thoughts on this build please

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baldmonk

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after weeks of changing my mind (and waiting for money :p)i think I'm about ready to buy :D
YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-04-40G) £379.99
1 x AOC Q2770PQU 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 760T Windowed Full Tower Gaming Case - White (CC-9011045-WW) £152.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Ducky 9008P Premier Mechanical Keyboard Brown Cherry MX Switch Grey and Blue PBT Keycaps £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Logitech G430 Surround Sound Gaming Headset (981-000537) £69.95
1 x Zowie EC2 eVo 2300 DPI Pro-Gaming Mouse - Black £51.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack (CO-9050008-WW) £22.00
1 x OcUK Mega Mat XXL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface £19.99
1 x Belkin 6-Socket SurgeMaster Superior Series with Telephone Protection - 4 Metres (F9S620UK4M) £16.99
1 x Silverstone 24-pin ATX 30cm Extension - White £8.99
2 x Silverstone on 8-pin PCIe 6+2 Pin 25cm PCIe Extension - White £4.99 (£9.98)
1 x Silverstone 8-pin EPS on 4+4-pin 30cm ATX/EPS Extension - White £4.99
Total : £1,980.68 (includes shipping : ).

 
With a budget like that couldn't you fit in two 290s? I suppose you'd have to comprimise on some other stuff so maybe it's not worth it (and you could add a second 290 later).

EDIT: Tried speccing a crossfire 290 build but couldn't get close to fitting in any fancy peripherals.
 
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No RAM and you're paying over the odds for the GPU.

It will fit in with the blue theme (which I guess is why you've chosen it) though.

PSU is also overkill but will give you a bit of headroom.

I'm not sure a surge protector is worth it either, unless you're buying a really expensive one they don't offer any real protection over and above the power supply's protective circuits.

Nice choice of components overall. Will be a monster :D
 
:eek: ha how did i forget ram, that card you linked is orange lol i want a blue build :D don't want a black/red or orange or gold but id have a green/black build but ideally blue black or blue white
 
 
OK, this is probably not helpful at all for the OP but this is what I'd do with a similar budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x AOC Q2770PQU 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x MSI Z87 MPower Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £149.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-4CM) £129.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £124.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 850W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £119.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88.00
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,810.93 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Haven't thought about braided cables or peripherals, just love that yellow and black badassery.

EDIT: Oh and I'd probably actually replace the 750D with a Fractal Design Arc Midi R2. It's my favourite case but OcUK don't stock it.
 
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