Spec check please!

[Devlish]

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).

 

[stulid]

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).

 

[stulid]

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.

 

[Devlish]

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?

 

[Audigex]

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.

 

[Devlish]

cheers, ill drop one in!

 

[stulid]

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.

 

[Devlish]

Thanks, ive taken your other recommendations and am going to pull the trigger. cheers!