New Gaming Rig thoughts?

[RadioactiveGimp]

Evening all,i've been reading up here a lot about whats a good budget spec gaming rig and have come up with these parts and would like your opinions on the following please..

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 Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £154.99
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) £86.99
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 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £1,347.29 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Now i've never built a pc before but have watched a few tut's on them and seem fairly confident in doing it BUT... i do like the idea of a 24 month warranty on the rig and have also seen these two pre-builts:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 450i Sabre" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.3GHz Overclocked Haswell Quad Core Gaming PC £672
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £1,359.07 (includes shipping : £18.50).



&

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan Envy Evolution" Intel Core i7 4770K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Haswell Quad Core Gaming PC £1558.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x 24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN £0.01
1 x Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days £0
Total : £1,783.43 (includes shipping : £16.25).





Both look pretty stunning and quite future proof for awhile at least.Would it be wise to self build with that amount of money or is it best to go pre built with the Titan 450i sabre as they're pretty close spec's and get piece of mind or if i spend some more and choose Envy im getting a rather good long lasting sexy looking pc?

Thanks in advance

 

[RadioactiveGimp]

Hi, .

Im going to be honest, I didn't even look at the pre builds. And ill tell you why....

The warranty. All the individual part cone with warranty anyway. The retail CPU has a 3 year warranty anyway, the other parts vary by manufacture but all have atleast a year. I know EVGA have some GPU's with a 10 year warranty. 10 years.

id change a few things with the spec. Firstly an matx board in an atx case isn't the best plan. You have two options, go with the sniper atx board or change the case to a 350D (matx case).

The cooler, I think the rad is too thick for both the ronin and 350d. It may fit the ronin okay. But you can get the H110 for the 350d (not the ronin though).

The rest of the selections are good though...

Thoughts?

You can make your rig look as sexy as the Envy quite easily. Some Bitfenix braided cable extensions and LEDs and you're sorted. Maybe some greener RAM.

You've got the wrong Sniper board, by the way. You want the ATX version, not the mATX.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-477-GI

EDIT: Build it yourself - it's fun And frustrating at times, but still. A self-build the price of that Envy would be pretty epic.

Ah very good points on the warranty there fella,never occurred to me!

Thanks for the heads up on the mobo lol,still very new to this so bit daunting but very exciting. Would the braided cables be fairly simple to add?

EDIT: if i were to change to the 350D would i leave the mobo as is and just change cooler?

Thank you both very much,highly appreciated.

 

[RadioactiveGimp]

Yeah braided cables are easy to add, the alchemy ones are a doddle

You just basically unplug you're cables, attach one end of the braided cable to your PSU cable and the other to the componet you remove it from. Simple..

Is size an issue for this build?

Ahh sweet brilliant no size isn't an issue,just getting my head round what parts fit in where.

Thanks you both once again making me feel ore relaxed about this self build

 

[RadioactiveGimp]

Look what i found in the testing forum:





Looking very good..

Though you can get the OEM CPU for £20 less.. It only has a 1 year warranty but its not common for CPU's to fail, there normally DOA (dead on arrival) if they fail atall..


A Ronin option would be:

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 Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CIG) - Green Light £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £69.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
Total : £1,300.28 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Hehe you caught me

I like this option best,bit cheaper as well which is always a bonus.I might add some led's then I'm all set ha!

Thank ever so much for your time and knowledge,it goes a long way with helping people in the dark.

Once I get going I'll put some pics up!

Cheers again bud.appreciated