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Shivy011 said:
You also have two CPUs listed?
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I already pointed that out;)

@OP how much exactly would you like to spend?

I can obviously keep speccing for days as im awesome:D

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x BenQ GW2765HT 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £249.95
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £174.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
Total : £1,523.75 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).




It is a nice monitor being IPS and from BenQ, but that Freesync IPS would be cheery on top of the cake.
 
And if the OP is quick the MSI 970 is on today offer and will match the red+black theme nicely.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x BenQ GW2765HT 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £174.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
Total : £1,570.43 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).




16Gb of RAM, you can of course go for 8GB, remember with 16Gb you need to make sure you have a suitable 64bit OS.

Also these cases do not have support for a dvd drive should you need one, you will have to go external.
 
stulid said:
And if the OP is quick the MSI 970 is on today offer and will match the red+black theme nicely.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x BenQ GW2765HT 27" Widescreen LED Gaming Flicker FREE Monitor - Black £319.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £174.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case - Black / Red £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
Total : £1,570.43 (includes shipping : £22.20 Ex.VAT).

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You could drop to a 750W for 970 SLI in the future I believe - saves a few quid
 
For the sake of 10 quid the 850w model is a bit handier to have. Once you start clocking the cpu and cards, you can quite easily get close to 700w. The 970's are quite efficient at stock, but once you start clocking them theyre as power hungry as the older 700 series cards.
 
stulid said:
Ever used SLI? etc;)

I have and have seen what happens with i7s and overclocked 970s.
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How come in other specs you do 750W with i7 and 970 for future SLI? or something changed since then perhaps?

Reviews I have seen show SLI 970 systems pulling around 500W with similar setups, and OC I can't imagine much more than 100W on top, so 600W. The 750W is perfect imo. Have seen setups run on good 650W just fine, not with much room to spare but add 100W onto that and the OP will be fine

http://www.techspot.com/review/898-geforce-gtx-970-sli-4k-gaming/page6.html
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/82060-evga-gtx-970-ssc-sli-vs-titan-x-r9-295x2/?page=9

Never seen similar setups pull more than 550-600W tbh on reviews
May be wrong of course (still maintain 750W is more than enough though), just wondering :) £20 is a decent amount of money, could be used elsewhere and no reason to spend it when not required
 
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setter said:
For the sake of 10 quid the 850w model is a bit handier to have. Once you start clocking the cpu and cards, you can quite easily get close to 700w. The 970's are quite efficient at stock, but once you start clocking them theyre as power hungry as the older 700 series cards.
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Exactly.

@OP trust me and setter;)

For best efficiency you want to be running a PSU in the "sweet zone" and not outside, neither too little power draw and not too much 24/7.

Shivy011 said:
How come in other specs you do 750W with i7 and 970 for future SLI? or something changed since then perhaps?

Reviews I have seen show SLI 970 systems pulling around 500W with similar setups, and OC I can't imagine much more than 100W on top, so 600W. The 750W is perfect imo. Have seen setups run on good 650W just fine, not with much room to spare but add 100W onto that and the OP will be fine

http://www.techspot.com/review/898-geforce-gtx-970-sli-4k-gaming/page6.html
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/82060-evga-gtx-970-ssc-sli-vs-titan-x-r9-295x2/?page=9

Never seen similar setups pull more than 550-600W tbh on reviews
May be wrong of course (still maintain 750W is more than enough though), just wondering :) £20 is a decent amount of money, could be used elsewhere and no reason to spend it when not required
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If you don't understand or have experience or knowledge of this then I haven't got time to waste explaining it to you.
 
stulid said:
Exactly.

@OP trust me and setter;)

For best efficiency you want to be running a PSU in the "sweet zone" and not outside, neither too little power draw and not too much 24/7.



If you don't understand or have experience or knowledge of this then I haven't got time to waste explaining it to you.
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Well the links are there, showing <600W usage on SLI 970s at the max during benchmarks and such - real world usage would be slightly lower than this, and I doubt the OP would be gaming/maxing out the system 24/7 unless mining or something like that
Also numerous threads on these very forums and others recommending 750W PSUs for SLI 970s, some including overclocking CPU and GPU (nothing extreme, but an overclock that the vast majority using these systems could do)
No point in spending £20 over the odds on an 850W PSU that won't be utilised when the money could be spent elsewhere
 
Shivy011 said:
Well the links are there, showing <600W usage on SLI 970s at the max during benchmarks and such - real world usage would be slightly lower than this, and I doubt the OP would be gaming/maxing out the system 24/7 unless mining or something like that
Also numerous threads on these very forums and others recommending 750W PSUs for SLI 970s, some including overclocking CPU and GPU (nothing extreme, but an overclock that the vast majority using these systems could do)
No point in spending £20 over the odds on an 850W PSU that won't be utilised when the money could be spent elsewhere
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Like I said I haven't the time to explain it to you, you've been wrong before multiple times and I have had to correct you many many times before.

Lets leave it at that.
 
stulid said:
Like I said I haven't the time to explain it to you, you've been wrong before multiple times and I have had to correct you may many times before.

Lets leave it at that.
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Granted, however that doesn't detract from the fact that 750W is plenty for this system! You even recommended 750W further up the thread for future SLI!

Anyway, ok let's leave it at that
 
Shivy011 said:
Granted, however that doesn't detract from the fact that 750W is plenty for this system! You even recommended 750W further up the thread for future SLI!

Anyway, ok let's leave it at that
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No I havent, not with an i7;)

And lets leave it at that.
 
With the spec in sig ive seen 740w at the wall with cards oc'd in some benchmarks, (psu was a 6 year old hx 850) sure the actual real draw wont be that high when you take psu efficiency into account. But you dont want to be running a psu close to its rated wattage, hence i moved onto a 1000w psu.
 
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