Spec check £1900

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 09:59

Hi this is a spec check for a friend at work. Mainly used for gaming. Needs everything apart from the monitor. Hes went for the 900d as he says he wants to go watercooling later on. But i advised 650d i
Think that will be more than capable what do youse think. He may go sli in future hence for the large power supply. Is that still overkill. Motherboard we have no clue so we just tossed one in a hope of someone sugessting a better One. How would youse rate and what would youse change to get better value for money. Thanks in advance

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £569.99
(£474.99) £569.99
(£474.99)
Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
(£249.99) £299.99
(£249.99)
Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
(£161.66) £193.99
(£161.66)
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £189.95
(£158.29) £189.95
(£158.29)
Corsair Vengeance SODIMM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C10 1866MHz SODIMM Kit (CMSX16GX3M2A1866C10) £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Green (CH-9000024-EU) £54.95
(£45.79) £54.95
(£45.79)
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:00

SODIMM RAM is for laptops.

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:02

Yeah lol. Thats the first thing well need to change

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:07

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £365.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £364.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £159.95
1 x Gigabyte Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Dual Chassis Gaming Mouse - Black/Blue £54.98
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Dual Sided Gaming Surface £22.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,916.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:10

Thanks for helps. He Really wants a 780. Can you fit that in

snitcher · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:13

it is likely to go overbudget as those arent cheap

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:19

snitcher said:
it is likely to go overbudget as those arent cheap

What you think of the original build? After changing the ram and motherboard

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:20

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £549.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £159.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1150 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £103.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
1 x Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241) £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,910.45 (includes shipping : £14.75).

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:28

Thanks for reply. Its missing os. What did you think of original build btw apart from ram and mb.

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:34

It's ok, but don't you think the 900D is OTT?

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:36

stulid said:
It's ok, but don't you think the 900D is OTT?

Yeah thats what i said. I think the 650d would be enough for sli and watercolling.

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:39

thekhalida1 said:
Yeah thats what i said. I think the 650d would be enough for sli and watercolling.

Its a great looking case with bags of options, but you need to filling it with multiple radiators etc, not just a simpler closed water system such as a H100i.

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:48

stulid said:
Its a great looking case with bags of options, but you need to filling it with multiple radiators etc, not just a simpler closed water system such as a H100i.

Yeah he will be doing that in future. Whats a ball park figure of watercooling a system

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:50

thekhalida1 said:
Yeah he will be doing that in future. Whats a ball park figure of watercooling a system

No idea, never done it.

OcUK do some V6, V8, V12 kits here,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=962&catid=1532

Look like a good option for the first time buyer?

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:55

Klkl if just going for normal cooling what you recomend

honosuseri · 3 Jun 2013 at 13:13

thekhalida1 said:
Thanks for helps. He Really wants a 780. Can you fit that in

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £549.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £364.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £114.95
1 x Gigabyte Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £109.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light £67.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,899.88 (includes shipping : £20.10).

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 14:36

thekhalida1 said:
Thanks for reply. Its missing os. What did you think of original build btw apart from ram and mb.

You can use Win8 free for three months, also Gigabyte are offering 20% cashback on the UD4H - http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,12542.msg82431.html#msg82431 - making the spec in post#8 even sweeter

honosuseri · 3 Jun 2013 at 15:03

stulid said:
You can use Win8 free for three months, also Gigabyte are offering 20% cashback on the UD4H - http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,12542.msg82431.html#msg82431 - making the spec in post#8 even sweeter

I saw that earlier. I swear they said it was limited to 50 entries and now it says 35. This is on a first come first serve basis aswell. Not sure I'd want to bank on it tbh. Don't see what's wrong with the spec I did to be perfectly honest for the £1900 budget

stulid · 3 Jun 2013 at 15:06

honosuseri said:
I saw that earlier. I swear they said it was limited to 50 entries and now it says 35. This is on a first come first serve basis aswell. Not sure I'd want to bank on it tbh. Don't see what's wrong with the spec I did to be perfectly honest for the £1900 budget

Its worth the go if the OP buys quick, plus my spec has the better board, faster RAM with good IC's and the 900D he wanted.

honosuseri · 3 Jun 2013 at 15:43

stulid said:
Its worth the go if the OP buys quick, plus my spec has the better board, faster RAM with good IC's and the 900D he wanted.

Horses for courses. I used the i7 CPU, have more storage, a mechanical keyboard and the OS was inc. (yes he can use the evaluation of windows 8 but he still needs to cough up for it eventually) and to be fair I hardly used 1600Mhz RAM.....2400Mhz isn't shabby and I too kept things colour co-ordinated

If he really wants the 900D to watercool then putting the H100i in the basket doesn't make much sense to me. Might as well look at the kits you linked to earlier, he can add more rads and a waterblock for the GPU later but mounting a rad in the bottom of the case won't allow for push/pull if I recall the review correctly. Seems like a lot of expense and hassle to me to be honest but each to their own.

Any which way I look forward to seeing what he settles on in the end