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Obbyb1

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Hi there! My friend recently decieded after seeing my build, he wanted something similar to my rig but he has a slight less to spend, however he needs all peripherals apart from the 23inch Asus VG236H Monitor which I am giving him.

Anyway here are the specs he's sent me and I can't help but think for the tasks of:
Gaming>Surfing>Editing he's going overkill on pretty much everything.

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 ACX Superclock 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2784-KR) £623.99

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £364.99

Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI HERO Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £173.99

Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 Elite Mechanical Keyboard - Blue Switch £124.99

Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £119.99

Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99

Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £94.80

Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-128GM-C) £89.99

Asus Orion Pro ROG 7.1 Gaming Headset with ROG Spitfire USB Audio Processor £79.99

Corsair Vengeance M95 Performance MMO/RTS Laser Gaming Mouse - Gun Metal Black £69.95

CM Storm Speed RX Mousepad - Medium £9.95

OcUK Value DVI-D Dual Link M - M Monitor Cable (Black) - 2 Meter £5.99

He also claims he wants it for atleast 3-4 years. Any help would be greatly appreciated because I really think hes blowing a huge amount of money on things he's not going to use, however he does want a relatively high overclock of the CPU but thats the only thing he's going to touch.

Thanks.

 
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dalmvern

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Tell him to drop from an i7-4770K to an i5-4670k.

The memory he chose is great, but 16GB is unnecessary. Drop it to 2x4GB.

Get a better SSD. Samsung 840 Pro, OCZ 450 Series, Mushkin Advanced Chronos...and preferably 240GB rather than 120. Also there is no storage drive listed.
 
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Thanks for your help! Seems as if he is in luck as the place he is buying from have a week-long deal on the 840 Pro 256Gig SSD!

 
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He should buy proper headphones
http://www.amazon.co.uk/headphone-SuperLux-HMC660X-MICRO-Profesional-Red/dp/B008FZOMJ2/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1372333689&sr=1-3&keywords=Superlux
And a mic
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zalman-ZM-MIC1-microphone/dp/B00029MTMQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1372333752&sr=1-1&keywords=Superlux

Gaming headsets(marketing) are generaly overpriced and have low sound quality

Good p/p:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Fatal1ty-Detachable-Noise-Cancelling-Microphone/dp/B000P5VR16/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1372333987&sr=1-1&keywords=Headset


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£188.34 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£116.34 @ Dabs)
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£41.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.44 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£559.99 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case (£86.62 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£125.16 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£13.04 @ Aria PC)
Other:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Quiet-Dark-Rock-Cooler/dp/B007VDD63M/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1372333558&sr=1-1&keywords=be+quiet+dark+rock+pro+2 Cpu cooler (£68.00)
Other: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Storm-Quickfire-Rapid-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B0076H47H2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372333326&sr=8-1&keywords=cooler+master+keyboardMechanical Keyboard (£67.00)
Total: £1313.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-27 12:45 BST+0100)
 
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Top reply, thanks very much guys!
 
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Marco, the MSI GD45 will not overclock as well as the Asus Hero. Along that line of thought I would actually say the MSI MPOWER motherboard would be a better choice than the Asus Hero, but both of them are top of the line, I have never been a fan of the ROG boards.

The ACX Superclocked he picked is the best 780 out right now.

Case is more of a personal choice than anything and the Corsair Carbide series is a good choice, good airflow and cable management.

Why would you suggest a power supply that has more wattage than the one he listed when even the one he listed was more than he needs? I was going to suggest a Seasonic s12ii 620W but decided to leave it alone since it wasnt too extremely overpowered like your 850W would be.

Also if I were to suggest an air cooler, I would suggest the Noctua NH-D14. I am unsure of the effectiveness of the cooler you listed, but I know that the NH-D14 is a boss.
 
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