New PC time.

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:08

Yeah so my current rig is going to the missus now, we were both going to get the Xbox One's come November but decided to stick with PC's this gen so I've been the go ahead to get what I want

What I have currently is the 7970 Lightening (due to get to me next week), I want the Corsair 650 D case, everything else needs speccing. Oh and I have monitors, O/S, keyboard, Mouse etc.

Budget up to £1500 but don't have to spend it all, I was thinking I could get another 7970 with that budget, crossfire?

Thanks

Stelly · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:10

is one overclocking?

stelly

Ethermaster · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:26

Hows about this ..... shame that GPU is yellow as it will only work with a orange/black/yellow or a pure yellow/black but that mpower mobo and the akasa venom psu which I don't really like.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £137.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £13.99 (£69.95)
Total : £1,570.69 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:31

Stelly said:
is one overclocking?

stelly

Yup, going to be used for gaming.

Stelly · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:38

Ethermaster said:
Hows about this ..... shame that GPU is yellow as it will only work with a orange/black/yellow or a pure yellow/black but that mpower mobo and the akasa venom psu which I don't really like.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £137.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £13.99 (£69.95)
Total : £1,570.69 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Very nice there dude

I was about half way through the same setup

By the way how do I add that url thing that you use to show the basket? I lost mine

Stelly

Doomedspeed · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:41

Ethermaster said:
Hows about this ..... shame that GPU is yellow as it will only work with a orange/black/yellow or a pure yellow/black but that mpower mobo and the akasa venom psu which I don't really like.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £137.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £13.99 (£69.95)
Total : £1,570.69 (includes shipping : £19.10).

I was thinking about an Mpower board for this build..

The PSU may be seen in that case also, so maybe the Venom.

Maybe get some black RAM, Megahalems Black and some Yellow Vipers on there.. Thatd look the Dogs.

(can't spec properly as im at work, so im getting ether to do it for me.

)

Idleman · 25 Jul 2013 at 12:50

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Asus Z87-PRO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £166.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £65.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
Total : £1,509.78 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 15:04

Thanks guys, what's the deal with the PSU, does it come with power cables? Are they braided at all?

Idleman · 25 Jul 2013 at 15:23

Andybtsn said:
Thanks guys, what's the deal with the PSU, does it come with power cables? Are they braided at all?

Fully modular.

http://www.seasonicusa.com/NEW_X-series_560-660-760-850.htm

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 16:05

I can't really be bother waiting for the reburb H100's. What about this bundle? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-019-CS

dt97583 · 25 Jul 2013 at 16:13

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI Z87 MPower Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CM) £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Akasa AK-FN063 140mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan - 3/4 Pin £14.99
1 x Akasa Viper R High Performance S-Flow fan (14cm Blade on 12cm Fitting) £13.2
Total : £1,503.56 (includes shipping : £13.75).

SSD is on pre-order - faster write speeds than the old 840 range.
Fans - couple of replacement fans for the cooler.

Doomedspeed · 25 Jul 2013 at 16:34

Bit over budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £419.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI Z87 MPower Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £107.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CM) £79.99
1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.98
2 x Akasa Viper R High Performance S-Flow fan (14cm Blade on 12cm Fitting) £13.2 (£26.40)
Total : £1,468.31 (includes shipping : £12.50).

dt97583 · 25 Jul 2013 at 16:37

Doomedspeed said:
Bit over budget:
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Your spec... Snap!

stulid · 25 Jul 2013 at 17:22

Andybtsn said:
I can't really be bother waiting for the reburb H100's. What about this bundle? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-019-CS

Works fine, Ethermaster has spec'd something very tasty.

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 17:24

Yup, loving the orange them

Thanks guys

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 17:28

They'll be sufficient space for two 7970's too?

stulid · 25 Jul 2013 at 17:33

Andybtsn said:
They'll be sufficient space for two 7970's too?

Yes there is.

Ethermaster · 25 Jul 2013 at 18:08

stulid said:
Works fine, Ethermaster has spec'd something very tasty.

Cheers Stulid

if you were happy to run just the one 7970 lightning that you have on order you could have this as well...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD500BW) £263.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £164.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1150 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £103.99
2 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £89.99 (£179.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £13.99 (£69.95)
Total : £1,429.24 (includes shipping : £17.85).

A black and yellow to follow

(unless you return the 7970 and want to pile the extra money into a rig with a SLI configuration in).....

Andybtsn · 25 Jul 2013 at 19:42

Thanks I think I'll stick to the crossfire 7970's for now

Andybtsn · 26 Jul 2013 at 01:06

Guys, I have fallen in love with the Corsair 350D case. What repucissions will it have choosing this over what I have spec'd already, I know it's a Micro ATX case so a smaller mobo would be needed but is that all I'd need to change? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-439-GI

Edit: Been researching for ages, a lot have have two gfx cards in there but the Lightnings are so damn big I don't think it's worth the hassle plus the cooling will be awful.