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

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:02

Yeah lol. Thats the first thing well need to change

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:10

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

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

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.

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.

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

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:55

Klkl if just going for normal cooling what you recomend

thekhalida1 · 3 Jun 2013 at 19:15

Sorry for not replying in a while got really buzy at work. Will let you know an update on parts in a bit

. Thanks for the help. Friends really excited but i told him to wait and get opinions from the pros. Great help everyone has been so far. I think an i7 might be on the cards now lol

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 00:04

right folks what youse think of this. He said we will do overclocking at a later date and use the windows 8 free trial. how does this look.

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £569.99
(£474.99) £569.99
(£474.99)
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
(£229.99) £275.99
(£229.99)
Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
(£161.66) £193.99
(£161.66)
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £129.95
(£108.29) £129.95
(£108.29)
Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Black £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
(£45.79) £54.95
(£45.79)
LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £1,459.01
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £294.55
Total : £1,767.31

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 08:21

We will change the ram. In what ways is it stronger and does the i7 not come with a stock fan. We can overclock at a later date

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 08:22

Hdd not really needed. As he will only really be playing games

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 08:42

stulid said:
DualBIOS, special caps, 16X IR powerphases.

Kool will do that. Am i right in thinking the i7 still comes with a stock cooler

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 09:33

stulid said:
Yes it does.

Its a tiny stock intel heatsink.

After making those changes how would you rate the build

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 09:59

stulid said:
I would personally want a fully modular PSU,

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 PCI-Express 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £549.95
1 x XFX Pro 1000W Black Edition '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold Evolution 850w 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (ST85F-G) £143.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95

Total : £987.37 (includes shipping : £11.25).

And the MSI GFX card is identical, still has a 3 year warranty, but £20 less.

Good shout way the psu never realised that. How are xfx psu

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 11:01

Kool will get that. Do you think its a good rig afta those changes be honest lol

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 11:12

stulid said:
Sure is.

Its better than what I currently have here.

You think its money well spent

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 11:19

1440p

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 14:12

Whats the advantage of the higher speed ram btw.

thekhalida1 · 4 Jun 2013 at 14:44

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) £569.99
(£474.99) £569.99
(£474.99)
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
(£229.99) £275.99
(£229.99)
Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
(£161.66) £193.99
(£161.66)
Seasonic 1000w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £189.95
(£158.29) £189.95
(£158.29)
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Windowed Midi Tower Case - Black £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard – Black £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38192M2400HC11DC-L) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Green (CH-9000024-EU) £54.95
(£45.79) £54.95
(£45.79)
Sub Total : £1,512.35
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £305.22
Total : £1,831.32

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