Spec me £1000 gaming rig

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:47

Apologies for the wipe my arse thread, been out of the hardware for a while.

Got case, monitor, mouse, keyboard. Need everything else, if anyone has any suggestions I'd be very grateful. Still got my water kit so that's an option with a new block.

Cheers.

nikki5974 · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:51

What about the OS do you need that ?

And what case do you have ?

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:54

Got a win 7 kicking about, got a lian li big old thing! Will have to look up model number......

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:55

What watercooling stuff do you have? Rads? Pumps?

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:59

Yep got the lot, just need a new block and tubing, I can sort that.

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:15

What size rad do you have? How many?

Do you want a new case?

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:24

Got a triple rad, I custom mounted it external, had my q6600 at 3.8 for years now not so much as a cough. Just trying to find the case model number.

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:25

I'm away working hence can't just look at case!

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:32

Rex-Kramer said:
I'm away working hence can't just look at case!

No worries.

Is the pump/res a tube or cube res (mounted inside the case) or a Bay res?

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:42

It's a bay res, xspc dual 5.25 with Laing pump.

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:44

Rex-Kramer said:
It's a bay res, xspc dual 5.25 with Laing pump.

Classy.

Any colour scheme in mind considering your current tubing/fluid?

Sorry for the question Barrage.

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:47

Nope none whatsoever, basically was a bf3 rig and now want to play bf4. Literally not upgraded since q6600 due small family. I've got a dell 2407 monitor on it. Got a grand to spend and bf4 has dragged me off ps3 and fifa! Was looking at ps4 for ease but may as well throw that money at new rig.

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:58

Fifa is a burden.

Green:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £307.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £251.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel £95.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
1 x Mayhems x1 UV Emerald Green - Limited Edition Run £5.98
Total : £1,029.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You can fit the 360 in the front of the case (you may need an extra fan) ..

The Res goes in the drive bays (which is round the back of the case)..

You also have room for another 240mm in the top.. but not enough money.

I've chosen clear blocks so you can see the GREEN!

Ethermaster · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:05

Doomedspeed said:
Fifa is a burden.

Green:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £307.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £251.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel £95.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
1 x Mayhems x1 UV Emerald Green - Limited Edition Run £5.98
Total : £1,029.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You can fit the 360 in the front of the case (you may need an extra fan) ..

The Res goes in the drive bays (which is round the back of the case)..

You also have room for another 240mm in the top.. but not enough money.

I've chosen clear blocks so you can see the GREEN!

+1 I likey that muchly morey

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:06

I can stretch a bit more, what about some drives?

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:09

So hang on you are cooling the GFX but not CPU? Or is it the same block as q6600?

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:12

Rex-Kramer said:
I can stretch a bit more, what about some drives?

Oh yeah, sorry:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £307.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £251.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel £95.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Mayhems x1 UV Emerald Green - Limited Edition Run £5.98
Total : £1,157.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Rex-Kramer said:
So hang on you are cooling the GFX but not CPU? Or is it the same block as q6600?

Both, the spec has two blocks. EK-FC is for the GPU, the EK supremacy is for the CPU..

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:16

Oh yeh sorry didn't see that! Will that thermal load not too prove too much for a single loop? Got me thinking now! I swore I'd never get into building rigs but this has wetted my appetite!

Rex-Kramer · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:21

Doomedspeed · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:53

Rex-Kramer said:
Oh yeh sorry didn't see that! Will that thermal load not too prove too much for a single loop? Got me thinking now! I swore I'd never get into building rigs but this has wetted my appetite!

Yeah will be more than enough..

I feel you only need daul loops when you have more than one CPU or more than 2 GPU's.

I would even suggest running one loop with 1 CPU and 2 GPU's. with a 360 and a 240 rad..

Rex-Kramer said:
PSU?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £307.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £251.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £105.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC R9-290X - Nickel £95.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £74.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Mayhems x1 UV Emerald Green - Limited Edition Run £5.98
Total : £1,283.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Set up for another 290.