Leonell12 said:
okay here is your build with slight changes...for a mere £3 more, something much better
what i changed and why:
1)newer devil's canyon cpu (much better oc potential)
2) newer Z97 board, very good for the price, better audio, better oc capabilities etc...plus who wants to stick with the old stuff?
3)faster ram
4)a hybrid instead of a hdd+ssd, reason being ssd's are only 0.9 seconds faster in boot/ loading times than hybrids when using windows 8/8.1 the hybrid even beats WD's performance caviar blacks
http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Black-1TB-2010-...
5)a 290x instead of a 290, so better frames and better oc, if you want you can get the msi twin frozr version but that would be extra £20-ish, the sapphire is also a very good card
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/03/11/sa... and since you mention 4k display, this card with 4gb vram is pretty much what you're looking for
6)better case, amazing cooling and modular HDD cages at this price point
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2013/05/10/fract...
7)the psu i recommended earlier, dont worry about the bronze certification, it is one of the best units out there
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£157.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.25 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£64.22 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£55.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£359.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.76 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£60.06 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (£12.52 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£79.33 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £935.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Hey man, you've been great help
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unfortunately I cannot change the motherboard or the graphics card because I already have them and really cant be fussed to return them sorry. But with my board will I still be able to get a devils canyon cpu? bearing mind I might not need it as the only thing I will be doing is using this computer to play games with a controller down in the home cinema. Because of the fact I am not doing anything intensive and I will not really care about having the best of the best stuff I think I will stick with my ram because its low profile and looks nice and has good reviews and I don't honestly think I need anymore than 1600 MHz. I have changed my PSU to the one you recommended and I really appreciate you telling me about that one
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I have also changed the HDD and SSD just to the hybrid drive you recommended. You have been really good help
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any feedback will be gratefully appreciated.
Cheers mate