Thoughts and opinions pls

maschio

maschio

maschio

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Hi there,

Please help me out with some advice as to the below basket.

I want a good powered machine and also want it to be aesthetically pleasing;)

I can salvage 2TB HD from my old decrepit Dell machine but would like to know what is missing from the build.

TIA

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x "Steamroller Asus X99" - Intel Core i7 Haswell-E DDR4 Configurable Bundle £230.04
- 1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
- 1 x Avexir Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD4U24001604G-4M) £194.99
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £289.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1200W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White £169.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
Total : £1,577.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
I thought it was a little bit overkill but was hoping to make it last a good few years.

Really want to keep the B&W theme going with the case, mbo and PSU.
 
Thank you very much for the quick response and also for the little touches you have thrown in to keep the theme. You have shaved a good few quid off the build for me too.

Is there any need for me to throw 16GB ram in there or will 8 be fine?

I like the white cable bundle. I hadn't considered this. Is there any partiucular reason for it?

Overall to my untrained eye it looks really good.
 
Thank you both for the input. It will help me fine tune the build.

I appreciate the specs are OTT for what i need but i don't mind having that little bit extra oomph if my needs were to change down the line.

I like things to tick over and not be stretched hence the probably silly spec'd original build.
 
Shivy011 said:
Do you ever think that the uses will ever change?

This will do pretty much everything you want it to with similar numbers, and still looks good

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 780 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card - Retail (78XNH5DN9IST) £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £104.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97-HD3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler Black £29.99
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 30cm £16.79
1 x Silverstone Cable Extension Value Bundle - White £10.8
1 x No Molex to SATA Adapter Required £0
1 x Silverstone 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £3.29
1 x Silverstone 6-pin 25cm PCIe extension - White £4.26
Total : £960.65 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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The price is going down. I likes :D Thanks for the help.

Is the 970 not a more modern GPU? I see the 780 is a bit cheaper though i don't mind spending a little more. Is there much difference between them?
 
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