New Rig - Help & Suggestions

[Valrak40k]

Hey chaps,

Wanting to upgrade my rig, I recently updated my GFX card to a Titan around a year ago so that is the only thing that I don't need. For the case I've picked:

x1 Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW)

My budget is around £700-1000, anyone got any suggestions to my make a kick ass gaming rig?

Thanks,

Valrak

 

[Valrak40k]

My Old computer is going to moved downstairs for my daughter more of a media centre, the only things I'm taking from are my Titan GFX, PSU and one SSD.

This is what I was thinking of getting:

• Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White
• Asus Z97 Gryphon Armor - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle
• Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
• Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 10000RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
• Corsair Vengeance Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
• x 2 Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Red Quiet Edition - Dual Pack

Wanting to get some RED Leds for the case, any suggestions?

 

[Valrak40k]

Are you willing to modify the case slightly because I think I have a cool idea if you can make it work? Thanks BM

What are you thinking? Never really done a case mod before.

Here we go - white + black scheme

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £367.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit £139.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £104.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
Total : £828.70 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Are you set on red + black? Personally I think it's a bit overdone

What Titan GPU do you have? Reference cooler? Also what size is the SSD you are reusing?

That looks great, I think I might swap the White LEDs for Red, I want it more of a red glow inside

My GPU is:

Gigabyte GeForce GTX Titan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

My SSD is:

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic

 

[Valrak40k]

Thanks for the feedback mate, once I get paid this week I'm going to order that. This will be my first build as well, really looking forward to it

 

[Valrak40k]

Going to take your advice and go with the White option, going to be getting the desk that linked below so I want my computer to stand out on it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Piranha-PC2...qid=1414857457&sr=1-20&keywords=computer+desk

 

[Valrak40k]

Yep

 

[Valrak40k]

Thanks for your help mate, I will make sure to post a build blog

 

[Valrak40k]

Shivy, would it be worth dropping the 2TB HD and getting this instead?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-171-SA&tool=3

 

[Valrak40k]

That's the thing for me, I don't really store that much. I have a 1TB in this computer now and it took me 3 years to get it over 500gb. This is going to be used for Gaming, Video streaming/editing.

 

[Valrak40k]

Thanks for the feedback mate. How long does it take for OC to get stuff back in stock? The Case and the fans are out of stock atm, was about to purchase the stuff

 

[Valrak40k]

Thanks once again mate, you've been a massive help to this project - can I recommend you to any staff? Is there a place on the forums that discuss Desks? I'm looking for a good long Black desk.