System spec check

Eggman

Eggman

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Hi can you please look over this spec and give any comments?

The system will be placed in a Silverstone FT03 microATX case and will be used for gaming and a home theatre via plex.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2720Z 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£10 Saving** £287.94
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,123.82 (includes shipping : ).



The CPU cooler I've listed isn't in stock at the moment, can anyone recommend a good similar priced alternative?

Thanks for your help

Andrew
 
Might be personal preference but since you have opted for the 144hz monitor I assume you play a lot of FPS?

If this is the case maybe look at the 24" version. I have owned the XL2420T and it was a really good monitor but my latest system I got the Asus 27" 144hz and ended up swapping it for Asus VG248HE. This is just purely for gaming though, if you want the bigger screen for other uses then this is irrelevant for you.
 
thanks for the replies people!

thanks for the CPU cooler recommendations stulid, Ill sub one of these into the order.

Might be personal preference but since you have opted for the 144hz monitor I assume you play a lot of FPS?

If this is the case maybe look at the 24" version. I have owned the XL2420T and it was a really good monitor but my latest system I got the Asus 27" 144hz and ended up swapping it for Asus VG248HE. This is just purely for gaming though, if you want the bigger screen for other uses then this is irrelevant for you.
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I want it primarily for FPS. Im currently using a 26" TV as a display at the moment (my 24" monitor broke) and dont find it too big. Was the concern that you found the 27" screen too big for FPS?!?

This is a much better PSU. The NEX models are a bit meh.
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Thanks for the advice, plus the extra juice might be comforting if I want to go sli in the future :)
 
I want it primarily for FPS. Im currently using a 26" TV as a display at the moment (my 24" monitor broke) and dont find it too big. Was the concern that you found the 27" screen too big for FPS?!? [/QUOTE said:
Yes, it was good for casual gaming but since you opted for a 144hz I thought you might play games like CS:Go and I just find 24" perfect. You don't have to pan the screen like I did on the 27".
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One more thing.

Does the BenQ XL2720Z 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor come with a UK 3-pin plug?
 
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