Spec me a system

Liam* · 25 Dec 2013 at 19:44

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

Liam* · 25 Dec 2013 at 20:11

Wow thanks for the quick replies what is better AMD or intel and would it be worth upgrading to 16gb of ram

Liam* · 29 Dec 2013 at 09:31

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.

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 15:27

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

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 16:40

Double post

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 16:41

No real preference on ram as long as it is good quality and works fine with everything I'm happy.

so if you could suggest a 8gb of ram that would fit under the cooler master heat sink that would be great.

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 16:50

Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
Total : £64.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

BARGAIN.

Would this fit? If so thank you for your help
It is indeed a bargain

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 16:59

And most probably this psu

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2463

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:11

Idleman said:
Post up your final build spec and we`ll have a look and see if we can save a bit more or improve the build with any savings.

Use this to post your final build. http://ocuk-shopping-cart-to-forum-converter.googlecode.com/git/INSTALL.htm

Using my ipad so can't use that I'll go through and write it out now though.

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:16

Intel i5 4670k
Gigabyte g1.sniper z87
2x4gb teamgroup Vulcan orange ram
Cooler master 212 CPU cooler
Superflower golden green 650 w psu
Corsair carbide 300r windowed
Msi Radeon r9 280x
Windows 8.1 (purely because I don't mind it and would eventually upgrade if I bought 7)
Samsung evo 840 120g SSD
2tb seagate barracuda hard drive
And a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:23

SiDeards73 said:
Are you going for a specific theme in colouring? if not i would recommend the Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87 instead of the MSI G45, a slightly better board for a bit less dosh, you could probably throw the extra money at another cooler, not sure if it will fit but Alpenfohn K2 cooler is stupidly cheap at the moment and one of the best air coolers you can buy.

No scheme given up trying to match things :rolleyes:

, I looked at the sniper but was reading issues with the sound from it?

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:43

Okay the ill switch the msi board for the gigabyte g1.sniper z87 will this all be compatable?

Liam* · 30 Dec 2013 at 17:48

Sweet ill start ordering tonight, thanks everyone for their help

Liam* · 31 Dec 2013 at 10:26

Ordered everything last night but just had a thought, does the cooler master 212 come with thermal compound pre applied or do I need to buy some.