Spec check please

didgemaster

didgemaster

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I have been dithering for almost six months and asked for two previous spec checks but dither no more!

I have now sold one of my old systems and I am ready to order.

I need CPU, Mobo, RAM, SSD, PSU and GFX. I will be adding and aditional GFX and a cooler at a later date. For now the budget is £1000



YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £152.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £137.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £119.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U20000904G-2GW) £79.99
Total : £1,016.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Also you can probably get some cheaper RAM with the same frequency :) Also, you didn't spec yourself a HDD - I'd get the Seagate 7200rpm 2TB drive - quite cheap and plenty of storage.
 
Got a HAF32 case and a Prolimatech Megahalems (possibly will change this at a later date to a water cooler - corsair H100i or something)

This will be my only rig so it will do everything from genral www surfing to video encoding, gaming and folding :)
 
 
Shivy011 said:
Also you can probably get some cheaper RAM with the same frequency :) Also, you didn't spec yourself a HDD - I'd get the Seagate 7200rpm 2TB drive - quite cheap and plenty of storage.
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Apologies change HDD and SSD.

Is there RAM with similar timings - 9-9-9-24? , Although these are quoted @1333MHz, Any suggestions on alternative RAM?
 
That TeamGroup RAM that Doomedspeed has posted is very good for the price. I'm not sure about the timings though
 
Doomedspeed said:
Go with this instead, trust me. :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £275.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £152.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £137.99
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £109.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
Total : £992.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).



The megahalems is a great cooler. :)
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will the 750W PSU be enough for 2 X MSI Radeon R9 280X?

Is the Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 as quiet as the MSI?
 
Probably a bit tight, not all that much, but you might be safer getting 850W/800W for that little extra headroom.
 
I'd suggest the sapphire 280x toxic to go with doomspeeds spec so matches the colour scheme but that takes the meaning of 'the suplime(performance) and the ridiculous(the price)' to another level, when it was first released/available on preorder the price was much more sensible(being more expensive than all the other 280x bar the asus matrix platinum, but the difference wasn't as much as it is now) and has gone up and up over the past few months.
 
didgemaster said:
will the 750W PSU be enough for 2 X MSI Radeon R9 280X?

Is the Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 as quiet as the MSI?
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Noise wise, I don`t think there`s much between them. I personally prefer MSI, went from 560ti sli to a 670, have never found any of them to be noisy.
 
I had chosen the MSI as it is supposed to the quietest of the 280 cards.

Colour scheme is thrown out by the case -its black with red leds on the front fan
 
 
 
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