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Smithy2402
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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3od8W

 

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These parts will be purchased not long after the build is done:

 

Corsair 750D (Case)

Samsung 120gb 840 EVO / Intel 120gb 530 SSD

 

 

Can you give me your opinions on the build and tell me if I should go Samsung or Intel SSD.

 

 

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3od8W

 

Reasons:

 

These parts will be purchased not long after the build is done:

 

Corsair 750D (Case)

Samsung 120gb 840 EVO / Intel 120gb 530 SSD

 

 

Can you give me your opinions on the build and tell me if I should go Samsung or Intel SSD.

Go Samsung. Why? Intel may be better in therms of reliability but it's priced way to high. Also for the love of everything get a case in  which the Dark Rock is actually going to fit. (160mm max. But the dark rock is 163mm) And a MSI Gaming Motherboard? Why? Asus's new motherboards are ugly. Also it would be cheaper and go well it the MSI Gaming card 

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Go Samsung. Why? Intel may be better in therms of reliability but it's priced way to high. Also for the love of everything get a case in  which the Dark Rock is actually going to fit. (160mm max. But the dark rock is 163mm) And a MSI Gaming Motherboard? Why? Asus's new motherboards are ugly. Also it would be cheaper and go well it the MSI Gaming card 

I didn't notice the height restrictions! And what do you think of the MSI Z87 MPower Motherboard? 

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You may consider this... It's a great deal http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/geil-memory-gec38gb1333c9dc

I would rather spend the extra money to get 1600 memory speed, and corsair are an amazing company with very reliable products, such as the vengeance memory

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Here small edits on case , on the motherboard and on the OS (you can download windows 8.1 for free if you have Windows 8 so why not save 15 Pounds?)

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

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£166.79 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£65.96 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£62.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£58.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£93.79 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £934.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-08 16:35 BST+0100)
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I would rather spend the extra money to get 1600 memory speed, and corsair are an amazing company with very reliable products, such as the vengeance memory

It's almost 2x as expensive, honestly it would get that and overclock the ram.

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Here small edits on case , on the motherboard and on the OS (you can download windows 8.1 for free if you have Windows 8 so why not save 15 Pounds?)

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

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£166.79 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£65.96 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£62.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£58.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Red/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£93.79 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£85.49 @ Ebuyer) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.93 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £934.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-08 16:35 BST+0100)

 

This is a pretty good setup. Do you think I should get a H440 straight away? Or get a bad one to start off with and upgrade some other thing instead?

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This is a pretty good setup. Do you think I should get a H440 straight away? Or get a bad one to start off with and upgrade some other thing instead?

I'm currentlybuilding a system for a buddy in the H440 and i love this case. I'm still waiting for the PSU and the ram to arrive. 

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IMO, don't bother with the "K" skew processors from Intel. You're actually getting less for a lot more money over the mid-top-end non-K processor as it lacks some of the features. Also, IMO, CPU overclocking with Haswell is not worth the extra money you have to spend on the K processor + a decent cooler. You can get nearly the exact same CPU performance a re-direct that extra $50+ towards the graphics card, where you'll see a far greater benefit.

 

Hence, here is my recommendation: More gaming performance and costs less.

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£137.03 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£87.50 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£62.16 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage:  Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£58.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card:  Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card  (£319.55 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case:  Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.04 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£83.53 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £865.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-08 21:15 BST+0100)

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

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Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

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MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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I have played around a bit and have increased the budget to £1000:

 

CPU:                          Intel Core i5-4670k

CPU Cooler:              Corsair H100i

Motherboard:             Asus Z87-Pro

Memory:                    Corsair Vengeance 8gb 1600 (Gold - to match with the motherboard)

Storage:                     WD Black Series 1TB

Graphics Card:           EVGA GTX 770 SC ACX

Case:                         Fractal Design Define R4

Power Supply:            Corsair RM750

Operating System:     Windows 8.1 64bit

 

Total: £1014.99 (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3pPIV)

 

Is this worth £1000 of my money?

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