Old User - New Build

[Dog]

Morning all,

I used to be on these fine forums many many years ago then kind of got out of touch with computers when Wife and kids came along. I'm now back and need a new rig as I've got sick of using laptops.

To give you an idea of how long ago I was on here my last rig was based around a heavily overclocked XP2000.

I mainly use it for Photoshop and video editting but am getting back into PC gaming after years of using consoles.

Anyways I'm a bit out of touch with everything so any comments on my planned build or anything I've missed then please let me know, I haven't decided on keyboard and mouse yet.

The memory is probably the thing I'm most unsure of though it does look to cosmetically match the mobo.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £379.99
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £287.99
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair Obsidian 750D Windowed - 750 EX360 Watercooled Case £280.00
- 1 x AMD Bracket Fitted £0.00
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H2O Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9A) £139.99
1 x Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £132.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-06949) £116.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £112.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Blue £69.95
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £46.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x C2G DisplayPort to DisplayPort 1.2 Cable with Latches 2m - Black (81279) £17.99
3 x Akasa AK-CBSA05-50BL Super slim SATA rev 3.0 data cable with securing latches - 50cm, Blue £3.49 (£10.47)
Total : £1,896.26 (includes shipping : ).



Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.

Rich

 

[Dog]

I've always been an AMD user - as I said I'm out of touch, What would I gain?

Rich

 

[Dog]

I'm stubborn and plan of overclocking it so I'd prefer to stick with what I know though that certainly looks a great setup.

Is there anything specifically wrong with my choices? Does the memory need to be improved without upping the budget massively?

Have I missed anything obvious to get me up and running straight away?

Rich

 

[Dog]

The plan is to fit a second card at some point in the near future - trying to sell the concept of spending a couple of grand on a computer to the wife was hard enough let alone trying to convince her I needed a second GPU. I'll sneak one in in a month or so when she's calmed down.

I noticed you specced 750W PSU's - could I run 2 GPU's on that or would the 850 be a safer bet for future upgrades?

That Bench comparison makes interesting reading - may have to have a rethink.

Rich