Spec check μATX build.

MiSJAH · 13 Oct 2014 at 16:43

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £343.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £145.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2BZ1) £77.99
1 x Raijintek Triton AIO Water Cooling Solution £69.95
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £1,209.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Will be used for gaming, little else. Budget £1,200 inc monitor.

Will the PSU be ok for overclocking the card and proc?

And if I SLI in the future what PSU would I need?

Any changes or suggestions. Looking to purchase end of November.

Many thanks.

stulid · 13 Oct 2014 at 16:49

The H105 is in stock and fits.

750W PSU for SLI ideally, something like a EVGA G2 750W which is made by Superflower and has a 10yr warranty.

McGraw · 13 Oct 2014 at 16:49

Make sure your games benefit from an i7.

lee32uk · 13 Oct 2014 at 17:07

That gpu doesn't fit in the 240 according to this thread, due to the height of the card and heatpipes (See the last comment)

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?p=734374

MiSJAH · 13 Oct 2014 at 18:00

Will be playing Project Cars and FC4.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £343.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £145.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £144.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2BZ1) £77.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
Total : £1,229.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

I could really do with getting just under or bang on £1,200. And which 970 will fit, with consideration for SLI later? HELP!

stulid · 13 Oct 2014 at 18:01

A GTX780 will get it under £1200 and if the above earlier post is true..will also fit.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-044-KF

Or go for a 256GB SSD?

MiSJAH · 13 Oct 2014 at 18:07

stulid said:
A GTX780 will get it under £1200 and if the above earlier post is true..will also fit.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-044-KF

Or go for a 256GB SSD?

I'd like a 9 series, looking to future proof as much as I can.

If a ref 780 fits a ref 970 should too?

stulid · 13 Oct 2014 at 18:08

Yes it should indeed.

When you look at a top down view of that MSI you can see that it is indeed much wider than the PCI retention bracket and then has an extra width caused by the heatpipe. Most of the other 970's with a custom cooler dont appear to be as wide.

This RAM knocks £10 off the price - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-TG