PC Upgrade / Rebuild £1000

Kaelsin · 28 Feb 2016 at 20:44

Hi all,

I'm looking to do a PC upgrade as I replace my case (which was damaged in a house move).

I'm only looking to upgrade the tower as I already have Windows and a 3440 x 1440 monitor. I also have a AMD R9 290X and a SuperFlower 850W power supply which I will re-purpose.

The PC is mainly used for gaming and I' would like to try and make it as quiet as possible - but I'm not sure which fans/case/solution to go for to achieve this.

Thanks

stulid · 28 Feb 2016 at 20:47

Anything else such as storage drives that you are keeping?

Kaelsin · 28 Feb 2016 at 20:51

Sorry I forgot to mention I have a Samsung 830 which I could keep, is it worth going for a PCIe NVMe SSD? Would I likely see a real increase?

stulid · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:12

Its not worth it going m.2, you have a fast SSD, keep it unless its capacity is low and restrictive to the amount of games you can install.

Is the 290X a custom cooled version?

Kaelsin · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:21

stulid said:
Its not worth it going m.2, you have a fast SSD, keep it unless its capacity is low and restrictive to the amount of games you can install.

Is the 290X a custom cooled version?

The card is a MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 8192MB, its not a water cooled version unfortunately.

stulid · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:26

Atleast its not a stock cooler, otherwise you may as well given up trying to make a quiet PC.

stulid · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:32

My basket at Overclockers UK:

3 x Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower - Black= £64.99
1 x WD Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM WD20EFRX= £70.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***£30 Saving***= £485.98
1 x Team Group Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16Q= £59.99
1 x Noctua NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-F12 Fan= £52.99

Total: £898.46
(includes shipping: £33.54)

That should be quiet (well as quiet as your GFX card is).

The case has sound dampening material applied and the cooler is certainly quiet.

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Or this case was quiet - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18701024 - and was/maybe still is available with a free £30 Bequiet heatsink.

Kaelsin · 28 Feb 2016 at 21:54

Thanks Stulid, much appreciated.

I do like the look of the 2nd case, will take a look through your thread - thanks again.

Gze · 28 Feb 2016 at 22:24

Best thing for you is just scroll through all the atx cases and find one to your liking. People have different tastes.

Nate1492 · 29 Feb 2016 at 18:46

I'd go with the Fractal R5 Define.
Skylake 6700k. (280)
Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6. (120)
16gb of 3200 mhz CL 15 DDR4. (G.Skill Ripjaws V Series, 88)
Hyper Evo 212 CPU cooler (20)

And here's the kicker. You got 500 quid left. Buy a 980ti or a Fury X.

If not, keep that 500 quid and get the next gen card. If you play mostly games, the skylake is a better processor. The R5 Define is quiet as well.