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Yes DEFFO go for an SSD, no PC should be without one these days.

I vote 290 too - 780's are great if you prefer nvidia for whatever reason but they are still overpriced
 
stulid said:
So much money saved he can easily have one if he wants one for some reason and sell the Seidon.

But there are better/cheaper competing air heatsinks:p

Even included a SSD which is silly not to have.

And why has no one pointed out that the R9 290 is faster than a GTX780? - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1068?vs=1036
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I would personally go for a K2 cooler if it was my build.

That benchmark is for stock cards though isn't it ? Also doesn't the 780 perform better in certain games ?
 
I have an Samsung Evo 250gb already! :D, and stulid i need 16gb ram not 8 also isn't the noctua the best cooler?? and people are saying the AMD 290 suck for reliability?
 
stufflol said:
I have an Samsung Evo 250gb already! :D, and stulid i need 16gb ram not 8 also isn't the noctua the best cooler?? and people are saying the AMD 290 suck for reliability?
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You never said you had an SSD already, shame on you:p

16GB,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
1 x GeIL EVO Potenza 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (GPB316GB2133C10ADC) £129.95
1 x Seasonic G series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,089.89 (includes shipping : £11.75).




I would pick a Alpenfohn K2 over a NH-D14, as its cheaper, looks better and just as effective. Remember to pick RAM carefully with some air coolers as the tall heatspreaders can cause fitment issues.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £139.99
1 x GeIL EVO Potenza 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C10 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (GPB316GB2133C10ADC) £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £93.95
1 x BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,219.38 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Stick the Seidon cooler on the members market for £25-30 = profit back.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,197.92 (includes shipping : £11.75).







YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-R929OC-4GD) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330908G-2CIG) - Green Light £149.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £1,169.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).





**You get Free shipping too but I forgot to log in ** :D
 
The G1 sniper is not bad, there has been around 5 people in total moaning about it compared to the numbers sold (last time I looked it was 72 back on the 3rd, this doesn't include system or bundles). The problem is you always see the same people moaning over and over again so it appears to be a lot.
 
Hello again all, Thanks for the suggestions, I have decided I am going to go with this setup;

PSU: Corsair Professional Series AX 760
DVD: 24 x dual layer dvd writer
HD1: 1tb WD CAVIAR BLACK
HD2: 256gb Samsung Evo
BOARD: Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87
RAM: Intel Core i7 Quad Core i7-4770k
GPU: Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
RAM: 16gb Corair Vengence Red 2400
COOLER: Corsair h100i
CASE: CM Storm Scout II Advanced (BLACK)

I'm unable to get finance with Hitachi Finance, so I am going to chip away at these over a 4/5 months. Hopefully I wont have any issues with any parts as it might be too late to get them replaced but fingers crossed! (Got the case and the SSD already)

I may swap the GPU to a Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X - depending on how much money I have - gonna get the GPU last ofc

I'm going to get some Corsair quiet fans/red LED's and red cables as well so it should look pretty good!

Comments welcome :)
 
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