Spec Help/Advice Please

[stavos_stavi]

Hello.

I am after some advice/guidance on a pc build please This is my first PC build but have been fixing PC's and desktop support for 10+ years. I have been gaming on consoles for years newest is the PS4 which is fantastic but would like to try PC gaming. I have been looking through the various posts and have had a play around with bundle deals and offers and have come up with the below spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £449.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £331.98
2 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE AMD 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £149.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/240G) £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
Total : £1,940.83 (includes shipping : ).



I would like to try 4k as I cant justify buying a 4K tv yet (and really want to have something with 4k unless a 144hz gaming monitor would be better and can be convinced)

I wouldnt like to go over £2500 for the build.

Would the spec also allow for another 290 in the future if its needed? I.e is the powersupply chosen ok, is the case big enough and not cause to much heat etc......?

Thanks for looking and lok forward to some advice.

P.s I did spec the R9 295x as it looks like a nice bit of kit but I could buy 3 r9 290's for the price of one 295 and think I would gain more from the 3 290's than the 295x.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £603.96
1 x Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **OcUK Exclusive** £449.99
2 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE AMD 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
Total : £2,042.83 (includes shipping : ).




That would give you 16GB extra to sell on and get around £100+ back.

Or Nvidia and 4K Gsync,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Acer 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £499.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 780 Direct CU II 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £341.99 (£683.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £331.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £98.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £67.99
1 x CM Storm Sniper Elite Gamer Peripheral Bundle £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
Total : £2,052.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[stavos_stavi]

Thanks Stulid never thought of reselling the additional components that werent needed. Is there anywhere on the forum that you can sell on?

Would the 750 watt powersupply be ok for the 2 r9 290's and future proof if I decided to add another card in the future?

 

[stulid]

Thanks Stulid never thought of reselling the additional components that werent needed. Is there anywhere on the forum that you can sell on?

Would the 750 watt powersupply be ok for the 2 r9 290's and future proof if I decided to add another card in the future?

There is a members market but you need 1000posts and 180days registration,

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I swapped out the 750W for the other bundle and added a Nvidia option.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Those specs look great.

You will need Xfire/SLI to get the best out of 4k so 290Xfire or 780 SLI is a great start.

I think i'd go with the nvidia option, even though it is more expensive G sync seems a nice feature to have.

Tri-Fire (3 x 290's) still doesn't scale very well so you won't benefit from it much (if atall over 290 Xfire), same goes for the 780's.

 

[Dgibson2011]

Looks good.