard93 said:
I also heard 780's are like the best card out, is there no way I could buy that and have a soundcard? Or did you mean I couldnt run a soundcard with Dual 7970's? As I want a soundcard for my new Headset but dont wanna run external.
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The 780's are one of the best single cards out, but value wise the 770's 7970's are much better. As the spec above proves you can get 2 x 7970's (Matrix is the top of the range too) for the same price as 1 x 780. " x 7970s will massively outperform 1 x 780.

You can fit a PCI sound card above the second GPU in the PCI slot of the motherboard.

Gerard93 said:
I also like the idea of having 2 SSD's ( The really big one and one really small one ) as I already have a HD that I would take from this computer for everything else that can be classed as junk :)
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I don't really see why, games don't run much quicker from SSD's not worth spending that amount. 2 x 250GB SSD's will be fine for all programs you use and some games too.. Also if you RAID0 them, will be much quicker than a single drive. :)

Gerard93 said:
Colour Scheme? I guess I would like a Black Case but can go for a Gun Metal or perhaps even a white one if the case looks okay in design. Also like the idea of Blue LED (Got blue in this current setup but not enough of it!:p)
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Black(white/grey) and Blue then? :)
 
snips86x said:
WC is water cooling



They are fantastic cards, but they come with a premium. This does not make them good value for money. If that's not an issue, then go for them, but the current price of the 7970's make them a superb alternative.



Why have a big & small when you can fit in 2x256gb SSD's in your budget?



The NZXT Hue will allow you to change the colour of the LED's which come with it. You get 2 meters of LED cable with a variety of colours. The theme was more to create a build with a colour theme. If you wanted Blue throughout, we'd spec one.
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Okay so I should get a CPU Cooler and WC for overclocking?

Dual 7970's is greater than just one Gtx 780? Just I'm wanting this computer to last me a solid 4/5 years atleast before I even have to think about upgrading a single piece so wanting to range stuff.

To explain my choices in SSD's - Small one for windows/key programs, big SSD for games. And I'm gonna use my HD from this computer for junk (Music/Movies/Silly files and what not).

Ehm, I don't know, Just put together some themes for me then, Not to bothered :D
 
I see what your getting at for the SSDs, but why limit yourself with the potential too have not enough space when you could have ample with2x250/256gb SSDs?
 
A colour that you don't see to often .... Green !!!!

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99 (£999.98)
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper 5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £369.95
1 x Acer HN274Hbmiiid 27" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor with NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Antec High Current Pro 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £114.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £103.99
2 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99 (£149.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Green £28.45
6 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Shamrock PWM Fan £14.99 (£89.94)
2 x Akasa "Vegas" White LED strip light - 60cm £8.99 (£17.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Green £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Green £6.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Green £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy Molex to 3pin x3 Fan adaptor 7V 20cm - Green £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Green £4.49
Total : £2,917.15 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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