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June 23, 2013 8:26:10 PM

Hey guys i'm going to be building my new PC soon.. still trying to figure out all the parts i would like.
1. My Budge is no more than £1500 or $1700.

2. I will be ordering off of amazon.uk

3. This build is going to be for editing game play/video editing as well as recording game play.

This is my current rig- http://pcpartpicker.com/user/TheProSeidon/saved/1Pt1

Now i wanted to know if their is anything i should change such as getting maybe a 660ti or 670 instead of a 770 and getting a 4770k instead or should i keep as is?

Also i am really stuck on the fact of getting the Z87 Saber Tooth or getting the Maximus Vi hero? I heard that the hero is a way better overclocking board and due to the fact that it is a i5 i want to overclock maybe to around 4.3-4.5 Ghz.

I don't want to change or buy anything for this build for at least a good year... i maybe go Sli after a year or so but that's about it.. My main problem was the fact of debating between the better graphics card or processor.

And lastly i wanted to know which manufacturers graphic card i should go with? I've heard that Asus is the best cooler meaning more overclocking potential

Thank you for any help that i may find useful and also Thank you for your time!

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a b K Overclocking
June 23, 2013 8:38:16 PM

Well being British, you'll benefit from doing it in £ *wink wink*.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.49 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£115.60 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£112.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£319.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case (£128.23 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£64.79 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: LG IPS237L-BN 23.0" Monitor (£135.59 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Mad Catz V.7 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£61.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1344.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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You can SLI later. The PSU will be sufficient for it.
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a b K Overclocking
June 23, 2013 8:51:43 PM

If I understand correctly, you are going to buy in a year. This is way too soon to select the parts. A year from now AMD will have their new Steamroller out and their new 8000 series graphics boards which will change everything.
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a b K Overclocking
June 23, 2013 9:15:14 PM

No, he's saying he doesn't want to have to touch the build for a year. Meaning no upgrades within that time frame. I know you said you just wanted Amazon, but you can't even buy the cheapest version of Win7 off Amazon, so I listed most of the parts for Amazon, but some of the better parts aren't available there.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£78.84 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£156.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£97.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£101.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus ML239H 23.0" Monitor (£151.67 @ Dabs)
Total: £1600.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 05:16 BST+0100)

I7 and 16gb's of Ram for video editing. The best cooled 770 because you mentioned overclocking the Gpu. If you are only looking to overclock to 4.4-4.6, pretty much any z77 board is going to suffice. The differences in boards for overclocking don't really kick in till mid 4.5 or so, so I picked a solid Asus board and paired it with more than sufficient cooling.

This also leaves you plenty of money for a mouse/keyboard of your choosing.
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June 23, 2013 10:32:19 PM

Swordkd said:
No, he's saying he doesn't want to have to touch the build for a year. Meaning no upgrades within that time frame. I know you said you just wanted Amazon, but you can't even buy the cheapest version of Win7 off Amazon, so I listed most of the parts for Amazon, but some of the better parts aren't available there.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£78.84 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£156.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£97.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£101.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus ML239H 23.0" Monitor (£151.67 @ Dabs)
Total: £1600.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 05:16 BST+0100)

I7 and 16gb's of Ram for video editing. The best cooled 770 because you mentioned overclocking the Gpu. If you are only looking to overclock to 4.4-4.6, pretty much any z77 board is going to suffice. The differences in boards for overclocking don't really kick in till mid 4.5 or so, so I picked a solid Asus board and paired it with more than sufficient cooling.

This also leaves you plenty of money for a mouse/keyboard of your choosing.


This is a very nice build thank you! the one thing is it is out of my budget by £100 or a little bit more give or take i may have to get 8gb's ram instead of 16gb also i wont be doing a SSD for now just the wd caviar black... i will be upgrading to ssd sometime withing a month or so, and yes i do realize that this is going against what i said about not purchasing anything withing the year. Also my bad, i must have confused you with the budget i put no more than £1500 or $1700 and i dont know if you misread but you may have thought anything in between £1500 and £1700 haha.
I put the dollar price on as well due to the fact that i thought that you may have a link with american prices... Soryy my mistake.
Also i was looking up some things on overclocking and i will be overclocking way more so do you recommend the savertooth z87 or the maximus vi hero?

Thank you
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June 23, 2013 10:39:29 PM

X79 said:
Well being British, you'll benefit from doing it in £ *wink wink*.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.49 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£115.60 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£112.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£319.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case (£128.23 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£64.79 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: LG IPS237L-BN 23.0" Monitor (£135.59 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Mad Catz V.7 Wired Gaming Keyboard (£61.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1344.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 04:37 BST+0100)

You can SLI later. The PSU will be sufficient for it.


Nice build and thank you for some advice and components i may keep in mind... Also i am not british and will not benefit from the £ i'm actually being majorly fcked over -_- I am a 16 year old guy from america that will be moving to Europe withing the month and i will be purchasing my system over there for my YouTube channel i will be doing... This build is going to cost me around £1500 meaning fucking $2300 FML ... I am no spoiled brat like most american's that are wealthy... i have worked and saved for this for a good 2 years... Btw don't think i'm raging i'm just saying haha!
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a b K Overclocking
June 23, 2013 10:41:26 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.49 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£129.38 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£97.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus ML239H 23.0" Monitor (£151.67 @ Dabs)
Total: £1482.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 06:41 BST+0100)

There you go. The PSU is 750W so that you can easily input another GTX 770 if you wish, without

worrying about wattage. If you won't do this, you can lower it to an XFX 550W one.
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June 23, 2013 10:52:50 PM

X79 said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.49 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£129.38 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£97.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£179.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus ML239H 23.0" Monitor (£151.67 @ Dabs)
Total: £1482.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 06:41 BST+0100)

There you go. The PSU is 750W so that you can easily input another GTX 770 if you wish, without

worrying about wattage. If you won't do this, you can lower it to an XFX 550W one.


Thank you this is a nice build but its hard to decide which one between the 3 and also thanks for your time...
Do you know if the asus 770 is to heavy and will bend while being held in the slots or will it be straight?

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a b K Overclocking
June 23, 2013 11:18:43 PM

Well I'd pick my own build obviously. But the reasoning for not going with the water cooling like the

other guy suggested, was because the 4th generation Intel CPUs don't OC as well as the 3rd generation.

Thus I thought watercooling was a bit lame. Secondly, it's quite a bit more expensive than what you need.

I don't know what you mean about the GPU. It should fit in its slot like any other GPU, or they wouldn't make it.
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June 23, 2013 11:27:32 PM

X79 said:
Well I'd pick my own build obviously. But the reasoning for not going with the water cooling like the

other guy suggested, was because the 4th generation Intel CPUs don't OC as well as the 3rd generation.

Thus I thought watercooling was a bit lame. Secondly, it's quite a bit more expensive than what you need.

I don't know what you mean about the GPU. It should fit in its slot like any other GPU, or they wouldn't make it.


Thank you for your advice and what i meant by the GPU is that i wanted to know if the asus 770 is to heavy in which it slants because the 3gb model of the 680 does and i wanted to make sure that this one didnt.
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a b K Overclocking
June 23, 2013 11:41:40 PM

No worries.

I honestly do not know, as it's not something which 99% of people neither worry nor think about.

It furthermore doesn't have any implications that I know of, if the card does tilt a little; provided it's

correctly set in its slot.
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a b K Overclocking
June 24, 2013 6:32:26 AM

You can secure the video card to your case with a screw if it's a tad heavy. No worries then. I actually haven't read any overclocking articles on the Haswell cpu's yet, but I've seen many others say it doesn't OC as well. The Hyper 212 Evo will allow you a mild to decent overclock, the h80i a medium to good OC while being cooler, but it's quite a bit more money. On my build, just drop the SSD and you'll have enough for mouse/keyboard. Then like you said, add the SSD later.
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a b K Overclocking
June 24, 2013 7:21:19 AM

Swordkd said:
You can secure the video card to your case with a screw if it's a tad heavy. No worries then. I actually haven't read any overclocking articles on the Haswell cpu's yet, but I've seen many others say it doesn't OC as well. The Hyper 212 Evo will allow you a mild to decent overclock, the h80i a medium to good OC while being cooler, but it's quite a bit more money. On my build, just drop the SSD and you'll have enough for mouse/keyboard. Then like you said, add the SSD later.


Yet with Haswell it's a bit of a lucky draw. You might get a CPU which can OC well or you might not.
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June 24, 2013 8:38:00 AM

Swordkd said:
You can secure the video card to your case with a screw if it's a tad heavy. No worries then. I actually haven't read any overclocking articles on the Haswell cpu's yet, but I've seen many others say it doesn't OC as well. The Hyper 212 Evo will allow you a mild to decent overclock, the h80i a medium to good OC while being cooler, but it's quite a bit more money. On my build, just drop the SSD and you'll have enough for mouse/keyboard. Then like you said, add the SSD later.


Hey man thanks for the advice it helps alot but im still stuck in between getting the 4770k and getting the GTX 670 FTW Signature 2 and 8 GB Ram and get another 8 later or should i do the 4670k and get a asus gtx 770 and 16 GB of Ram? The motheboard im doing is the asus maximus vi hero for overclocking and it's features... Also do you have any thoughts on the nzxt phantom 410? That's the case i will be doing.

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June 24, 2013 10:30:27 AM

Swordkd said:
You can secure the video card to your case with a screw if it's a tad heavy. No worries then. I actually haven't read any overclocking articles on the Haswell cpu's yet, but I've seen many others say it doesn't OC as well. The Hyper 212 Evo will allow you a mild to decent overclock, the h80i a medium to good OC while being cooler, but it's quite a bit more money. On my build, just drop the SSD and you'll have enough for mouse/keyboard. Then like you said, add the SSD later.


Also in all honesty what cooler do you think i should get to overclock because the h100i is expensive but its the best cooler for the space because it doesn't take away from any push and pull fan configurations due to it being mounted at the top. Or can should i go with a air cooler and if so what i want the most space at the best temps to overclock... I hope i will get a good card to overclock
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a b K Overclocking
June 24, 2013 5:44:22 PM

You can stick with the h80i and stick it on the back of the case. That would cool the Cpu enough and not interfere with anything. You could also get the 100i, or even the Nzxt Kraken x60 for a little more money since you have the room for it at the top of the case. Both will cool better than the h80i, but cost even more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£90.96 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£162.48 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£89.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.09 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£83.00 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£85.24 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer (£14.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus ML239H 23.0" Monitor (£151.67 @ Dabs)
Total: £1422.59
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-25 01:38 BST+0100)

Stuck with the 100i cooler. It has really good performance that stands up to most other dual 140mm coolers. The h80i will cool it well enough though if you want to save some money. Still plenty of money for keyboard/mouse, and I changed certain things to match your wishes. I would still buy that version of the 770 though. The best cooled one out right now, and the highest base clock out there. It still has plenty of room to overclock itself thanx to its cooling. Stuck with the 4770k and 16gb's of ram, but I changed the ram just to save some money. Still has the same specs though, and Patriot is still a quality brand.
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a c 428 K Overclocking
June 24, 2013 7:56:37 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£90.96 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£156.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£104.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£69.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£358.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case (£128.23 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£111.37 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.15 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VE248H 24.0" Monitor (£159.77 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 (UK Layout) Wired Standard Keyboard (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Mouse: Razer Naga 2012 Wired Laser Mouse (£65.97 @ Dabs)
Total: £1593.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-25 03:53 BST+0100)
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