New gaming PC, any suggestions?

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m_baker55

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Spec: will be primarily used for gaming

case - Corsair Obsidian Series 650D
CPU - Intel® Core™ i7-4770k 3.50GHz OC @ max. 4.4GHz
Motherboard - ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z78
Memory - Kingston 16GB HYPERX BEAST 2400MHz
graphics card - 4GB GEFORCE GTX 770
primary drive - 180GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD
secondary drive - 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s
power - 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES TX650 V2-80 PLUS BRONZE
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i CPU Cooler
OS - Windows 7 ultimate 64bit (already owned)
warranty - silver

comes to about £1600 (about as much as i can stretch to)

Anything in particular you guys think i should change for better value/stability/quality and or better ways to go, kinda think i might be going a bit over the top...

thanks in advance!
 
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keynes

keynes

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Stability - not overclocking the cpu if it is mainly for gaming. What motherboard are you selecting? The higher memory bandwidth is not going to provide any benefits for gaming, 1600mhz will be fine and you could benefit from a caviar black as the secondary drive.
 
bigben

bigben

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Hi,

Is it just for gaming?
If yes then I would drop CPU to i5 and not bother with the overclock.
RAM to to 8gb

How many screens? If only gaming on 1 monitor then the 2gb gtx 770 would be just as good.

Upgrade the secondary drive to a Caviar Black

What motherboard have you chosen? If it is SLI capable then I would upgrade the PSU.

Hope this helps
 
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m_baker55

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yeah mostly for gaming, would like to run the CAD/CAM software from my work as well.
will just be on the 1 monitor and dont have present ambitions with SLI but would like the option in the future, one of the reasons i aimed high was so that it would last me a bit longer in terms of future proofing
 
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m_baker55

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ok i have revised the spec based on the suggestions made will save about £100, thanks for the input thus far. What do you guys think?

Case
CORSAIR VENGEANCE® C70 BLACK MID-TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770k (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Free Item
FREE GRID 2 GAME with 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-4670K & i7-4770K!
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z87: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£79)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£69)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,426.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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m_baker55

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The case seems to be in stock now so just doing some tweaking

changing from the 4770k to the 4770
the CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE to allow me to SLI in the future
the Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler as not overclocking

not sure about mother board, either going with ASUS® Z87-A or the sabertooth

i think i might need to include an operating system (probably windows 7 home premium 64bit) as the disk i have for windows 7 ultimate 64bit is just an upgrade disk and im not sure how many times i can use it/which versions it upgrades from.

those tweaks bring it to £1,452.00

what do you guys think?
 
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m_baker55

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if everything else is looking good i think thats me done then, might add a 27" IIYAMA G2773HS Pro Gamer Monitor as ive started getting these rapid clicking noises coming from my current one which could well spell doom even though its only 3 months old!

really appreciate the advice so thanks again
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
If it is 3 months olds it should still be under warranty. The pro gamer is a 120hz panel, for your set up a 60hz will be a good and cheaper choice. Not sure if PCS still stocks the Iiyama 27' monitor .
 
vanthus

vanthus

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m_baker55 said:
if everything else is looking good i think thats me done then, might add a 27" IIYAMA G2773HS Pro Gamer Monitor as ive started getting these rapid clicking noises coming from my current one which could well spell doom even though its only 3 months old!

really appreciate the advice so thanks again
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The IIYAMA G2773HS 27" Pro Gamer Monitor is still available from PCS,but as mentioned if your monitor is only 3 months old it should still be under some sort of warranty.
 
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m_baker55

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yeah should be able to get my money back if it goes pop, the reason why i was thinking the pro gamer one was i was reading some of the other threads which suggested the 120hz panel would be preferable with SLI so going for that one would set me up for when i upgrade to SLI down the line
 
keynes

keynes

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m_baker55 said:
yeah should be able to get my money back if it goes pop, the reason why i was thinking the pro gamer one was i was reading some of the other threads which suggested the 120hz panel would be preferable with SLI so going for that one would set me up for when i upgrade to SLI down the line
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You could benefit from a 120hz panel if you get a sli set up, my monitor has the option to change between 60hz and 120hz and to be honest I can't tell the difference.
 
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