Opinion on my first build?

Veltre Gaming

Veltre Gaming

Veltre Gaming

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Hi soon I will be building my first gaming PC after christmas. I've been looking at building one for a good 12 months. My budget is £1200 for everything. This is what I'm looking at:
-Intel I-5 4670K Haswell
-Asrock extreme 6ac mobo
-R9 280X
-Corsair 8GB low profile ram
-1TB western digital caviar blue HDD
-256 GB Samsung evo SSD
-Bitfenix prodigy toxic case
-Cooler master storm quickfire cherry mx brown key
-Razer death adder
I'm stuck for a monitor I'm looking for a 120HZ 16:10
All help will be greatly appreciated
 
You are asking a lot for the money, I don't see a PSU in your wishlist......it's pretty vital ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Case - Caseking Anniversary Edt. Window £74.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Corsair Raptor M30 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000042-EU) £34.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,245.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Slightly overbudget but you do get BF4 for free bundled with the GPU. There is a 3 month trial for windows 8 you can use for free. Should you hate it you can buy 7 in the new year no harm done.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 280X iPower IceQ X2 Boost 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x SteelSeries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Gaming Mouse - White (62040) £39.95
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x BitFenix Spectre 200mm Fan White LED - black £11.99
2 x Enermax Cluster UCCL12 120mm Fan £9.98 (£19.96)
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Window Side Panel - White £9.95
Total : £1,284.18 (includes shipping : £13.75).



As Honosuseri said, you're asking quite a bit for the money. Using a Windows 8.1 free trial will help.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £251.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus Mini ITX - Black £74.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Gigabyte Force K3 Gaming Keyboard £27.59
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
1 x Gigabyte M6900 3200DPI Gaming Mouse £16.99
Total : £1,239.91 (includes shipping : £13.75).



The Gigabyte R9 280X has a higher boost speed than the MSI, it also has dual BIOS which is a nice safety feature.
 
As it's not till after Xmas these specs aren't much help anyway. Prices will change, hell we might even see the AMD 290s with better coolers by then.

I would suggest you try and blag some stuff as crimbo gifts i.e mouse, keyboard maybe a cooler etc. When you are close to pulling the trigger to buy we can help you balance out a build then.
 
Wow thanks a lot. I had just woke up when I posted and I seemed to of forgotten a fairly vital part. I've got keyboard and mouse sorted. I could do with a mobo with a WiFi card, any suggestions once again thanks :-)
 
Veltre Gaming said:
Wow thanks a lot. I had just woke up when I posted and I seemed to of forgotten a fairly vital part. I've got keyboard and mouse sorted. I could do with a mobo with a WiFi card, any suggestions once again thanks :-)
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The gigabyte board I picked has WiFi and Bluetooth.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4600#ov
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, supporting 2.4 GHz Single-Band
Bluetooth 4.0, 3.0+HS, 2.1+EDR
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Without keyboard and mouse.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £251.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus Mini ITX - Black £74.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,193.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Veltre Gaming said:
Wow thanks a lot. I had just woke up when I posted and I seemed to of forgotten a fairly vital part. I've got keyboard and mouse sorted. I could do with a mobo with a WiFi card, any suggestions once again thanks :-)
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The MSI and the GB mini-itx mobos have Wifi and Bluetooth. The GB mobo has the CPU socket very close to the PCI-E slot. You need to be careful picking coolers as it may overhang the PCI-E slot and obviously you want to use that for the GPU. This is why I used the H80, you can use the H100 but then you can't fit an optical drive in the case. You can always get an external ODD if you choose or just install the OS by a USB memstick.

As I said prices change, we always try to balance things out and work in the weekly offers to help get the best for your cash. Weekly offers change on a wednesday so these specs we've done now won't be valid for long ;)
 
It's mATX for a start. If you'll only be using one GPU I'd stick with the ITX Prodigy as it has better air flow.
 
Veltre Gaming said:
Thanks for the heads up! How about the Gigabyte G1.sniper mobo so far it looks perfect as it fits my PCI-E requirements and my colour scheme.
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I'd prefer the new ATX version over the mATX personally.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,242.67 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with BattleField 4 PC Game Included £251.99
1 x AOC G2460PQU 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x BitFenix Colossus Micro ATX - Black £82.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,266.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).





The case is new and has a LED mulit-colour lighting system,

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18559172

Remeber the Gigabyte 280X has a higher boost clock and dual BIOS compared to the MSI;)
 
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