Proposed purchase - sense check

taB · 17 Jul 2015 at 15:07

Afternoon all,

Planning to buy the below parts following the kind advice in this thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18681419

Would appreciate a quick check that everything will work together (and I've actually got everything I need) and will pull the trigger on it later if so. E.g. I have no idea what the two cables are for but they were included in the suggestions.

Thanks,

Ben.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970WF3OC-4GD) £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x AOC E2470SWDA 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black £64.99
1 x Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £58.99
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £43.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £41.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-224FB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM M disc compatible £14.99
1 x Akasa AK-CBSA05-30BK Super slim SATA rev 3.0 data cable with securing latches - 30cm, Black £3.29
1 x Akasa AK-CB001 Single PSU 4-pin Molex to 4 Fans (AK-CB001) £2.99
Total : £1,004.04 (includes shipping : £19.10 Ex.VAT).

dacads · 17 Jul 2015 at 15:38

Hi again, you won't be needing the two cables

Also I'd recommend going with the following, gold rated PSU

YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
Total : £54.59 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Good luck

taB · 17 Jul 2015 at 15:51

Thanks muchly.

Danny75 · 17 Jul 2015 at 15:58

You will need the cables if (a) you wish to connect all three drives (SSD/HDD and optical) and (b) you wish to run all three fans in that set-up (CPU cooler and 2 x 120mm fans).

taB · 17 Jul 2015 at 16:04

Thanks, for £6 not worth faffing about so have added them.

taB · 25 Jul 2015 at 09:51

Quick help needed if possible. CPU fan connection and CHA fan connection are reversed on the motherboard compared to the instructions. Any harm if I get the wrong one? Not using CHA as the 2 chassis fans are off the double connector adaptor from the psu. Thanks!

fobose · 25 Jul 2015 at 10:35

It wont matter, you can check in the bios to see if detects it as the CPU fan though. Ideally you want it to be detected as the CPU fan so that it controls the speed of the fan depending on the CPU temp. If you are using the Intel stock cooler it might be a little noisy if its on full speed all the time, or it might not spin up high enough to keep the CPU cool.

taB · 25 Jul 2015 at 10:41

Great. Thanks very much, will check BIOS. Time to fire it up then.

fobose · 25 Jul 2015 at 10:48

Out of curiosity, did your PSU have the right connectors for the GTX 970 or did you need to use the supplied adapters?

taB · 25 Jul 2015 at 11:15

PSU had enough red bits that fitted. Was two lots of 6+2 connection included and it needs one 6 and one as 8. Hope that makes sense!

Windows now installing and BIOS recognises CPU fan so all OK thus far.

Thanks again!