Spec Check - £900 build for games and production

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Looking to upgrade my old Q6600 system for playing games and doing video and photo work. This is what I've come up with, I plan on doing an overclock too.

I already have a screen, KB/Mouse, OS and several HDDs, just adding an SSD for the OS.

 

[William-Mathew]

May need to upgrade the PSU as it is only 500w as you are going to overclock. Upgrade it to a 650w?

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

May need to upgrade the PSU as it is only 500w as you are going to overclock. Upgrade it to a 650w?

I was thinking that, would the SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W be a good buy?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

 

[stulid]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-011-SH&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

That SSD is decent and you can spend the extra on a better case which has more than one fan such as the Raijintek Agos.


500W should power that system too, but I tend to spec 550W Superflower golden green or the Antec true power classic which are both gold rated PSUs with 5 year warranty.

 

[ShivP]

I assume you will be taking a HDD out of your old Q6600 machine for storage? What size is it/is it SATA?

Fail, didn't see this

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Thanks for the advice, this is how it looks now;

I've stuck with the Neo case as I have a couple of 120mm fans that I can take out of my current system.

 

[decmatt]

Considered getting a 'Black Edition' of that motherboard so you get the 5 years warranty and upgrade in 3 years time?

 

[Fallen god]

I would go with something like this, moved around a few bits to include the black edition motherboard and the better case.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/gigabyte-upgrade.php?vat=0

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £387.98
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £251.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case without Window £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x SK Hynix 128GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS128G32MNB-2201A) £44.99
1 x BeQuiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm £21.49
Total : £907.38 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[Sirrel Squirrel]

Quite like the sound of that, really like the Phanteks cases. Would I be able to overclock the Inno3D card to the same level as the Galax one?

Also how do you do that spec summary, I've noticed lots of people do it but never worked out how!

 

[Gilbert89]

Quite like the sound of that, really like the Phanteks cases. Would I be able to overclock the Inno3D card to the same level as the Galax one?

Also how do you do that spec summary, I've noticed lots of people do it but never worked out how!

I haven't heard great things about the Inno 3D cooler I know people were receiving unseated coolers (Which I believe has been fixed now) but also it's cooling is weak in comparison with alternatives similarly priced.

Shame the GPU's have risen in price, I managed to buy my MSI 970 GTx for £265 which is now up for £299.

Best card for OC potential is the Gigabyte G1 with it's impressive cooler and correct me If I'm wrong but has the highest power limit of most/all the 970 cards allowing you to push those clock speeds.

The Windforce looks a great call with it's impressive 3 fan cooler but obviously make sure it will fit the case of choice. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-149-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010 also with a 3 Year warranty over the 2 years Inno 3D and Galax offer.

Also you would have to double check this but I hear Gigabyte's RMA service is UK based or if not still a better experience.

 

[ShivP]

I think the best 970 is probably the Infinity you chose, zero coil whine guarantee, OcUK RMA terms etc etc

Very nice card it seems.