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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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?
 
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?
 
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
 
 
The Seasonic G series 750w seems very popular. I'd rather have the headroom of the Be Quiet Power Zone 850W and its fully modular or am I being stupid?
 
 
Idleman said:
In terms of Oc`ing, the Z87X-OC is one of the better boards. If I were you I`d just look for a board that ticks all the boxes for your requirements. No sense in paying lots of money for a popular mobo, if you are not going to use it to it`s full potential.
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I agree I'm sticking with the Z87X-OC

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 TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
Total : £992.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Thanks for the imput
 
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