New System

Craig1981 · 15 Jan 2015 at 00:29

So my current PC is starting to show its age a little. I've only had it a few years, and it still plays new games pretty well, but all the same I'm kinda thinking I might want to trade up this year.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?catid=&prodid=FS-064-OG

Had my eye on this little beauty. Was thinking I'd up the hard drive to the 3TB one, but keep all the other options as the default ones.

What do you all think? A good solid gaming rig? Or do you think I need to scale up any of the other components?

BluD · 15 Jan 2015 at 06:44

A quick google tells me titan z is a workstation card, if you just after a gaming rig 980 or 290x would be the way to go.
What monitor are you using since one 980 will manage everything maxed out on 1080p but you will need 2 of them for 4k realistically.

Danny75 · 15 Jan 2015 at 06:46

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £409.98
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIG) - Green Light £129.95
1 x NZXT H440 Midi -Tower Special Edition- Black / Green £124.99
2 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £112.99 (£225.98)
1 x Corsair Hydro H110 280mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060014-WW) £91.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Samsung SE-208GB/RSBD External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £17.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
3 x Alpenföhn Wing 140mm Boost 2 Plus PWM Fan - Green £9.95 (£29.85)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - Green £8.99
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Green £6.49 (£25.96)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - Green £5.99
Total : £1,955.10 (includes shipping : £13.75).

I'd go with Z97 and 970 SLI if main use is gaming (what monitor will you be using?). Went for black/green like the rig you linked and pimped it up too but in an alternative case.

250GB SSD for OS/Programs + 250GB SSD for Games. 850 EVOs, better and longer warranty than the 840s. They'd sit in the two open-view bays above the PSU shroud. A single 500GB model would be a bit cheaper. Just wouldn't look quite as nice, aesthetically.

3 matching Alpenfohns to replace rear case fan and H110 fans.

An alternative to the Nvidia reference cooler cards are the following, which will have a green led logo on the side too, but won't exhaust heat as effectively as the reference cards. There's a very wide gap on the Gigabyte motherboard between the first and second PCI-E slots though, so may not be a problem:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 100 Million Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99 (£639.98)

These require a 6-pin and 8-pin each, instead of two 6-pins.

OcUK can build you whatever spec you wish, so no need to restrict yourself to what you can change in the pre-builts' options.

You probably already knew everything I said, but better safe than sorry.

Doomedspeed · 17 Jan 2015 at 05:57

That very nice but your paying a premium for 'green parts'. Is a colour scheme worth the extra £50-£80+

Danny75 · 17 Jan 2015 at 12:37

Well, the pre-built was around £2150 if I remember correctly (no longer available for some reason). So despite sticking to black/green theme and with 2 x 250GB SSD's instead of 1 x 120GB, the spec still came in well under budget. Though OP could save even more money, for sure, and still get the same performance.