Time for new system

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proff999

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It's now time to get a new system and as I've been out of the loop thought I'd ask you guys on here.

Budget is up to £1300

Currently have an overclockers pre built system.
Antec 1200
Corsair 650w
i7 920 @ 3.2
6GB Ram
MSi 7850
60GB SSD

As I'm not PC savvy I'm looking for something pre built and the Missus wants something with a smaller footprint and a bit quieter than my current tower. Been looking at the "Forcebox Gamer Plus" with the addition of a 250GB SSD and GTX970.

Usage wise I'm a keen gamer and do convert the family's Blu-ray purchases to different formats for ipad's etc. Would like scope to overclock if possible. Would you guys suggest i5 or i7,8GB or 16GB RAM and which is best chipset option. Can push to a Mid size tower if required but would need to be quiet.. Looking for best performance within my budget.
 
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Hello , I came up with something for you but im sure there would be other people who could spec you a better one but here is is :
YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £555.97
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 4TB 5900RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST4000DM000) HDD £114.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
Total : £1,280.46 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I chose that case as it has a lot of space so im sure it will be quiet enough :)
 
Is micro-ATX ok?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £351.98
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 280L, AIO Cooling Solutions £87.95
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £84.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-S09XLT 16x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £57.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack (CO-9050002-WW) £22
Total : £1,168.78 (includes shipping : ).





No need to spend much more than this tbh
You could whack a 980 in there but it's not worth the money for the performance upgrade you get imo
 
Thanks guys. First of all I take it the Z97 is better than H81, i7 is worth the extra over the i5 and Crucial MX 100's are the SSD of choice.

Will Overclockers build and test?
 
Only reason I went for an i7 is that the budget is there, probably the same with Ketan26 :)
If you post the basket into the customer services section, they'll give you a quote for building that rig and yep, they should build and test it. I expect mine will total around £1248? Not too sure, best if you ask in CS for a quote for building the PC.
Z97 is newer, better and more feature packed than H81, yep. i5 is excellent for gaming but as you have the budget available why not go for i7? :) MX100s are great yep, arguably the best price/performance SSD out
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £347.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £84.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Cooler Master Seidon 120V, AIO Cooling Solution £39.95
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
Total : £1,179.28 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
This is what I meant.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming - Devil's Canyon i7 4790K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£18 Saving** £351.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed Micro ATX Case - Black (CC-9011029-WW) £84.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £67.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Seidon 120V, AIO Cooling Solution £39.95
Total : £1,183.27 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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i wonder whether a desktop NAS would be ideal for you
mini itx build:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x GALAX GeForce GTX 970 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (97NPH6DT6XTZ) £249.95
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x Seagate Central 3.0TB Desktop NAS External Hard Drive (STCG3000200) £119.99
1 x MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £49.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Case - Black £45.95
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Seidon 120V, AIO Cooling Solution £39.95
Total : £1,209.32 (includes shipping : £8.00).




internal storage is provided by a hefty 512gb ssd
external 3tb nas with wireless streaming to ios devices
 
rumours are that 10 will be a free upgrade, but nothing's been confirmed, so take it with a pinch of salt.
but tbh, i wouldn't get windows 7 anymore. win 10 (8) is so much better lol (and i can't believe i'm actually saying that)
 
Pretty much went with your build mate, just changed the Gfx to MSI and the Seagate to 3TB.

Once again thanks for your help.

I'll be on the overclocking help pages when it arrives as haven't overclocked anything since my AMD 3500+ and Opteron 144!!
 
Been excellent, systems still ok to be honest. Runs BF4 nicely and pretty good at editing etc just to big! Just need to move it all on now, best place to sell is eBay I guess?
 
Guy's

Just a quick mail to say thanks for all your advice. New system arrived this morning (3 days after order placed as opposed to 7 days quoted). It's exactly what I needed. Compact, quiet and blazingly fast. Even came overclocked @ 4.4!!!

Once again the whole Overclockers experience has been awesome. First class information from you guys on the forum, first class customer service from Damo, Great prices from Overclockers.

On the negative side I now need a monitor that will do the system justice (Currently on Dell2206W), new keyboard, Mouse and a mat! Any reccomendations would be greatly appreciated.
 
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