Replacing the laptop - anything you would change?

Juggern

Juggern

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Currently do most of my gaming on a laptop and looking to get back into the realm of a dedicated desktop. Been looking about the forum to get ideas and looking at reviews and came up with the below. My budget is around £1300 and I don't want to go any further with it:

PSU: SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50GHz Socket 1150 8MB Cache Retail Boxed
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB 2400ghz
Case: Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
GPU: Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom GLH 3072MB
Cooler: Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
HDD: Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87

This rolls in at £1307. Anything you would change?

I have keyboard/mouse/monitors so its only the base unit required.

Thanking you all.
 
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Hello and welcome to the forum :)

spec is looking good, I assume the ram is higher speed, ie 1800mhz + and not 1600mhz.
 
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Juggern said:
This rolls in at £1307. Anything you would change?
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Just the GPU for the Inno at the same price, bit faster and longer warranty. And matching RAM for the board.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-L5HSX) £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIO) - Orange Light £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
Total : £1,310.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).




But there's nothing wrong with your spec.

No OS/storage drive needed, I take it.
 
No OS or drives neeeded, this will be a dedicated gaming PC as I have a laptop for work/day to day activities.

Has that card just gone on offer? Didnt see it yesterday. Looked at that Ram but its slower from the same price point, found some reason the 2400 is really expensive in that make.
 
Juggern said:
Looked at that Ram but its slower from the same price point, found some reason the 2400 is really expensive in that make.
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Because it has better CAS timings than the Corsair.

Avexir 2400MHZ CAS 10-12-12-31 v Corsair 2400MHz CAS 11-13-13-31.

I'd pick a 2133MHz with CAS 9-10-10-28 over a 2400MHz with CAS 11-13-13-31, any day (depending on price). The former will probably be a little faster. The difference won't be perceivable either way.
 
Ahh, interesting. After some googling on CAS vs MHZ - I now understand how it all works together. Orange is a plus as well! :-D Made another change - lowering the CPU - looking at benchmarks for games the I7 seems wasted as I very rarely do any video/graphics.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-L5HSX) £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Avexir Core Orange Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIO) - Orange Light £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £73.99
Total : £1,244.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Is there anything that people would change on this build? Anything missing?
 
Looks fine to Me. Do you intend on going sli in the future ? As you could add a bigger psu if so.
You could also add some of the Bitfenix extension cables and Led strips to bling it up a bit :D
 
Includes three color accent rings to match your H105 to your motherboard Default metallic grey, and added red and blue colored rings to match your Corsair Air Series fans or other motherboard, memory, or GPU color themes in your case.
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You can paint one of the rings in orange too. :D
 
Haha - I like the idea of colour coding the cables. Don't know what colour would really go with orange - also feel begrudged paying so much for lights.
 
Agree with Lee. If you don't want orange cables, then white will look good. Pity you don't prefer the white Carbide Air 540 as it brings two white led fans already and really matches the motherboard imo. But I know everyone's taste differs.
 
Definitely got me umming and ahhing about white and orange. Don't want to go with a white cast as keyboard/mouse/monitor is all black and it lives in the living room so has to look respectable, but not draw attention to itself. (I say with all my Razor glowing peripherals).

What's peoples opinion on the 290 vs 780? I see a lot of builds using the 290 but looking at reviews the general feeling I get is they run a little hotter, a little slower, and from experience they lack the driver support that Nvidia gets but I want to make sure I'm not dismissing a potent option unnecessarily.

Will have a sleep on it and hopefully decide and buy tomorrow.
 
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I was going to leave it, but now you've mentioned it'll be in the living room I've done a lovely MATX build ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX 760W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020045-UK) £139.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2BZ1) £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved Cable Kit (AXi / AX / HX / TXM) - Metallic Graphite £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x Corsair Generation 2 Sleeved 24 Pin Cable (AX) - Metallic Graphite £14.99
Total : £1,401.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).


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That RAM though.. Hnnnnggg
 
Juggern said:
A little rich. Wanted it around 1200 really... argh - still cant click that buy it button!
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Is your budget not £1300 as per your initial post ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780 Phantom 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £149.95
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £94.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A2400C11R) £85.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24Pin ATX Extension 30cm - sleeved black/red/black £7.49
1 x BitFenix Molex to 4x SATA Adapter 20 cm - sleeved black/red/black £5.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Red £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6+2-Pin PCIe Extension 45cm - sleeved red/black £5.99 (£11.98)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8Pin EPS12V Extension 45cm - sleeved black/red/black £4.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Red £4.49
4 x BitFenix Alchemy 2pin I/O extension 30cm - Red £3.95 (£15.80)
Total : £1,312.56 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
How about a more discrete MATX build?
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Geforce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £143.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Phenom MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £69.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £41.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre 230mm Fan White LED - black £14.99
1 x DEMCiflex Dust Filter 230mm, Square - Black/Black £13.99
Total : £1,191.18 (includes shipping : £17.85).


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The 230mm LED fan would go in the bottom to provide a nice white glow beneath the case, also included a fan filter for it as I believe there isn't a filter included.
 
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