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weeyin

weeyin

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Am going to build myself a new rig (current one is over 7 years old and is starting to feel it). Just wanted to double check thoughts before I hit the buy now button.

Overclockers don't stock all the parts I want unfortunately, hence no basket list...

Case: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Mid Tower Gaming Case
Memory: 2x 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM HyperX Fury Red Series
Processor: Intel Core i3 4160 3.60GHz Socket 1150 3MB L3 Cache
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart M 750W Semi Modular 80+ Bronze
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 750 2GB GDDR5 Dual-Link DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Motherboard: Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2
Monitor: Viewsonic VP2770-LED

Main use of my PC is photo editing so have tried to spec it towards that while keeping it under the £500 mark. Am going to run Windows 10 on it, so no OS cost at the moment. Still need to pick an SSD to run the OS on.
 
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Am going to pick an SSD for the OS and have three 1TB drives in my current PC I will just transfer and use. They hold all my data (no OS, etc) so really easy to transfer.

In regards to the PSU I'd picked it out because of it's Haswell compatibility, was struggling to find a lower spec'd/cheaper one that was compatible...
 
Thanks for the input there... have revised my choices a little looking at what you've suggested:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £142.99
1 x Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x **B Grade** MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ( (GX-185-MS) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £441.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).




I'll add an SSD and 1 x 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM HyperX Fury Red Series to start with and when I get more cash (need to do some overtime at work!! lol) then I can add a second 8GB stick. ;)
 
Thanks again, I'll look at the CPU coolers...

TBH I can source the Z97-K board for cheaper than OC at the moment, so am going to stick with it for the time being...
 
I'm ken on the Asus board as it looks like a good choice for longevity.

It has USB 3.0 support x4 and there is support for extra ones.

The on board graphics spec's look great, could probably even go without a graphics card to start with and add one later. Has support for 4 x RAM modules, so plenty of opportunity to expand up to 32GB if needed.

The H81 board that you suggested earlier looks like a good alternative but doesn't seem to be much room for future proofing IMO.
 
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