Will this setup work okay?

ThePinnacleOfPro · Jul 8, 2013

Hi, would this setup work okay at stock clock speeds, also, are there any changes you would make? I will be editing/ rendering HD movies and I will be playing games such as COD, TF2 and MineCraft... My budget is £600 absolute maximum and I want the best possible performance for the money!

Thanks and sorry for all the questions

-G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit

-Seagate 1TB 3.5" Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s Hard Drive

-Sapphire HD 7790 OC Version 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E

-MSI B75MA-P45 Socket 1155 VGA DVI 8 Channel Audio ATX

-Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50GHz Socket 1150 8MB Cache Retail

-Coolermaster Elite 430 All Black Case With Elite 500W PSU

-Casecom 120mm Blue LED Fan - 4pin Molex Connection

Neospiral · Jul 8, 2013

The motherboard won't work with that CPU. You need one with Socket 1150. Also, I'd get a slightly bigger power supply in case you ever want to upgrade graphics cards in the future. Say, at least 550-600w. Other than that, shouldn't have any problems. You won't get slam bang amazing performance out of the 7790, but it won't be terrible. Expect mid-range performance at normal resolutions. Enjoy! Hope the build goes well.

ThePinnacleOfPro · Jul 9, 2013

Thanks for your quick reply Neospiral! What would you change about the setup and what mobo would you suggest?

Neospiral · Jul 9, 2013

ThePinnacleOfPro :

No problem. First off, I'd go with the i5-4670k instead of the 4770k. Gaming performance would be identical, both CPUs are multiplier-unlocked, and the i5 is cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899

Next, a good motherboard. Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, or Asrock.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131981

Finally, this video card is about the same price as the HD 7790, with better performance in all benchmarks:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130915

Unless you're partial to AMD.

As a supplement, I would strongly suggest dropping a bit of extra cash for a ~120GB SSD for your operating system. Such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

^ That's top of the heap, but as long as you stick with Samsung, OCZ, Kingston, you'd probably be good.

ThePinnacleOfPro · Jul 16, 2013

Thanks! How does this look?

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