PC Build Advice

janicskovsky · 27 Jun 2014 at 20:40

Hi everyone, I've been looking at building a PC for a bit and have posted on here before but have made a few changes and wanted to get some final thoughts on it before I buy everything.

This PC will be for Photo Editing and a bit of Gaming.

Thanks for any help!

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
CPU Cooler: Thermalright HR-02 Rev.A(BW)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
HDD: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM750 80+ Gold Fully-Modular
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Card Reader: Akasa Interconnect Pro 5.25 Inch Card Reader
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2413
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-Osmium Wired Gaming Keyboard
Headphones: Creative Labs Fatal1ty Headset

stulid · 27 Jun 2014 at 20:53

Two HDD's? whats that for?

And I am sure you can get a nice alternative board such as,

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1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £103.99
Total : £348.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

4 year warranty if you register them and the Gaming 3 even comes with a free £30 headset.

gerico · 27 Jun 2014 at 20:59

Id def go for one of the above boards from stulid

gibbingslfc · 27 Jun 2014 at 21:08

Do you absolutely need a bluray capable optical drive? You could shave a few quid off by getting a more basic drive.

janicskovsky · 27 Jun 2014 at 21:18

stulid said:
Two HDD's? whats that for?

The two is the latest change. I originally just had a 2TB WD Black (for the faster write times for moving around my photos etc) but realised that for the same price I could get a WD Black 1TB and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda.

So I could have the WD for my photos and a few other things and the Seagate for everything else. I did consider having 240GB SSD and the Seagate 2TB (also for around the same price) which would help with the write time but would be a pain with file paths for editing. Is this logic stupid? It was just a thought I had but now not sure if it makes complete sense as this seems to be something people are picking up on.

stulid said:
And I am sure you can get a nice alternative board

gerico said:
Id def go for one of the above boards from stulid

I did originally have the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H which I loved but wanted to take advantage of the new chipset. What bugs me is none of the new boards have two front USB3 headers (for the case and the card reader) and my only options for this were the board I chose or the MSI Z97-G55 SLI unless I start routing cables outside and into the back which I am not keen on.

gibbingslfc said:
Do you absolutely need a bluray capable optical drive? You could shave a few quid off by getting a more basic drive.

This is one of my unsure parts as I would like to be able to play Blu-Rays though it is not essential. I did have another cheaper just read one lined up but has since become unavailable so this was the cheapest I could find. But yeah, I am unsure.

Thanks for all your help guys, please let me know if I am being stupid or have any further suggestions.

stulid · 27 Jun 2014 at 22:56

I think one big one is all you want, the WD Blacks are not a significant improvement other other drives, thats where SSD's come in and are a noticeable improvement.