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Neilsby

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Hi All,

This will be my first build and I'd really appreciate any comments on the below spec. I'm not a gamer, but I will play the odd game. The PC will be for Lightroom, video editing, audio recording, media streaming and general use. I may try overclocking at some point but have a lot to learn.

These are my internal questions at the mo:

Do I need more than the stock coolers and fans if I'm not overclocking?
Is the power supply right or too much?
Where would you spend the remaining budget (£400)
Is the machine balanced and are the parts good choices?

Appreciate any help, it's been a lot of fun configuring this and I hope it's reasonable!

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£236.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£112.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£111.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£257.56 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card (£102.30 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£83.93 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1082.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-15 12:48 GMT+0000)

Cheers guys!
 
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I recommend to get GTX760 at least for your PC, but depends on your usage for those-- lightroom, video editing, audio recording, media streaming, if you do a lot then you need the gtx760.
Also the PSU is good for the gtx760 too, and it is over kill for the r7 260x.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£236.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£112.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£111.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£227.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£109.80 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (£128.75 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1170.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-15 13:35 GMT+0000)

Seagate Barracudas have poor reliability apparently and WD Black is a beast.
That Gigabyte R9 270 card will give you great performance and offers amazing price to performance at the moment.
Given you a better PSU, I've heard mixed things about those Cosair RM PSUs.
You definitely need something better than the stock Intel cooler, CM Hyper Evo 212 is stupidly reliable and has great reviews all over the web!
 
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Thank you for the input, I will go for the R9 270 as the 760 seems expensive for a non-gaming machine. I've read that the Seagates have a higher return rate so I've swapped it for the WD Caviar Black. I've bumped it down to 1 TB as I'd rather add discrete drives as I need them.

The case has 8 fan points and comes with 3 already. Would you recommend maxing out the case? I've added the CPU cooler as suggested.

Thank you for the help, this is taking shape nicely!
 
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The 3 included fans are 140mm high airflow fans, so as long as at least one is in-taking fresh air through a filtered intake (probably the front) and one is exhausting out the back or top that should be fine. Point the CM Hyper 212 cooler towards the exhaust fan.

Should be a very nice build. I like that case a lot. You have room for a ridiculous watercooling setup if you ever want to push your 4770K past 4.6Ghz overclock.
 
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Thanks for that, so here's the final set-up:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3agb9
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3agb9/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3agb9/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£236.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.44 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£112.90 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£111.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£257.56 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£59.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card (£128.75 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (£124.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 660W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£117.19 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1175.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-15 16:09 GMT+0000)
 
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That's a great build! Love the choice of PSU :)
 
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