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Started by Sammy43 | | 7 answers
First PC Build Opinions...
Hey all,

This is my second post here. I posted last night looking for a good PC build for around £700 and was presented very quickly with a partpicked list from a very helpful member!

I then decided that I may wait a few months, or possibly till early next year, and build something with a higher budget. Possibly around £1000.

Reason I am here is to get an opinion on the £1000 budget PC I partpicked (from reading reviews on the parts), and also I thought while I was here, I'd get an opinion on the £700 budget PC too (just incase I decide to build sooner, rather than later). The PC must be able to run high settings on one screen; if possible - high settings on eyefinity (triple screens); and good/quick for video editing and rendering.

Seperate opinions on both would be great. Opinons on whether I would be better to wait or not would be great too!

£700 BUDGET BUILD
okcnaline said:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£156.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£30.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.35 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£56.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£194.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.19 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£134.75 @ Aria PC)
Total: £757.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-09 04:10 BST+0100


£1000 BUDGET BUILD
Sammy43 said:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790k 4ghz (£238.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£30.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A (£105 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 8GB) (£113.66 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£194.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Undecided (Approx ~£80 to spend)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£130 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit (£71.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total with (above) 1x8GB ram: approx £946.5
Total with (above) 2x8GB(16GB): approx £1003


Apologies if this message is a little messy, I tried to tidy it up as best as possible.

Thanks in advance, Sam.
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September 10, 2014 7:07:05 PM

hmmm 3 screens .....
I'll change the build

If you R using CUDA & Physx take the first build .. else and gaming and Open CL take the second build ..

*Side note: included GPU in 1st build is 780 GHz OC Edition not just the OC Edition .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£200.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.14 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.68 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£380.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £941.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-11 03:08 BST+0100

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£200.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.14 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.68 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£359.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£57.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £920.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-11 03:07 BST+0100
September 10, 2014 5:36:07 PM

Forgot to mention. The PC must be capable of running triple screens on gaming. My current PC can run my main game; a simulator called iRacing across three screens (normally) at a constant 60FPS. I have everything turned down low or off, and want the new PC to be able to run most things on, and if possible at high on three screens. (iRacing system requirements: http://www.iracing.com/membership/system-requirements/)

(Current Prebuilt Acer PC Specs:
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-650 Processor
- 3.2 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 4 MB Smart Cache
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
RAM - 6 GB RAM
- DDR3
- 8 GB maximum RAM capacity
Graphics card - Asus 2GB 7850
Hard drive 1 TB SATA hard drive 5400 rpm
Extension card slot 1 x PCI Express® 2.0 x16 slot
2 x PCI Express® 2.0 x1 slots
1 x PCI™ 2.3 slot (5 V)
Power Supply Unit: Unknown make "High Power Plus" 650w
Motherboard is also unknown...)
September 10, 2014 5:27:18 PM

editing & rendering ....... so the E3 will be excellent choice for gaming and rendering .... that build will be better

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£200.60 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£82.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£60.87 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.14 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.68 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card (£221.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£61.84 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £786.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-11 01:26 BST+0100
September 10, 2014 5:13:35 PM

Well, I wouldn't say mainly gaming. Split over gaming, video editing & rendering. Will an i5 4670k be sufficient for quick editing and rendering? If it was, then it would save me quite a few ££s to put towards a better graphics card. Or is it specifically fast for gaming?

Also, is the CPU cooler sufficient for the i7 CPU?
September 9, 2014 10:06:37 PM

If your 1st using is gaming so take the E3-1231v3 CPU is a i7 without iGPU and get an non overclock-able or H97 board for saving your money and get a much higher GPU (with 4GB VRam at least) and just 8GB of RAM is enough for gaming If U wanna me to make a build for U tell me :) 
September 9, 2014 8:26:09 PM

1) OMG!!!! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN QUOTED OUTSIDE OF THE OG POST!!! I FEEL SO APPRECIATED!!! THANKS!!!! :'-D
2) I won't bother with commenting on my own, since that's not going to be making sense, or fun.
3) Sammy's build is all right, just that he needs a better GPU to match the i7. But whatever, that kind of fits together though.
September 9, 2014 8:15:33 PM

If you are considering waiting a year, then I could not tell you what parts to pick because there will be more choices and prices will have changed. If you build within the next couple of months then the 700 build would be okay. But I would recommend splitting up the RAM differently.

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