How does this build look?

[boopbop]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£231.98 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£75.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£61.76 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  (£399.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case  (£63.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply:  EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  (£54.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1090.32

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 17:33 BST+0100)

 

Does this look ok to everyone, my first ever PC build so a bit apprehensive. Probably about on budget +-£50.

 

Anything you would recommend?

[tryphaa]

use?

[Guest]

I recommend getting a better case, like the Arc Midi R2, or Define R4.

And get the i5 4670K.

[Coombzy]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£231.98 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£75.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£61.76 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  (£399.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case  (£63.97 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply:  EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  (£54.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1090.32

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 17:33 BST+0100)

 

Does this look ok to everyone, my first ever PC build so a bit apprehensive. Probably about on budget +-£50.

 

Anything you would recommend?

 

Depends on the use if its just gaming grab an FX 8320/50 and a 990FX board or the other option a 4670K and the same motherboard.

[ViruZ_HUN]

Get a i5 4670k and if you can get a better case:D

[Coombzy]

Quick edits I prefer this motherboard and if its a gaming build an i5 will be fine also I saw no CPU cooler so I added the best budget one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£91.04 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£75.48 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£61.76 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.24 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  (£399.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£78.89 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  (£54.40 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1055.24

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 17:40 BST+0100)

[Oshino Shinobu]

If it's for gaming, I'd go with a 4670K, 1600/1866MHz RAM, better case and an MSI G45 Gaming

[RML Futuristics]

Hi BoopBop,

 

Overall it looks like a nice build, i would ask the same question as the above, what do you plan to do with the build primarily as that will allow us to best advise you, I would however say I think that your ram speed could be reduced, im not sure if you require that higher clocked ram, maybe lower to 1866, its what i run and for me the jump from 1333 -1866 was not hugely noticeable, i personally like the case, but maybe see if you can move up the obsidian series a little more, try for like a a 450D or 750D it may seem like a lot more money but in the long run the cable management and over build quality will be better. 

 

Hope this helps

 

Sir DrowHunter

[Izaya Orihara]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3j50t

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3j50t/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3j50t/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£65.96 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£91.04 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£89.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card  (£335.98 @ Dabs) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £982.90

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 17:51 BST+0100)

 

Or this PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3j4Vg

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3j4Vg/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3j4Vg/benchmarks/

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£104.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£65.96 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£53.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.99 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card  (£479.98 @ Dabs) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1067.86

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 17:53 BST+0100)

[boopbop]

Thanks guys, sorry forgot to mention that this would primarily be for gaming, but also some video editing, hence why I included the I7. If you were going to get a case, what would you get(for a reasonable price up to £100 ish)?

[boopbop]

Also I was planning on running with the stock cooler for a while and when/if I am ready to overclock then I'd look at getting a decent watercooler.

[hawthorne]

Not a fan of the case, define r4 or nzxt h440 if you want the silence

[boopbop]

Was thinking of getting the Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case, not a fan of the Define R4. But I like the Fractal Arc Midi design.

[boopbop]

Currently looking like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£231.98 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£70.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£61.46 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.68 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  (£399.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£68.99 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply:  EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  (£54.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1090.13

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 20:31 BST+0100)

 

Is the corsair vengeance ram good or is G.Skill equivalent better?

[boopbop]

Sorry for nagging, I don't want to spend lots of money to find that something is rubbish, so does that build above look better than the original or is there anything else you would change?

[Vader]

Sorry for nagging, I don't want to spend lots of money to find that something is rubbish, so does that build above look better than the original or is there anything else you would change?

It looks good

[Megazero]

 

Currently looking like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£231.98 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Aria PC) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£70.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£61.46 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.68 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  (£399.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£68.99 @ Dabs) 

Power Supply:  EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive:  Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  (£54.48 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £1090.13

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-30 20:31 BST+0100)

 

Is the corsair vengeance ram good or is G.Skill equivalent better?

 

 

Again, if you dont do anything other than gaming, you can move back to i4 4670k to save some bucks, and moving from the ASUS Z87-A to MSI Z87-G45 gaming Mobo, partly because of the color scheme, partly because the Z87-A dont OC as good as the Z87-G45 as well as it dont support some feature like the G45. You could also go for a ASRock Z87 Extreme 3 or 4, it good good review. (I'm a bit skeptical on this one since I have never use anything from ASRock before) 

Also do you really need to  spend that much on a Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Read Writer? I seriously dont think you will use it enough time to make the price reasonable.