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azz00

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Hi everyone,

I am hoping that someone could critique my spec below and let me know if you think anything needs changing?

Asus Z97I-PLUS, Intel Z97 119.96
Intel Core i7 4790K £251.98
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Pro Series £94.99
256GB Crucial MX100 £81.90
2GB ASUS GTX 960 STRIX £169.98
EVGA Hadron Air mini-ITX Case Black inc 500W PSU £111.19
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit £76.88

Thanks!
 
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dottorrent

dottorrent

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May 20, 2012
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£105.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£83.24 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£196.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (White) Mini ITX Tower Case (£61.42 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£57.97 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.78 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £998.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 21:37 BST+0100

Windows 8.1 will be better for gaming and the R9 290 is much faster than the GTX 960.
 
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Bossyfins

Bossyfins

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a 290 in an mitx case is... well.. no..

They do produce a LOT of heat.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£165.89 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£105.56 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£83.24 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£263.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£79.91 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.78 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1009.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 21:54 BST+0100
 
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logainofhades

logainofhades

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Apr 27, 2009
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£251.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£112.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£83.24 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card (£209.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman M1 Mini ITX Tower Case (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.48 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.78 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £994.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 21:53 BST+0100

Windows 7 or 8.1, doesn't really matter, since M$ will be offering upgrades to 10, for free, for the first year.
 
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okcnaline

okcnaline

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Nov 17, 2013
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.03 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£112.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£50.63 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£78.45 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£265.86 @ Dabs)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case (£71.08 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply (£106.32 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £943.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-27 22:05 BST+0100
 
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azz00

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May 27, 2015
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Hi everyone! Insane response to say I only posted like half an hour ago! I should have explained that the person I am building the PC for has said that he wants to take in on as hand luggage. Therefore I needed a case that was around 300 x 150 x 400mm?

From the looks of things I need to make some changes to the board and memory especially so I will look into it all again shortly
 
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