New Rig £650-750

[Carrington]

Hi,

A friend of mine has asked for some advice on a new gaming rig. I put together this for him but I was wondering what you guys thought

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR)= £269.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/8)= £28.99
• 1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £38.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 100R Mid-Tower Case - Black (CC-9011075-WW)= £44.99
• 1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA200)= £59.99
• 1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM= £17.99
• 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler= £29.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £99.95
• 1 x MSI H170 Gaming M3 Intel H170 (Socket H170) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £88.99

Total: £693.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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[mickyflinn]

Cpu cooler wont fit that case as it has a Maximum CPU Cooler Height: 150mm and the coolermaster is 158mm. You dont really need such a cooler to cool an I-3

 

[Carrington]

Okay so can you recommend a different cooler? What about the build, anything else we should change?

 

[RJC]

The Raiijintek will be more than adequate for cooling.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £24.95
• 1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler= £14.99

Total: £49.84
(includes shipping: £9.90)
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[mickyflinn]

What about this with an overclcoking I-5 and ssd.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £239.99
• 1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0500-KR)= £38.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £280.98
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £36.95
• 1 x Samsung SH-224GB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible= £12.95
• 1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler= £14.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 100R Mid-Tower Case - Black (CC-9011075-WW)= £44.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/8)= £28.99
• 1 x Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (CSSD-F240GBLEB)= £49.99

Total: £762.02
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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[lee32uk]

I would spend a bit extra on a better psu.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £59.99
• 1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply= £53.99

Total: £125.08
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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