Occasionaly gaming machine

am1314 · 7 Feb 2015 at 21:28

Hi guys, building a second pc for the house/wife, she plays Sims 4, Witcher 1 and 2 and is waiting for the new Witcher to come out.

I have a case, ssd, 750W psu, OS etc so would only need board ram proc, happy to go down intel or AMD, i did see the minimum spec for the new witcher and its does need a powerfull machine..anyway would this be good enough...dont want to break the bank either!

Oh probably will never overclock it either..

Any advice is welcome, thanks

Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-504-GI

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...ktdetailseite&emcs2=MB-504-GI&emcs3=CP-540-IN

Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-205-KS

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM

Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-133-GI

stulid · 7 Feb 2015 at 21:31

Hi,

What case, PSU and SSD do you have?

Heres some cheap options.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £50.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £558.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

am1314 · 7 Feb 2015 at 21:59

HI there thanks for replying

Im buying a Corsair 450D from a mate, or she wants a white or pink case lol so i thought maybe NZXT 440

PSU is a XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular PSU

stulid · 7 Feb 2015 at 22:04

Thats sound then, good case+PSU.

What about SSD? and other drives?

am1314 · 7 Feb 2015 at 22:07

Going to give her one of my samsung 850, no second drive needed as we have a NAS

am1314 · 7 Feb 2015 at 22:23

Just curious was there anything wrong with the ram or cooler i initially chose?

stulid · 7 Feb 2015 at 22:30

Its more money, nothing wrong with it.

am1314 · 9 Feb 2015 at 20:25

thanks for the advice and for taking the time to reply, much appreciated

am1314 · 16 Feb 2015 at 19:26

1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99

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Looking for one more bit of advice if anyone can help before i order

My old card is a Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2GB GDDR5 GV-N670OC-2GD
If i was to get another one for a decent price is two in SLI better that the R9 above or best just to get the new card?

Also if i was to get a second, when i bought it i needed minimum 550w single rail psu or something like that, would the 750W one mentioned previous handle the two?

Thanks

stulid · 16 Feb 2015 at 19:31

750W is fine for SLI GTX670.

Is two better than one stronger card, maybe when SLI is working perfectly, but you will still have the 2Gb Vram limitation.

How about trying the 670 with the new parts and seeing how it does? I had one that I use to game at 1080 resolution and it coped well with more demanding games than Sims etc.