Possible new build

[Robzere31]

After 4 years out of the full desktop scene I'm starting to look into a little treat for myself.

Having not kept up with developments in the PC market (my last CPU was an E8400 @4.2GHZ) I'm a bit lost as to what to get,
but have put a base setup together & hoping that a few people could cast an eye over it & offer ideas as to if it's a reasonable setup for someone who will game occasionally & do a bit of photo work with it.



Any comments Appreciated.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Looking okay, just wondering.

What are you main uses? and what is your budget?

You say you game occasionally? What games do you play?

What is 'a bit' of photo work?

 

[Robzere31]

No real budget in mind, don't want to spend unnecessarily though.
Gaming would mainly be football manager 14, then probably RPG based gaming. Skyrim etc.

As for photos, mainly Light room.

 

[Doomedspeed]

This is what i'd go with, not far off your orignal spec..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £229.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £159.95
2 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99 (£299.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £78.95
1 x Patriot Venom Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G186C9KRD) £71.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £44.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,326.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[Robzere31]

What would be the advantage of 2x SSD's?