Spec me basic components for a new system

For the love of God I can't get the basket script to work in Firefox 31 - tried pasting the script in to the address bar, copying then pasting and ended up just pasting the code. :confused::o

Anyway, this where I'm at now - pretty much the same, just settled for the Themis and added some thermal compound.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £129.95
(£108.29) £129.95
(£108.29)
Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G1600HC9DC01) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (8g) Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (8g) £8.99
(£7.49) £8.99
(£7.49)
Sub Total : £262.42
Shipping :
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.48
Total : £314.90

I was swaying for the 4960K, but the extra TDP, cost and probably higher power use due to the clock speed, put me off. The only reason I'm thinking about the 4440 is because it cheaper than the 4430.

Anyway, I plan to order on Monday so I'd welcome as much criticising as you can throw at me. I don't plan on overclocking, hence the locked CPU and the RAM speed. As I've said all along, power consumption is a major deciding factor in this build.
 
im only guessing that it would,im not sure,cant seem to find any reviews either

it would let you use a + offset but I have known them to leave out the - offset on some budget boards,it is z97 chipset though so I would expect them to include it
 
Another option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Avexir Gold Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CEY) - Yellow/Gold Light £65.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 1 Year Warranty £35.99
Total : £258.96 (includes shipping : ).



Instead of undervolting the 4690K, which is a barbaric act and insult to the cpu, get an anniversary K edition and overclock the hell out of it. H80 will cool it easily and if you ever decide to upgrade CPU to better, it will provide sufficient cooling.
I would choose different motherboard.
Gigabyte have much better customer support and their motherboard warranties are sorted extra fast in UK.
I chose a matching ram, I had it too in one of my builds in the past and it was great (and good looking too).
 
darael said:
My primary concern is over power consumption. My power meter says that my base unit is pulling around 70w at the plug. I fully expect this to fall with a new system - not by much, but I'm hoping to see about 60w at idle. Although a quad core CPU might be nice, I'm concerned about the impact it might have on power consumption.
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I've said this before to you, I think you're chasing a non-issue here. Say you can reduce the idle power consumption by 10 W, and you leave it on 24 hours a day for 365 days, you'll save 87.6 kWh, saving (assuming 13 p/kWh) £11.39.

11 quid a year to my mind is not enough to worry about.
 
I'm finding myself agreeing with you, joeyjojo. I'm tempted just to settle for the 4440 - I'm confident that it will give me the power I need for some years, or at least until my next upgrade.

I'm sticking with air cooling, purely because it's what I know and feel comfortable with. I'm not sure about the G3258 CPU, I'd have thought the i5 was better performance wise.
 
I see a lot of people who overclocked theirs to 4.6 Ghz or more, even seen a few with 5 Ghz.
It is more than people with good 4670/4770/4690/4790k chips.
Of course depends what you are using your pc for.
Anyway, I wouldn't take any non K cpu.
Main reason being inability to upgrade your PC by simple overclock, when necessary.
 
darael said:
I'm finding myself agreeing with you, joeyjojo. I'm tempted just to settle for the 4440 - I'm confident that it will give me the power I need for some years, or at least until my next upgrade.
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It's a lot of CPU for £130, as you say the power consumption will be that bit less (at load) than a 3.5 GHz chip, and you probs won't notice -400 MHz difference. Plus it'll be plenty of power for a GTX 660. If you know you won't want to OC it then it seems a good choice.
 
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