Spec Check Please

Slau85 · 13 Oct 2014 at 21:53

Hi,

Could you take a look at this spec and see if it is OK and all the components work together. I have a budget of £600. Looking to order it tomorrow.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £585.88 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks.

ExRayTed · 13 Oct 2014 at 21:56

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
Total : £179.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Instead of the locked 4590

tamzzy · 13 Oct 2014 at 22:06

that's okay, but imo, spending a wee bit more would allow you to get a much better spec that would give a very tangible performance boost.

something like this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 760 DirectCUII 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.95
1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black £24.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £659.87 (includes shipping : £8.00).

ps: do you need an os?

Slau85 · 14 Oct 2014 at 13:48

Thanks. I will change the CPU.

Tamzzy, you're spec looks good but is too much for my needs right now. Don't want to spend too much over the budget. Also I don't need an OS.

Danny75 · 14 Oct 2014 at 18:37

@ Tamzzy

The Corsair Builder Series CX 430M only has one PCI connector. That GTX 760 takes two.

tamzzy · 14 Oct 2014 at 18:45

Danny75 said:
@ Tamzzy

The Corsair Builder Series CX 430M only has one PCI connector. That GTX 760 takes two.

not quite. it has 1 cable with 2x 6+2 connectors. you can daisy chain the connectors.

Danny75 · 14 Oct 2014 at 18:54

tamzzy said:
not quite. it has 1 cable with 2x 6+2 connectors. you can daisy chain the connectors.

The PCI cable is modular (unlike the 24 pin and 4+4 pin) meaning one end goes into PSU and the other into the GPU.

See 4:30 into this vid:

How would you daisychain it?

tamzzy · 14 Oct 2014 at 18:59

ah fair enuff, i stand corrected. i always thought it had 2x 6+2 connectors =x lol

Danny75 · 14 Oct 2014 at 18:59

tamzzy said:
ah fair enuff, i stand corrected. i always thought it had 2x 6+2 connectors =x lol

I'd have expected it to have 2x as well. Was surprised when I found out.