Would you change anything??

Nickolp1974 · 17 Aug 2013 at 08:42

Anything you would change with this build??
Cant do the basket thing as not got a pc at mo

Will mainly be for gaming, looking at the viewsonic vp2770 but unfortunately ocuk do not stock this.
Budget +/- £100

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
(£229.99) £275.99
(£229.99)
MSI HD 7970 GHz Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £259.99
(£216.66) £519.98
(£433.32)
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 480GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - (OCZSSD3-2VTX480G) £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £129.95
(£108.29) £129.95
(£108.29)
Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £111.98
(£93.32) £111.98
(£93.32)
TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-20800C10 2600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2600HC10QDC01) £97.99
(£81.66) £97.99
(£81.66)
Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Black Switch £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Sub Total : £1,493.19
Shipping cost based on delivery to work, DN41 8BE with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £298.64
Total : £1,791.83

stulid · 17 Aug 2013 at 08:44

Personally would swap the board for the Gigabyte OC as its cheaper (currently) and 8pack says is better.

RJC · 17 Aug 2013 at 08:46

Cheaper ram just as good:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

Nickolp1974 · 17 Aug 2013 at 08:48

Yeah looked at that but doesn't the hero have an extra slots space between 2 cards?? Which would help with cooling?

stulid · 17 Aug 2013 at 08:50

Nickolp1974 said:
Yeah looked at that but doesn't the hero have an extra slots space between 2 cards?? Which would help with cooling?

You use the 1st+3rd orange slot on the OC board for 8X/8X SLI+Crossfire.

The orange slot between them is 4X.

Nickolp1974 · 17 Aug 2013 at 09:04

stulid said:
You use the 1st+3rd orange slot on the OC board for 8X/8X SLI+Crossfire.

The orange slot between them is 4X.

Ah thats good to know, thx stulid. IYO is the maximus formula worth the extra £££??

stulid · 17 Aug 2013 at 09:18

Nickolp1974 said:
Ah thats good to know, thx stulid. IYO is the maximus formula worth the extra £££??

You cpu and cooling will be the limitation before the board.

teppic · 17 Aug 2013 at 13:51

For overclocking I'd avoid anything over 2400MHz RAM. I'd stick to 2133MHz C10.

Ethermaster · 17 Aug 2013 at 14:16

Hows this sexy looking thing?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
2 x MSI HD 7970 GHz Twin FrozR OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE GAMES £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £167.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black £111.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC10TDC01) £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x CM Storm Quickfire TK Mechanical Keyboard - Brown Switch £68.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £41.99
1 x CM Storm Recon 4000 DPI Gaming Mouse £39.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Cable Bundle - Orange £28.45
1 x Alpenföhn 140mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £14.99
1 x NZXT CB-LED20-WT 24x White LED Sleeve - 2m £13.99
5 x Alpenföhn 120mm Wing Boost Plus PWM Fan - Orange £13.99 (£69.95)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 8pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.98
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - Orange £6.49
2 x BitFenix Alchemy SATA 6GB/s braided cable 30cm - Orange £5.99 (£11.98)
2 x Akasa FLEXA FP5S 5 Fan PWM Controller (AK-CBFA07-45) £5.28 (£10.56)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy Internal Audio Extension Adaptor 30cm - Orange £4.49
Total : £1,823.12 (includes shipping : £17.85).

wazza300 · 17 Aug 2013 at 14:19

if it were me id ditch the bigfoot and Samsung evo and go for one single ssd 500gb,and stick everything on that,add in a mechanical hdd later if needed

not keen on all in one watercoolers either,id be looking at top end air coolers,phanteks/silver arrow/noctua d14 but then you'd need low profile memory

foster grant · 17 Aug 2013 at 14:21

I wouldnt touch that OCZ SSD

Nice choice of case though

Nickolp1974 · 18 Aug 2013 at 10:03

@ ethermaster, nice looking rig you done there

Why not the ocz ssd?? Its only to temporarily hold files, movies/music, they get sent to my popcorn hour media player. Trying to keep the system quiet as possible. Will watercool properly when more funds allow, although i may factor it in from the get go, but only for the cpu for now and i want the koolance single bay res as this can be used verticaly and think it would look pretty good in the 540 like that.

wazza300 · 18 Aug 2013 at 10:48

ocz ssd and reliability don't mix

Shiari · 18 Aug 2013 at 10:54

My old OCZ Vertex is still working fine (it does report health at 99% nowadays, but I haven't got any issues with it). Seen a Crucial SSD die though, that had to be RMA'd.

wazza300 · 18 Aug 2013 at 10:57

generally they are poor though,you might be one of a lucky few,personally I wouldn't like to take a risk on one