PC build help

Olivernoko · 7 Dec 2014 at 22:15

I have an Intel i5 4690k and a superflower golden green hx 550w 80 plus psu.
I need a motherboard (£110 budget), 8gb ram (£60-70), graphics card (£170-200) and a decent case to fit all the above (£30-40). Could someone give me some suggestions, thanks.

stulid · 7 Dec 2014 at 22:19

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £226.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £429.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Any good?

The card is on weekend offer (4 free games)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
Total : £372.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £412.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Olivernoko · 7 Dec 2014 at 22:30

Looks good to me

think I'll probably go for the Middle one. Thanks for you help

Olivernoko · 7 Dec 2014 at 22:36

Is the sapphire amd r9 280 decent?

stulid · 7 Dec 2014 at 22:52

Yes, but £10 more than that Gigabyte.

Olivernoko · 7 Dec 2014 at 22:56

If you were to choose one not based on price? Sapphire amd r9 280 or that wind force one

stulid · 7 Dec 2014 at 23:02

Gigabyte has a 3 year warranty and 10Mhz extra on the core.

So that one.

Olivernoko · 8 Dec 2014 at 02:22

I was looking at some NZXT h440 cases I was liking the look of them. I take it everything in this build will fit inside? And would I need anymore case fans or would the ones on it be sufficient?

stulid · 8 Dec 2014 at 13:41

It fits in that case.

Leave the fans as they are otherwise you may as well buy a better more expensive case to start with.

Olivernoko · 8 Dec 2014 at 22:15

Will I need a cooler for the cpu or should it be fine?

stulid · 8 Dec 2014 at 22:23

It comes with one, so I guess its up to you if you want to oc it or not.

Olivernoko · 10 Dec 2014 at 02:11

I have just saw a promotion on msi mobos, if I get the msi z97 gaming 7 you get far cry 4. Would this be worth considering?

stulid · 10 Dec 2014 at 10:50

I paid £20 for a farcry4 code.

The gigabyte cash back is a higher value.

Besides.....the games boring as hell, you may as well spend a fiver and play farcry3

Olivernoko · 11 Dec 2014 at 00:19

Is there any good 8gm ram for about £50 I could get instead?

stulid · 11 Dec 2014 at 00:25

Thats as cheap as 2400MHz gets.

Cards have got better,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £185.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280 Dual-X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £145.99
Total : £491.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Olivernoko · 15 Dec 2014 at 14:10

Thank you all for your help, just thought I'd let you know that my build is finally complete. Just picked up an SSD as I finished building. About to put it in now then going to boot her up