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Liam*

Liam*

Liam*

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Hi, this is my first post and I'm after some help on a PC build that will mainly be for gaming and just general browsing. My budget is around £1000 with a monitor and a operating system. I have no peripherals. I don't know whether to go AMD or intel and I also like the look of the sapphire radeon r9 280x toxic for a gpu. I would like to play recent launch games on ultra settings as well
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £71.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £985.31 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Something like that?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £219.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Iiyama Prolite E2483HS-B1 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K400G Gaming Keyboard £19.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,036.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Some AMD 8-Core action. The MSI Gaming card is a steal on the special offer price.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game £269.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x AOC E2450SWDAK 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £10.99
1 x Zalman ZM-K350M Gaming Keyboard £9.98
Total : £1,067.35 (includes shipping : £25.45).

 
Okay so still on the same budget however I have narrowed my system down. I've bought the msi r9 280x GPU, the CPU I will get is the i5 4670k. But I would like a red/gold/black colour scheme with the RAM and case, preferably a windowed case I also would like a aftermarket CPU cooler that will fit as I would like the option to over clock at a later date.
 
Here is a few components to look at.

A few different Red/Black Motherboards in case you still need one ?

Two good windowed cases. If you don't like them just have a browse through the case section.

Some Gold Ram and a set of Red/Gold

Three decent coolers so you can overclock.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £163.99
1 x MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black (CC-9011017-WW) £78.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £69.95
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler £34.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £1,116.22 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Great thanks I like the look of those.:)

Just a few more questions before I buy, will a 600w PSU be powerful enough and will the cooler master hyper 212 fit on a msi z87-g45 board in a corsairs carbide 300r windowed case
 
Yes to all your questions :) Just make sure that the power supply is a good branded one. The Superflower in Stulids build would be ideal.
 
Liam* said:
Great thanks I like the look of those.:)

Just a few more questions before I buy, will a 600w PSU be powerful enough and will the cooler master hyper 212 fit on a msi z87-g45 board in a corsairs carbide 300r windowed case
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yes 600w will be enough for a 280x but as said make sure its a good one corsair, be quiet, super flower, seasonic and yes that coolermaster cpu cooler will fit im using the same case with no window with the xigmatek aegir and it fits fine with another 120mm fan on the back
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-XG
another thing if that board is dual channel on slots 1 and 3 i wouldnt of thought you would get high profile ram under the cpu cooler...
just list what you want to buy and we will tell you if its all fine :D
 
No real preference on ram as long as it is good quality and works fine with everything I'm happy.:D so if you could suggest a 8gb of ram that would fit under the cooler master heat sink that would be great.:)
 
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