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To start with here is my basic plan so far

 


 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£244.94 @ Aria PC) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£87.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team Xtreem 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2666 Memory  (£118.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£239.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £731.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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and these are the components I already have bought 

 

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3167294.htm

 

Worth noting here that in the UK at least most cases sold by argos come with a psu though I wont know which one till it comes through, it will be 750 watts but the call center didn't hold details beyond what is listed on the site. I am hopping that it is one of either the coolermaster or evga psu's listed on their site. Now my total budget is £890 which cannot be extended not even by £0.01 and with the case/psu now bought the remainder for internals is £802.01

 

Now i'm not going to change from the i7 4790k but I am open to suggestions for the motherboard and ram, though the ram must be 16 gig as I am currently maxing out my 8 gig set (cant reuse as some of the budget is selling current computer to brother) my thinking so far is to get the team extreme ram and underclock it. I also need a full version of widows so total price can not ignore it.

 

Finally dose anyone have any hands on experience with the seidon 120v regarding a good swap for a quieter fan but same temp range?

 

Edit: So turns out that the argos thing is a major typo on argos's website and catalogs as I had bought the case having first asking and the sales person confirming it would come with a psu they are sending me a

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3148828.htm for free. If you can order before they change the page and save a copy of the page as proof you can probably get the same deal or a £60 refund

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£213.57 @ PC World Business) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.38 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.68 @ More Computers) 

Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£106.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Aria PC) 


Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£261.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 


Total: £876.82

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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you can get rid of the SSD and have the total price falling at your previous range 

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£213.57 @ PC World Business) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.38 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.68 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£106.40 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£261.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £876.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-01 17:50 GMT+0000
 
you can get rid of the SSD and have the total price falling at your previous range 

 

 

As I said above it has to be the i7 4790k or 4770K might be aceptable also to re-iterate the parts I have

 

Case CM690 III

Cooler Seidon 120v

PSU 750 watt (Brand yet unknown)

 

Edit: Having re-read this comment it sounds slightly mean, I had no intention of it being mean so if anyone was upset I apologize.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£244.94 @ Aria PC) 

Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  (£3.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£106.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 



Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£249.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Total: £753.94

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This is my new plan as I have heard the asrock I had previously selected has some issues however I would love advice as the Mobo is the part I have both been having trouble following and difficulty finding the reviews for

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Not being a i5/i7 nazi but why would you need i7 for gaming anyway? Most game won't utilize its hyperthreading, you can go for an unlocked i5 and put an SSD in your build

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Not being a i5/i7 nazi but why would you need i7 for gaming anyway? Most game won't utilize its hyperthreading, you can go for an unlocked i5 and put an SSD in your build

 

You see I actually do utilize the hyper threading so between an i5 and i7 the i7 will leave me happier. To note my current rig has an i72600 (I paid for the 2600k but when i did a destructive os reset it started listing as the 2600 instead damn you dell) and the cpu is providing an occasional bottleneck. Could the CPU bottle-necking be related to this name change?

 

Oh and i said it in an edit to the first post but the PSU is http://www.argos.co....ber/3148828.htm 

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You see I actually do utilize the hyper threading so between an i5 and i7 the i7 will leave me happier. To note my current rig has an i72600 (I paid for the 2600k but when i did a destructive os reset it started listing as the 2600 instead damn you dell) and the cpu is providing an occasional bottleneck.

Well, in that case you might want to spend on an aftermarket cooler if you want to OC later

 

Still I would advise against i7 in the 750 ~ 800 pounds range, but it's your money anyway

Scarlet Knight: Intel Core i3 6100 || Antec A40 Pro CPU Cooler || MSI Z170A Gaming M5 || Kingston HyperX 16GB DDR4-2133MHz || Samsung 850 Evo 120GB || Seagate Barracuda 1TB || Gigabyte G1 Gaming R9 390X 8GB || Seasonic M12II 620W || In Win 503 || Corsair Strafe || Steelseries Kinzu V3 MSI Edition || Dell UltraSharp U2414H || Xiaomi Alumunium Mouse Pad (S)

 

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Well, in that case you might want to spend on an aftermarket cooler if you want to OC later

 

Still I would advise against i7 in the 750 ~ 800 pounds range, but it's your money anyway

 

The case I bought came with an AIO water cooler good enough for a moderate Over Clock and the Cpu im planing is one of either 4790K for £244 or 4770 for £219

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I really just need to know the best price-performance mobo so I can start ordering parts in budget (where I live in England there are literally no hardware stores save for Maplins)

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The case I bought came with an AIO water cooler good enough for a moderate Over Clock and the Cpu im planing is one of either 4790K for £244 or 4770 for £219

Get the K, with the AIO cooler you can push it for more power by overclocking

Scarlet Knight: Intel Core i3 6100 || Antec A40 Pro CPU Cooler || MSI Z170A Gaming M5 || Kingston HyperX 16GB DDR4-2133MHz || Samsung 850 Evo 120GB || Seagate Barracuda 1TB || Gigabyte G1 Gaming R9 390X 8GB || Seasonic M12II 620W || In Win 503 || Corsair Strafe || Steelseries Kinzu V3 MSI Edition || Dell UltraSharp U2414H || Xiaomi Alumunium Mouse Pad (S)

 

#Gadget: 

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Console: PlayStation 4 500GB CUH-1206A

Tablet: iPad Air 2 16GB Wi-fi Only

Laptop: MSI GE62 (i7 4720HQ || 8GB DDR3 || NVIDIA GTX960M || Samsung 650 EVO 120GB + 1TB HDD)

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Get the K, with the AIO cooler you can push it for more power by overclocking

 

 oops i meant 4770k forgot the k so its a mater of affording an appropriate mobo then choosing which of the two i can afford also if your curious the AIO is the Cooler master Seidon 120v

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 oops i meant 4770k forgot the k so its a mater of affording an appropriate mobo then choosing which of the two i can afford also if your curious the AIO is the Cooler master Seidon 120v

If there's little no difference between 4770K and 4790K I suggest going for the newer one

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Phone: BlackBerry Classic Q20, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 S-LTE SM-N916S

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Tablet: iPad Air 2 16GB Wi-fi Only

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Basically what i was thinking also but with the tight budget if a decent mobo is too much id have to scale back to the older one

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Part list update, Owned:

Case £87.99 http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3167294.htm

PSU £0.00 (free with case) http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3148828.htm

Motherboard £70.26 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H4535Q0/ref=pe_385721_51767431_TE_dp_1

Ram £119 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J8E8Y5C/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item

 

Remaining budget: £612.75

Components left to buy:

 

CPU i7 4790k

Graphics Card GTX 970 (hopefully EVGA Superclocked)

HDD 1TB

Windows 7/8 depending on which I can get cheaper

Possibly SSD 120GB if budget stretches far enough

Maby a Noctua NF:F12

 

Will likely be buying HDD and CPU Friday if anyone knows some good low prices.

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Also I know the PSU is not the best but with the approx maximum load being about 370 watts I will get about 87-89% efficiency out of it, and when you consider the 5 year warranty If it dose fail in two years as some have done I can at least get a replacement.

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So build is now functional though missing the graphics card, likely wont get that till January now, and temporarily running Ubuntu (hate it). Now I am having a slight issue the cpu i7-4790k idles at between 26 and 30 Celsius but quickly jumps to 60-70 under even the slightest load and can climb to the 90 degree range quickly if I am not careful I am using a corsair seidon 120v cooler, could this issue be caused if I have too much thermal paste installed (I normally use the stock Intel coolers so struggle with proper paste application) or do I need to try something else to get the temps to behave?

 

On a strange note can run FTL:Faster Than Light without heating up and minecraft at 60fps max graphics at about 40 Celsius but Chrome, Steam, Desktop etc all cause these random spikes

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Build all but finished now GPU should be coming next month and windows is installed. Solved the overheating problem for the most part now, though the system fan isn't speeding up to with cpu load (talking to gigabyte to figure out the problem) the chip temperature maxes at 90c so if I can get the fan working properly should manage 75c-80c. managed to hit an idle temp of 15c when i forced the fan to run. Decided not to overclock at the moment, might buy a pentium anniversary edition to practice with as I don't want to destroy the i7. 

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