Spec check please

Antihero

Antihero

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Hi,

I'm looking to build a new PC after using a laptop for the past few years.

I will be using it for running vm's and gaming on Steam.

The budget will be £1500 for everything inc os, monitor, mouse and keyboard.

I have always stuck with Intel and Nvidia but I'm seeing a lot of good things about the AMD R290 do I've included that in the below spec.

I would just like to make sure I'm getting the best for my money.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite X2783HSU-B1 27" AMVA Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £187.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £164.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011028-WW) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Raptor M45 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000052-EU) £42.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £39.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22.00
Total : £1,429.91 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
You've got an mATX case and an ATX motherboard, so that will have to change. The cooler won't fit either. You don't have a hard drive in your basket - was that deliberate?

Here's an mATX spec:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite GB2488HSU-B1 24" 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Super Slim Bezel Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x MSI Z87M Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £101.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming White Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Raptor M45 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000052-EU) £42.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £1,478.86 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Good catch on the motherboard, I clicked on the wrong one. I don't need a hard drive at the moment as I have a few 1tb drives lying about.

Why would the cooler fit?
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £81.6
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case Windowed - Grey (CC-9011040-WW) £66.95
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/8X) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair Raptor M45 Gaming Mouse (CH-9000052-EU) £42.95
1 x Corsair Raptor K40 Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000051-UK) £39.95
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,515.25 (includes shipping : ).




full atx spec
4770k in spec + sli capable mobo + aio watercooling
modular psu, but unfortunately couldnt fit a psu capable to power sli gpus within the budget
you get free shipping so is round about the budget lol
monitor is your choice but the u2412m is still one of the best out there
added an optical drive (just in case you need one)
 
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