£1000 Gaming PC. My First Build! (Feedback please!)

Kamdown · Oct 15, 2014

Hi there

This is a list of components for my first build. It is modelled around a i5-4690k and Gtx 770.
I would just like to know if these parts are all compatible together as I am about to order them! As well as this, if I am missing anything else a heads up would be much appreciated!

I have used pcpartpicker to find the best prices (which I shall list). Thanks!!

SSD: Samsung 120GB 840 EVO Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive - £56.98

PSU: Corsair 650W CS650M CSM Semi-Modular 80+ GOLD Certified Power Supply - £66.99

Case: K9-720B Gaming Case with USB3.0 and 3 x Blue 120mm Fan Bundle - £43.29
Includes the following:
CoolerMaster High Performance Thermal Paste 2g (worth £3.99)
Akasa Cable Tidy Kit (worth £4.99)
StarTech.com 7 Piece Screwdriver Tool Kit (worth £14.98)
Best Value Duratool Antistatic Wrist Band (worth £4.99)
C2G 1m 7-pin 180° to 90° 1-Device Serial ATA Cable (worth £4.99)

MoBo: Asus Z97-A Socket 1150 VGA DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8-ch audio ATX - £106.64

Wireless Adapter: TP-Link 300mbps Wireless N Pci Express Adapter - £13.49

Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S Slim U-Series Single Tower CPU Cooler - £51.95

Processor: Intel Core i5 4690K 3.5GHz Socket 1150 6MB L3 Cache - £169.99

HDD: Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache - £44.20

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory - £67.70

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 1137MHz 4GB PCI-E 3.0 HDMI Windforce 3X - £240 (Friend is selling this to me)

Total: £861.23

TopLuca · Oct 15, 2014

A little bit above your budget , Will outperform your rig any day of the week . If you don't feel like getting two R9 290s then replace them with a single GTX 970 , its not as powerful however one gtx 970 is faster than one R9 290.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/J4dgCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/J4dgCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£48.79 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.06 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.07 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£227.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£227.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.40 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£26.90 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1144.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 16:47 BST+0100

Kamdown · Oct 15, 2014

TopLuca :

A little bit above your budget , Will outperform your rig any day of the week . If you don't feel like getting two R9 290s then replace them with a single GTX 970 , its not as powerful however one gtx 970 is faster than one R9 290.

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/J4dgCJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/J4dgCJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£48.79 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.06 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.07 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£227.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£227.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.40 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£26.90 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1144.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 16:47 BST+0100

Thanks for the recommendations. I shall swap out some of these parts for the ones you recommended. I will probably stick with the GTX 770 though. Thanks

Apologies, the GTX 770 is not 300 quid, I meant 300 euro, so 240 quid!

TopLuca · Oct 15, 2014

I believe the 770 is a step in the wrong direction , it has only 2gb of Vram which matters a lot as well as its more expensive than R9 290 which beats the 770 by a margin.

R9290X>970>R9290>R9 280X>GTX 770

Kamdown · Oct 15, 2014

TopLuca :

Sorry if this is completely wrong, but I believe that the one I will get is 4GB? or does that indicate 2GB vram?

TopLuca · Oct 15, 2014

Yeah it comes in versions , the 4gb card will handle 1080p however it still falls in the same category that I placed it in

Kamdown · Oct 15, 2014

TopLuca :

Thanks for your help!

Can I ask, If I did decide to go with everything on my list, replacing just the memory, is it all compatible?

TopLuca · Oct 15, 2014

Yes it is.

Kamdown · Oct 15, 2014

I am limited by my budget and I am kind of taking this graphics card off my friend.

I appreciate all your help, thank you!!!!

TopLuca · Oct 15, 2014

Your welcome sir

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