New build, Buying tomorrow, need some advice.

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F1re8lade

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Ok, so after allot of changes, tinkering, I have come to this build;


AMD fx8350 PCU

MSI nvidia gtx 970

Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit

HyperX FURY Series (2 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz

MSI 970 Gaming AMD AM3 GBE LAN ATX Motherboard

Samsung 2.5-Inch 250 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive

Corsair Hydro Series H55 All-In-One Liquid Cooler for CPU

TP-LINK TL-WN881ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter

Asus DVD-RW Bulk Drive

Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Computer Case

Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit MAR Refurbisched Hologramm incl. Servicepack 1 English UK



This all comes to £841, if I buy it all through Amazon.

Is everything here a good match?

I chose a 600w psu, as I will be adding a second msi 970 gpu, and a 7200rpm, three TB, sata HD, down the line when I have more money to hand.

Is the case big enough (i'm pretty sure it is)?

Thankyou in advance for whatever advice you can give.
 
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You don't need extra fans in this build, and here's a more powerful cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.98 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£93.71 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£74.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£73.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI...
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First of all, 600w is not enough to SLI two 970s. Second of all, the Corsair CX series are NOT good a very good and should be avoided completely.
The FX8350 is too weak to handle a 970 SLI setup too. You would be 100% better off with an i5.
 
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O.K guys. Sound advice. Ive decided to switch out the processor, motherboard and power supply, so the build looks like this now :)


Intel Core i7 i7-4790K CPU (Quad Core 4GHz, Socket H3 LGA-1150)

MSI nvidia gtx 970

EVGA SuperNOVA 750W PC Power Supply - Gold

HyperX FURY Series (2 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz

MSI Z97 Gaming 3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (4x DDR3, 6x USB3.0, 6x USB2.0, GBE, LAN, HDMI, DVI, DP, VGA)

Samsung 2.5-Inch 250 GB 850 EVO Solid State Drive

Corsair Hydro Series H55 All-In-One Liquid Cooler for CPU

TP-LINK TL-WN881ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter

Asus DVD-RW Bulk Drive

Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Computer Case

Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit MAR Refurbisched Hologramm incl. Servicepack 1 English UK



This has added another £180 onto the price, But after reading up on the difference between AMD and intel Proccessors, I can see why you have advised me to change to intel.

Is 750w enough for sli 970's?

Will I need to buy extra fans, and will the cooling unit stated, be enough for overclocking?

Thanks
 
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You don't need extra fans in this build, and here's a more powerful cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.98 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£93.71 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£74.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£73.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£269.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£71.95 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.49 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.36 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£12.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1010.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 15:34 BST+0100

It has everything you wanted. It will be good for SLI too, down the line. :p
 
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Cheers Stache, I will go with the G2. Can I just ask; why change the motherboard to the MSI Krait from the MSI Z97 Gaming 3. I noticed that the MSI z97 has a better audio chip than the Krait.
 
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