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Danny OShaughnessy

Danny OShaughnessy

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Hi everyone,
I'm currently planning my first custom build, I have done a good amount of research but im still unsure of what is compatible and best value for money.
For the PC itself (I'm in the UK) I'm hoping to stay below £1500. The monitor, keyboard, mouse and OS will be separate in this budgeting.

I will use it most likely for gaming, but will likely do rendering and other intensive tasks at points due to studying game development at college.

Here is the current list:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3myDN

CPU:
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core (£231.98)
CPU cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing (£25.45)
Motherboard:
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 (£89.99)
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 (£118.99)
Storage:
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" SSD (£80.57)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM (£39.00)
GPU:
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB (£539.15)
Case:
NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower (£98.40)
PSU:
EVGA 750W ATX12V / EPS12V (£80.10)
Optical drive:
Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.72)
Wireless card:
Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 (£69.47)
Sound card:
CREATIVE Sound Blaster Z Bearing Sound Card (£65.22)

Total: £1450.04 (as of posting)


Feedback on these would be greatly appreciated on whether to upgrade or downgrade these components.
Any tips for the actual build process would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
 
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manofchalk
The rig looks fine to me, only a few changes.

- Go for the 840 EVO instead of the Pro, unless you intend to use it as a scratch disk you wont lose any performance.
- Dont get anything special in terms of a wireless NIC unless your home network is something special, ie a dual band router or something like that. If you just have a standard wireless router, don't get anything expensive here.
- A sound card that expensive is going to waste unless you have the audio system to back it. If your running $100 headphones, spend more like $20-30 on a Xonar DGX just for the integrated headphone amp. If your running speakers, its going to depend on your setup.
- Would personally go for an ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI card over EVGA because they have the...
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The rig looks fine to me, only a few changes.

- Go for the 840 EVO instead of the Pro, unless you intend to use it as a scratch disk you wont lose any performance.
- Dont get anything special in terms of a wireless NIC unless your home network is something special, ie a dual band router or something like that. If you just have a standard wireless router, don't get anything expensive here.
- A sound card that expensive is going to waste unless you have the audio system to back it. If your running $100 headphones, spend more like $20-30 on a Xonar DGX just for the integrated headphone amp. If your running speakers, its going to depend on your setup.
- Would personally go for an ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI card over EVGA because they have the better cooling designs, but eh.
 
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Danny OShaughnessy

Danny OShaughnessy

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Okay thanks for the advice, after a little more research I have seen that the 780ti takes up 2 slots due to its size; when adding the sound card and wireless card (if i definitely got them) would I have ran out of PCI-E slots, as the board has 3, in which case i would only be able to put the 780ti and one other PCI-E card in?
 
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