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Moja12414

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Hi All,

I am going to be building this new gaming rig at the weekend and wondered if I could have the community's comments/suggestions if you would change anything. Budget is around £1400 mark. Already have a monitor, keyboard mouse etc.

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£259.59 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII GENE Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£159.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£111.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£158.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.52 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£282.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£64.03 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£109.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1348.91

Thanks in advance.
 
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Moja12414

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Monitor is 27 inch 2560x1440. I am doing photo editing hence wanting the i7 to be honest. Sorry I should have specified. Will go take a look at those alternative PSU's cheers.
 
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LucoTF

LucoTF

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£181.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS Evo 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£33.93 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£142.80 @ Kustom PCs)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£116.78 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£95.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£273.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£87.13 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£71.10 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.19 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1249.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-10 10:52 GMT+0000

-Add £80 if you're sticking with the i7
- Changed the CLC to an air cooler, very similar performance for half the price
-16gb ram not strictly necessary, you could drop to 8gb if you wanted
- Changed the seagate 2tb to a WD black (much more reliable)
- Phanteks sexay case
- Better PSU, cheaper too
 
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LucoTF

LucoTF

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The gtx 970 is fine for 1440p, and 16gb ram and an i7 is fine if you're doing editing too :)
 
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r3v3ng3

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tried to fit in sli 970's for your 1440p monitor but went over 1500, decided to upgrade to 980 and change some parts to fit the build

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NXMYt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NXMYt6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£259.59 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£138.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£56.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£476.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£87.13 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.78 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.19 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1470.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-10 12:03 GMT+0000
 
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LucoTF

LucoTF

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I gotta say of all the changes in my build, the only one I really care about is the power supply. If you kept your entire build and just swapped out that mediocre Corsair RM850 I'd be a happy man :)

Oh, and the hard drive, buying a 2tb seagate is basically like gambling
 
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