Clicks away from purchasing this £1450 / $2400 Gaming and Photoshop build - thoughts?

Pyxaon · Sep 28, 2014

In-complete build that I'm going to purchase and gradually improve upon, such as a second GTX 980 (SLI), 34" Ultrawide 21:9 3440x1440 monitor etc.

As the title says, I'm clicks away from buying all the components listed and I'm looking for any improvements / general suggestions.

Processor:-- i7-4790K (£260)

Motherboard: -- Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO Z97 (£160)

Cooler: -- H100i (£80)

GPU: -- EVGA GeForce GTX 980 (£456)

PSU: -- EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W 80+ Platinum (£150)

RAM: -- G Skill 2x 8GB 2400MHz (£143)

SDD: -- Samsung 840 Series Pro 256GB (£115)

Case: -- Fractal R4 Design Mid Tower (£70)

Thermal Compound: -- IC Diamond TC (£13)

Total: £1447

LukaBoki · Sep 28, 2014

Everything looks great,1000W is overkill,get an EVGA G2 850W,it will be enough for SLI.
And you don't need the Thermal Compound,it's a waste of money on any budget.

sizzling · Sep 28, 2014

If it was me I would go for a cheaper but larger SSD like the Evo or MX100. You wont notice the speed difference but will enjoy the extra room

Pyxaon · Sep 28, 2014

LukaBoki :

Thanks for your reply, I quickly calculated my maximum wattage with absolutely everything on full load and it'd be about 650W maximum, that's not good for peak efficiency - but then again, i won't be maxing everything - only mild overclocking and casual gaming / photoshop - thus I'm going to heed your suggestion and get the EVGA G2 850W instead of the 1000W PSU.

Pyxaon · Sep 28, 2014

sizzling :

You're probably right, as I'm moving from an old HDD I won't notice the difference anyway.

LukaBoki · Sep 28, 2014

Exactly,850W so you can save some money.
And use this to check what kinda PSU you need for your build:
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Pyxaon · Sep 28, 2014

LukaBoki :

The EVGA G2 850W has 2x 8-pin (6+2) and 2x 6-pin connectors. It says on the link that I require 4x 6-pin connectors. I've never connected up a PSU before so yeah, that's why this problem may be 'apparent' to me.

EDIT: Although, coming to think of it. I could probably use the x2 6-pins in the (6+2) i.e. the 8-pin

LukaBoki · Sep 28, 2014

An 8-pin looks like this:
http://techreport.com/r.x/psus-0907/pcie-connectors.jpg (The right one).
It can be used as a 6-pin connector,as you can see,so you will have no issues setting up 2xGTX 980 with the EVGA G2 850W.

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