First system - looking for reviews

Ollie Barrie · Sep 16, 2014

This is my first system build and it sure is expensive!
I was wondering if anyone could review this so I could know what to improve, I have around £250 left for peripherals and I would take any suggestions greatly.
Thanks

Ollie Barrie · Sep 16, 2014

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hxgqNG

viewtyjoe · Sep 16, 2014

What's your planned usage? It's a ton of computer, but if you aren't going to be making use of it, you're spending a fair chunk of money on wasted resources.

Ollie Barrie · Sep 16, 2014

viewtyjoe :

High intensity gaming on high resolutions, and eventually multiple monitors (when I save enough money)

boosted1g · Sep 16, 2014

Are you doing any video encoding, 3d modeling or anything of that nature??

Games do not utilize an i7 nor do they utilize 16gb of ram, so if this is purely a gaming computer then you could step it down to an i5 and 8gb of ram and not notice any difference.

Ollie Barrie · Sep 16, 2014

boosted1g :

16GB is incase future games utilise more RAM, and I would rather an i7 for hyper-threading capabilities. I'm pretty sure most serious gamers get an i7-4770k or above.

logainofhades · Sep 16, 2014

Still insanely fast, but I added a monitor as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£130.38 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£349.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£349.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£127.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£39.42 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor (£399.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm Fan (£8.39 @ Aria PC)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Wired Laser Mouse (£45.84 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £2102.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 19:55 BST+0100

Ollie Barrie · Sep 16, 2014

logainofhades :

Still insanely fast, but I added a monitor as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£130.38 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£349.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£349.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case (£89.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£127.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£39.42 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor (£399.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm Fan (£8.39 @ Aria PC)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014 Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Wired Laser Mouse (£45.84 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £2102.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 19:55 BST+0100

Looks great, I'm going to use Nvidia gfx for gamestream and I rather like the built in wifi and features of the mobo, but thanks for the suggestion

sora · Sep 16, 2014

Ollie Barrie :

AMD does have better price to performance prices though. Enjoy that build!

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