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Devlish

Devlish

Devlish

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Building a work/light gaming pc for my boy, could you cast your eye over this? Going to add in an Enermax 500w psu and a 60gb SSD (for windows) - reckon thats good enough? Or just go safe and get a new psu? Any thoughts appreciated.

YOUR BASKET
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NQH6DNB4UX) £269.99
1 x Samsung SyncMaster S27D390H 27" Widescreen Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black £169.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Plantronics Gamecom 788 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £42.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £9.95
Total : £825.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
The GFX card is 271mm long and the case says it takes up to 266mm

So use a zotac GFX card that is shorter, or change the case,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-228-AN&groupid=2362&catid=160
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-001-RT&groupid=2362&catid=2850

How old is the Enermax PSU?


And some alternative screens,

YOUR BASKET
1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Gunmetal £173.99
1 x LG 24MP55HQ-P 24" LED Full HD IPS HDMI Monitor £124.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
Total : £434.39 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x AOC E2460SH 24" Widescreen 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £113.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001104G-2IR) - Red Light £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Plantronics Gamecom 788 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £9.95
Total : £798.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).




R9 290 and new PSU+cooler.

Or a R9 290X - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS

Both include four free games.


There is also a Bgrade 290 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-111-SP&groupid=595&catid=683 - although it says 1 instock and ETA today at the same time.
 
Thanks for looking at this stulid. I've changed the case and added the superflower 550w(you recommended it in another thread) as this one is about 5 years old and has been in the garage a bit! but the boy kind of has his heart set on a 27" because I have one. Is there a problem with the samsung?
 
I'd definitely look at an SSD: unless budget is hugely restricted (ie it's a choice of HDD and SSD) I'd always add one to any machine I build now: In fact, I've added them to all my old machines, too. They really are the best single improvement you can make to a PC.
 
nothing wrong with Samsung. Its just the same resolution as the 24" ones. But I see it says it is a PLS panel which are an improvement over normal TN in terms of colours and contrast.
 
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