Spec check (~£800 General Purpose PC)

Sardaukar · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:14

Hi all,

Can anyone see any issues with this spec?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G1600HC9DC01) £125.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £797.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

joeyjojo · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:17

Fast CPU, GPU, more memory than needed, big SSD... nope looks good and powerful. Too powerful for "general purpose"?

Sardaukar · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:23

joeyjojo said:
Fast CPU, GPU, more memory than needed, big SSD... nope looks good and powerful. Too powerful for "general purpose"?

Thanks

General purpose for me means coding, moderate gaming, and occasional media encoding

lee32uk · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:28

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Z97-K - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £249.58
Total : £259.18 (includes shipping : £8.00).

£30 cashback (No.55 in Asus list) - https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/qualifying

stulid · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:30

Sardaukar said:
Hi all,

Can anyone see any issues with this spec?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £258.58
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280 TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G1600HC9DC01) £125.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £44.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £797.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Very nice.

Remember you get cashback with that board+cpu - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18618965

Cheaper/faster 16GB,

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD316G2666HC11CDC01) £113.99
Total : £122.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).