Some hardware Choices...

snappyfish · 20 Jul 2013 at 08:01

I have recently purchased a GB Z87X-UD5H & I7-4770K

I will need memory, ssd, graphics card, dvdrw, case

I seem to be drawn to the corsair 500r in white/black and was thinking later down the line of adding a corsair h100 although I also like the Bitfenix Ronin but it's only black and I fancy a white/black case

I will be gaming with a single card @ 1920x1080 to start with and will be using photoshop, and some other adobe software etc..

For gaming there seems to be recommedations for 8gb...for photo editing some people say as much as 32gb...

Have around £600 - £800 at the moment..

Thanks..

Idleman · 20 Jul 2013 at 08:19

Do you have an OS and a Psu?

Idleman · 20 Jul 2013 at 08:34

Assuming you have a Psu and hdd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £215.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £580.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

snips86x · 20 Jul 2013 at 08:37

For the RAM, I would recommend 16gb of 2133mhz+, that will do nicely. Mine is spot on.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) with FREE GPU Keyring £319.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
2 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £750.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You can alternatively, get an AMD card with £150 worth of games

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?catid=56&groupid=701&sortby=priceAsc&subid=1502

Idleman · 20 Jul 2013 at 09:09

snips86x said:
For the RAM, I would recommend 16gb of 2133mhz+, that will do nicely. Mine is spot on.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) with FREE GPU Keyring £319.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
2 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £750.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You can alternatively, get an AMD card with £150 worth of games

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?catid=56&groupid=701&sortby=priceAsc&subid=1502

Or you could alternatively get this ram, still 16GB and cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
Total : £128.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

snips86x · 20 Jul 2013 at 11:01

Good spot.

snappyfish · 20 Jul 2013 at 19:53

Idleman said:
Do you have an OS and a Psu?

Sorry, Yes I has os but no psu.. Thinking of a XFX but which one would be suitable now and give me some needed power if I get a 2nd graphics card and add a few hardrives?

Idleman · 20 Jul 2013 at 19:55

snappyfish said:
Sorry, Yes I has os but no psu.. Thinking of a XFX but which one would be suitable now and give me some needed power if I get a 2nd graphics card and add a few hardrives?

This will be sufficient.

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
Total : £90.49 (includes shipping : £8.75).

snappyfish · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:11

ok, so this looks like what I might go for...Still undecided on case and gpu :confused:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV316G213C1K) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £415.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

Idleman · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:22

Well, the case is a personal choice, so can`t really help there, not to many black&white cases.
Gpu, you could go for the 760 and add another one later. I`m actually thinking of selling my 560ti`s and going for a 760. You just have to decide whether or not the 770 is worth the extra £100 to you.

snappyfish · 20 Jul 2013 at 22:30

Idleman said:
Well, the case is a personal choice, so can`t really help there, not to many black&white cases.
Gpu, you could go for the 760 and add another one later. I`m actually thinking of selling my 560ti`s and going for a 760. You just have to decide whether or not the 770 is worth the extra £100 to you.

Yep, the case is a personal thing to a point I guess. Just bashing my head trying to make my mind up..

The 760 now and add one later sounds good.. This new system is a big improvement on my old one just sold so I will be happy with either choices.

snappyfish · 21 Jul 2013 at 20:56

Which is better?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
Total : £359.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Jonod2977 · 21 Jul 2013 at 20:59

snappyfish said:
Which is better?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £163.99
Total : £359.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Both pretty much equal, id go for the toshiba as its £22 cheaper and has a higher write speed, it does have 90k i/o compared with the pleater 100k but you will not be able to tell the difference

RJC · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:01

Both are good the Plextor comes with a 5 year warranty

snappyfish · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:10

RJC said:
Both are good the Plextor comes with a 5 year warranty

5 Year Warranty sounds good, this is my first ssd.. killling me spending this much.. :eek:

Jonod2977 · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:17

snappyfish said:
5 Year Warranty sounds good, this is my first ssd.. killling me spending this much..

Once you go SSD you wont go back! lol

RJC · 21 Jul 2013 at 21:22

snappyfish said:
5 Year Warranty sounds good, this is my first ssd.. killling me spending this much..

You wont regret it

Jonod2977 said:
Once you go SSD you wont go back! lol

+ 1

snappyfish · 25 Jul 2013 at 10:19

I am close to ordering now..

I see there is a new ssd coming soon what would be your preferences this lot below.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
Total : £504.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

Thanks

Idleman · 25 Jul 2013 at 13:03

snappyfish said:
I am close to ordering now..

I see there is a new ssd coming soon what would be your preferences this lot below.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
Total : £504.97 (includes shipping : FREE).

Thanks

The EVO looks good value for the money. Not sure when it will be in stock.

snappyfish · 26 Jul 2013 at 14:36

So still looking around and have come up with this, shame as I missed out on a Corsair Carbide 500R in b-grade for £74.99 But I'm hesitating on a few things including case, really like the Bitfenix Ronin..

Also like the New Evo ssd..

The GTX760 is on offer now too!

Changed the memory to the team group not vital but does anyone know if the color matches the UD5H? Also is it better than the black mamba mentioned above?

Decisions, decisions

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £199.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £659.82 (includes shipping : FREE).

I'm not sure whether to go modular or not with psu as the ronin has this blanking feature to hide the unsightly wires.. (does modular really increase that much airflow) will save a little going for below psu, do I need 850 above?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £199.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £148.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.95
Total : £636.82 (includes shipping : FREE).