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January 2, 2014 8:37:57 AM

I have chosen these parts what do you think...

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.43 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£261.12 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£261.12 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£25.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£107.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: LG 24EA53V-P 23.8" Monitor (£133.56 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard (£68.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 9 Wireless Laser Mouse (£83.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1533.35
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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January 2, 2014 8:46:09 AM

All good, whats missing is a ssd. 120gb is enough for OS and some games.
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January 2, 2014 8:51:31 AM

Samiul Islam said:
I have chosen these parts what do you think...


If it was a PC for me I'd:

Swap the i7 for the equivalent i5. For gaming these is basically no difference.
Drop the 2 280X graphics cards. You're only gaming at 1080p, you don;t need all of that power + Radeon cards don't crossfire well at all. Change it for a single 290
With the money you save add in a 250Gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD.
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January 2, 2014 8:52:35 AM

Nice, just two remarks.
The Seagate is a pretty unreliable drive. You should get a WD Blue/Black instead. Perhaps some SSD storage too?
Next, you are wasting performance on a single 1080p monitor.

What I suggest is tossing the PSU, GPUs, and Monitor and getting this instead
PSU: RM 750W 80+ GOLD
GPU: GTX 780 (not a NVIDIA fanboy, but this actually fits nicer together) Preferably the ASUS CUII, MSI Lightining, or Gigabyte Windforce.
Monitor: You should get a 1440p monitor. With the power of a 780, you will be able to play at high/ultra on most everything. I would look at these monitors:
Acer 27" LED B276HUL
Dell 27" LCD UltraSharp U2713HM

With that said. If you find more room in the budget feel free to get a nice boot drive SSD. The 840 Evo is the current love child of the SSD community, but you should also check out the ADATA SP900.
I think 120(128)GB is around right, but you can also go for the 250(256)GB version
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January 2, 2014 8:57:59 AM

Super Batman said:

Monitor: You should get a 1440p monitor. With the power of a 780, you will be able to play at high/ultra on most everything. I would look at these monitors:
Acer 27" LED B276HUL
Dell 27" LCD UltraSharp U2713HM


You know, I was thinking this when I wrote my original post, that at that budget 1440p would be ideal. Not sure why I didn't write it! Yes, I agree absolutely.
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January 2, 2014 9:04:48 AM

i forgot to mention at some point i will probably do eyefinity with 3 screens
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January 2, 2014 9:06:03 AM

Samiul Islam said:
i forgot to mention at some point i will probably do eyefinity with 3 screens


In that case keep the 280Xs.
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January 2, 2014 9:11:22 AM

im a newb so whats the difference between a hd and an ssd
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January 2, 2014 9:32:05 AM

An HDD is a hard drive. It has disks that spin, eac disk contains information. The spin generates heat and noise.
an SSD is flash storage. Like the stuff in USB sticks, but much, much faster and more reliable. It genarates no heat and no noise.

SSDs are fast, but expensive and do not contain as much data. The most common SSD size is 120GB. Compared to the HDD standard of 1TB
HDDs are slower, but contain MUCH more storage. At a MUCH lower price
And SSDs almost never fail, or at least they have a significantly lower chance of failure than any HDD
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January 2, 2014 1:48:48 PM

should i get an ssd aswell as a hdd and also im looking for a moniter in £150.
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a b 4 Gaming
January 2, 2014 6:45:19 PM

Dont get Corsair RM over the Seasonic, You will be sacrificing build quality if you do that. The seasonic incorporates japanese capacitors all throughout while the Corsair compromises their RM series with ultra Cheap chinese capacitors on the secondary. Don't be fooled by gold efficiency, if you want something that is gold get Rosewill Capstone or Seasonic G
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/11/13/corsair_rm750...
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a b 4 Gaming
January 3, 2014 6:29:43 AM

Samiul Islam said:
should i get an ssd aswell as a hdd


Yes. Get both. Use the small, fast SSD for any data that needs to be accessed quickly. Windows for starters, install Windows onto an SSD, always. Also any games that you play regularly.
Use the large, cheap harddrive to store data where speed doesn't matter, eg movies, music.

Example:
My PC has a 250Gb Samsung 840 solid state drive (SSD) which contains Windows, all my installed programs and Steam + all of my Steam games
My PC also has a 1Tb hard disc drive (HDD) which contains all my music, movies, TV shows, photos and backups of my Steam games.

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January 3, 2014 12:19:07 PM

any more ideas this is final list.
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£250.43 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.64 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£63.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£118.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£261.12 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£261.12 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£25.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£107.82 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.98 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: LG 24EA53V-P 23.8" Monitor (£133.56 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard (£68.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. 9 Wireless Laser Mouse (£83.98 @ Ebuyer)
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January 4, 2014 12:43:03 AM

OK, good. Thin borders on the monitor.
Now go, build that monster and be proud!
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January 4, 2014 10:45:32 AM

will i need to get any extra fans??
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January 4, 2014 11:34:42 AM

one last question which is better 280x crossfire or the 780ti
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a b 4 Gaming
January 4, 2014 7:48:13 PM

Single GPU gaming over Dual GPU anyday. So gtx 780ti
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January 6, 2014 3:03:56 AM

Samiul Islam said:
one last question which is better 280x crossfire or the 780ti


Performance, yes.
General experience/ problems, not even close

A single solution always wins. However for 3 monitors NVIDIA has nothing on AMD. Eyefinity is LEAGUES better.
However AMD cards tend to have microstuttering in Xfire
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January 9, 2014 9:57:52 AM

780ti or 290x?
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