Spec me a Gaming PC

GazEaton

GazEaton

GazEaton

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Budget is anywhere up to £1200ish

Must inc GTX 970
i5 or i7, Z97
PSU to support SLI in future.
16GB Ram
Top mounted closed loop rad
Enough fan mounts for 4 SP120 (already own)
inc OS
Case no bigger then 250mm wide, 530mm tall, 500mm long.
HDD already owned, just SSD needed

Thanks
 
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How's this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2BZ1) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
Total : £1,230.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Mobo upgrade plan - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511 Not black edition, sry!
£22.50 cashback - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856
Case dimensions;
Dimensions 494mm x 210mm x 497mm
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Are you set on the Strix 970?
 
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Shivy011 said:
How's this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2BZ1) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
Total : £1,230.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Mobo upgrade plan - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511
£22.50 cashback - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856
Case dimensions;

Are you set on the Strix 970?
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Upgrade plan? that board is not a black edition.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £281.99
1 x Avexir Core White Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIW) - White Light £129.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £64.99
1 x NZXT SOURCE 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £54.95
Total : £1,277.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).




• £32.50 cashback on the CPU+board - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18637856
• 5 year warranty and an upgrade within 3years on the board - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18631511

SKHynix SSD has faster rated IOPS and write speed.
 
Deffo want a 970, just heard its a solid card.

Forgot to mention, i'll be using my HDD from my current PC, so only need SSD.
 
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I changed case, but with no HDD,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £281.99
1 x Avexir Core White Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIW) - White Light £129.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x NZXT SOURCE 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £54.95
Total : £1,212.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
GazEaton said:
Deffo want a 970, just heard its a solid card.

Forgot to mention, i'll be using my HDD from my current PC, so only need SSD.
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Ah okay, doesn't have to be the Strix?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NQH6DNB4UX) £269.99
1 x Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2BZ1) £129.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW) £91.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
Total : £1,234.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).



With £30 cashback and the upgrade plan from the links stulid gave
 
The EVGA is good, black PCB to, not blue like the Galax.

Gigabyte do a good card with the G1 Gaming and the Windforce.
 
is there much difference between the BLACK edition, and the Gaming 7 mobo's??

The current build i have is a home office PC but i use it for gaming, and i've got all my fans connected to my PSU, they are the SP120 quiet edition (3pin), but not quiet. obviously because there running at full RPM, would i be best with a fan controller, or are there enough fan headers on these boards?

Is 750w enough for SLI? and would it be better with the superflower & case offer?
 
The EVGA is a superflower PSU, but a 10 year warranty vs 5.

If the delivery costs £8 and the SF PSU is £10 more then thats a negative gain. If delivery is over £10 then is a positive.
 
GazEaton said:
is there much difference between the BLACK edition, and the Gaming 7 mobo's??

The current build i have is a home office PC but i use it for gaming, and i've got all my fans connected to my PSU, they are the SP120 quiet edition (3pin), but not quiet. obviously because there running at full RPM, would i be best with a fan controller, or are there enough fan headers on these boards?

Is 750w enough for SLI? and would it be better with the superflower & case offer?
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750W is more than enough for 9xx series sli. You could use software to control fan speeds e.g. speedfan (I use this), hwmonitor I think, coretemp etc
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18584849
 
GazEaton said:
my fans are 3 pin, aint it 4 pin required for software etc?
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Nope not really, I used to use a 3-pin fan, works fine. It just varies the amount of voltage going to the fan instead, not the signal being sent - works similarly. There isn't as fine of a response but you can still control them :)

BTW: This hasn't been tested on Z97 so don't rely on it, I use Z87 and it works but Z97 I'm not 100% on whether it works or not yet
 
Personally speaking, I'd go X99. The DDR4 RAM is down in price and the difference between it and the higher end standard Haswell isn't vast. Seems to make more sense in terms of "future proofing" for games that are becoming more multithreaded. Plus in future builds you can probably make use of that DDR4 where as the DDR3 will be useless.
 
Shivy011 said:
Nope not really, I used to use a 3-pin fan, works fine. It just varies the amount of voltage going to the fan instead, not the signal being sent - works similarly. There isn't as fine of a response but you can still control them :)

BTW: This hasn't been tested on Z97 so don't rely on it, I use Z87 and it works but Z97 I'm not 100% on whether it works or not yet
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Would i need a header on the mobo for each fan for this software to work best?

Was watching a vid about the H440, that has the Fan hub on the rear, if that was connected to the mobo would all fans be at the same speed rather then individual?
 
Similar to Stulids spec, just a different case and GPU.

The H440 is 220mm (Width) x 476mm (Depth) x 510mm (Height)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Avexir Core White Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIW) - White Light £129.95
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x NZXT H440 Midi-Tower - Black / Blue £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
Total : £1,257.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Same cashback and upgrade offer on the Motherboard.
 
I've a question about my RAM?...

I've Corsair XMS3 (2x4(8GB) of RAM currently, would I see a difference in upgrading??
 
GazEaton said:
I've a question about my RAM?...

I've Corsair XMS3 (2x4(8GB) of RAM currently, would I see a difference in upgrading??
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Nah, only worth getting faster when buying from scratch, or if you are aiming to benchmark and every point counts.
 
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