Spec check for a friend please?

[CrixxzeH]

Friend is going to get a PC on finance within the next thew days. The system will be assembled and overclocked by OCUK, just wanted to make sure all of the parts would be compatible and the system has enough power etc.

http://s30.postimg.org/56jqww25d/Nath_Rig.jpg

 

[Danny75]

Put together a rig with that GPU last week. Cracking card.

Did run into a spot of trouble with an Asus Z97 motherboard and 4x4GB RAM. Crashes due to not enough system agent voltage for RAM. OcUK will likely take care of that with voltage tweaks if needed, but if you'd like a better chance of the BIOS being as close to default as possible, I would advise 2x8GB sticks. And why not go for faster speed than 1600MHz? Just curious.

I would change the SSD to a better model. That Kingston model no longer has the same speed as it did upon release. They altered its makeup. Samsung 840 EVO would be my choice. Rapid Mode in Samsung Magician will make good use of the amount of RAM your friend will have.

 

[JamesM]

+1 for the Samsung EVO, brilliant drives.

Memory wise why not spend an extra £20 on this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-082-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2424

2x8GB sticks, quicker and you can't really beat G.Skill memory

Also why Windows 7 out of interest? Win 8.1 is generally considered a 'quicker' OS

 

[mickyflinn]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £99.98

 

[CrixxzeH]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £99.98

Noted the above, this input is key and is apreciated, thankyou.

EDIT: Build now looks like:

http://s3.postimg.org/6z0h4nbvn/Nathans_Rig.jpg

 

[stulid]

3TB black is money wasted.

As its for general storage try a blue or Seagate/Toshiba.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x BenQ XL2420Z 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £289.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £118.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £76.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £76.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black £69.98
Total : £1,600.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[ShivP]

I'd get a Crucial MX100 256GB instead, better value really and the performance difference you wont *really* notice (I have an Evo and 2 MX100s but cannot tell the difference), but the Samsung Evo drives are really excellent too.

Looking at it, the PC seems to be gaming-geared - go with 8GB RAM unless you have a specific need, 8GB is more than enough for gaming at this time (however 16GB is better for video editing, rendering etc so probably a good idea to go with 16GB for the future)

Also, this is a better/similar mobo combo from Gigabyte, who have excellent boards and more importantly, UK RMA as a pose to Asus's poor effort of their RMA system

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £252.58
Total : £252.58 (includes shipping : ).



Also I don't think that case is that excellent either, a recommended silent-optimised case is the Antec P100

 

[CrixxzeH]

3TB black is money wasted.

As its for general storage try a blue or Seagate/Toshiba.

Thanks for the input Stulid, but the HDD is going to be the main drive and will be used to store games on, movies aswell as being future proof.

 

[CrixxzeH]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
1 x BenQ XL2420Z 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red /w Flicker FREE Technology £289.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX24C11BRK2/16-OC) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £118.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £76.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £76.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £73.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black £69.98
Total : £1,600.84 (includes shipping : ).

I was going to go for that motherboard, and the case seems a little tacky with the mesh fanning, even though the fundementals of the case with the braiding slots is really nice!