Any ideas to improve my gaming setup plans

thenexuspanda · Jan 24, 2014

Hey guys I'm about to sell my macbook pro retina (dont judge me I know it was a bad choice) so I will have about £1200-£1400 to play with and am going to build my own beast of a gaming desktop along with enough power for 3d graphic design and software dev

My plan so far:

Processor - Intel i7 4770k
Ram - 16gb 2400mhz corsair
Motherboard - Asus maximus hero
Graphics card - saphire amd 290x
PSU - 750w corsair
Cpu Cooling - corsair h100i
Case - aerocool x-predator devil red
Ssd - 64gb sandisk 6gb/s
HDD - 2TB 7200rpm

I was looking to use 'intel cache acceleration' on the 64gb ssd to speed up the hdd and then add a 120gb ssd if needed

does anyone have any experience of using the above?

Roughly £1300

Anyone got any suggestions or advice before I spend this much

USAFRet · Jan 24, 2014

1. Don't need an i7 for just gaming
2. Get a larger SSD. 120GB minimum
3. Don't really need 16GB RAM. 8 will be fine.

marc79 · Jan 24, 2014

I'd go at least 120GB on the SSD, and I would get different fans for the H100i, like the Corsair SP120 versions. Stock fans are pretty loud.

Gauravat19 · Jan 24, 2014

USAFRet :

1.yes , i5 is more than enough (with an unlocked multiplier)
2.yes
3.no,16 gb is great, if he is spending so much then why not a lil future proofing?

Whammy · Jan 24, 2014

Well he did say he wanted to do 3D graphic design, so yes definitely go with the 4770k and 16Gb of RAM. But I agree, you need atleast 120Gb for an SSD.

USAFRet · Jan 24, 2014

Whammy :

Yeah, I missed that part.
Yes...16GB

Shocking777 · Jan 24, 2014

I would go with a 780 Ti, but the 290X is a beast aswell. And buy the non reference cooler, get Gigabyte or Sapphire.

Gauravat19 · Jan 24, 2014

290X is better , and with mantle support coming up with 14.1 beta and bf4 etc its gonna be better!

thenexuspanda · Jan 25, 2014

So we all agree that it all seems about right

Whammy · Jan 25, 2014

So this would be the final build:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2HgCn

I gave you the Gigabyte R9 290x 4Gb bevause it's great quality, good price, but more importantly, open air style so you can push it further.

The case you wanted (great case) which isn't on pcpartpicker...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerocool-X-Predator-Devil-Gaming-Case/dp/B008XC2546

...although I don't know uk websites that well, so you might find a better price somewhere else.

Gauravat19 · Jan 25, 2014

thenexuspanda :

yes, u got a pretty sweet build

thenexuspanda · Jan 25, 2014

Whammy :

i was looking at the x1 case :/ as its half the price and don't really see that much difference?

Whammy · Jan 25, 2014

thenexuspanda :

Whammy :

i was looking at the x1 case :/ as its half the price and don't really see that much difference?

Yea basically no difference from what I can see

Josese · Jan 25, 2014

Get an i5 4670k! And save a lot of money, I don´t personally recommend the r9 290x for the temps but it is a non stock card so the coolers will be better so the temps... Don´t get a larger ssd, Why do you need it? If you want to upgrade in the future, the crossfire has a lot of problems, and I'm not an Nvidia fan, If you have the money get an 780 an then upgrade to a sli, but I really like the performance of the r9 290x

Whammy · Jan 25, 2014

Josese :

i7 for the 3d graphic desgin will really come in handy. Have you ever used an SSD? you DEFINETLY need more than 64Gb for an SSD. If it's full, it will be very slow, so it's better to have unused space, plus the OS takes about 30Gb and the OP probably will be installing games and graphic software on there. R9 270x will be fine on its own, plus will be better with the new stuff coming out, like Gauravat said.

thenexuspanda · Jan 25, 2014

I'm only caching the HDD with the 64gb ssd

so I'm guessing the HDD isn't gonna cache 64gb lol

USAFRet · Jan 25, 2014

thenexuspanda :

Much better would have a larger SSD, and use that for the OS and applications.

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