Custom Built PC Evaluation

[Creadon]

I'm thinking of buying a new computer at the end of this month.

 

I have been looking around and decided i want a BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Case, because of convenience and style! I also want a relatively quiet system.

 

Specs:

 

Power Supply - Corsair CS 650M, 650W PSU

 

Processor - Intel Core i7-4770K

 

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 780 Gaming 3GB PhysX

 

Water Cooling - Corsair H60 Hydro Series CPU Cooler

 

Motherboard - ASUS Z97I-PLUS, Socket-1150

 

Memory - Corsair DDR3 16GB 1600MHz Low Profile

 

SSD - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB BK OEM

 

Storage - WD Desktop Green 1TB WD10EZRX

 

OS - Microsoft 8.1 64-bit

 

Looking for advice and information!

 

-Creadon

[SAV1OUR]

budget? 

location? 

uses? 

use the quote button if you want my help 

[Izaya Orihara]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay.

May I ask you where you will be buying these parts/ where you are located? If you live in America do you have a Microcenter near by? Also what is your budget and what do you need included in the budget other than the pc alone? And what will you be using the PC for? 

[Creadon]

 

 

 

use the quote button if you want my help 

 

 

Hello and welcome to the forum.

 

 

This computer will mainly be used for gaming and school work.

 

I am located in Norway

 

My budget is around 15000kr - 2000 Dollars

 

 

I will be using a company named Komplett, the company is a Scandinavian based company providing good customer service. a three year warranty on your purchase and free repair if the hardware faults within the warranty time.

[SAV1OUR]

This computer will mainly be used for gaming and school work.

 

I am located in Norway

 

My budget is around 15000kr - 2000 Dollars

 

 

I will be using a company named Komplett, the company is a Scandinavian based company providing good customer service. a three year warranty on your purchase and free repair if the hardware faults within the warranty time.

what do you mean by school work? editing rendering etc 

[Creadon]

what do you mean by school work? editing rendering etc 

 

Microsoft Office - Writing Essays, using Excel. Editing and rendering. Also hosting servers for me and my friends to play on if needed. And last is perhaps streaming videogames.. Last one is just a possibility. The rest are certain.

[SAV1OUR]

Microsoft Office - Writing Essays, using Excel. Editing and rendering. Also hosting servers for me and my friends to play on if needed. And last is perhaps streaming videogames.. Last one is just a possibility. The rest are certain.

well looks fine then however if you want to save some money or get a better psu that's quieter the cx is kinda loud from my experience you can change to a 550w and that will be more then enough for a single gpu with an over clock on both the cpu and gpu  

[Creadon]

the cx is kinda loud from my experience

 

Did you mean CS or are you thinking of another PSU?

[SAV1OUR]

Did you mean CS or are you thinking of another PSU?

oh sorry my bad there's two psus from corsair starting with c cs and cx sorry for the confusion 

[Creadon]

oh sorry my bad

 

No problem, so it's a good to go from your part?

[Izaya Orihara]

Microsoft Office - Writing Essays, using Excel. Editing and rendering. Also hosting servers for me and my friends to play on if needed. And last is perhaps streaming videogames.. Last one is just a possibility. The rest are certain.

Ok first up that site is messy. Tell those people to make a better job at cleaninh up their website. 

 

 

What I came up with

 

Case: Bitfenix Prodgiy M (It's an mATX version of the original prodgiy. It's the exact same size) 

https://www.komplett.no/bitfenix-prodigy-m-sort/804053

 

Motherboard: MSI Gaming z97 M

https://www.komplett.no/msi-z97m-gaming-socket-1150/815067

 

CPU: Intel i7 4770k.

https://www.komplett.no/intel-core-i7-4770k/780483

Ram: HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz 16GB Black

https://www.komplett.no/hyperx-fury-ddr3-1866mhz-16gb-black/812885

 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i (fits in the top however you will need mto remove the 5,25 inch bay)

https://www.komplett.no/corsair-h100i-hydro-series-cpu-kjler/769177

 

Fans for the radiator: 2x Corsair 120mm SP Series Quiet Edition fans with PWM controll.

https://www.komplett.no/corsair-sp120-pwm-quiet-edt-120mm/779885

 

PSU: Corsair RM Series 650 Watt 80+ Gold and fully modular

https://www.komplett.no/corsair-rm650-650w-psu/796966

 

HDD: WD Green 2TB

https://www.komplett.no/wd-desktop-green-2tb/760514

 

SSD:840 EVO 250 GB

https://www.komplett.no/samsung-ssd-840-evo-250gb-bk-oem/791618

 

GPU: MSI Gaming GTX 780 with the Twin Frozr Gaming cooler 

https://www.komplett.no/msi-geforce-gtx-780-gaming-3gb-physx/790483

 

Windows: Windows 8.1 

(what ever version you need) 

 

 

Total: 14749. 75 including Windows.

[SAV1OUR]

No problem, so it's a good to go from your part?

yep its also good id also look into @lzaya orihara 's he know what hes doing its just harder for me because i don't know how to navigate the site due to language difficulties  

[Creadon]

Ok first up that site is messy.

 

Thanks for the help, but a lot of these parts isn't in the custom built pc config. They have no "Complete Gamer" offer with the Prodigy M Case.

 

I am not confident nor experienced enough to start making my own rig, maybe in the future.

[Izaya Orihara]

Thanks for the help, but a lot of these parts isn't in the custom built pc config. They have no "Complete Gamer" offer with the Prodigy M Case.

 

I am not confident nor experienced enough to start making my own rig, maybe in the future.

it's so easy a child could do it. Plug the thing into the thing, There nothing complicated about it. 

[Creadon]

it's so easy a child could do it. Plug the thing into the thing, There nothing complicated about it. 

 Maybe so, but i'd rather have a warranty if anything goes wrong than sit there and not know what to do when either something goes wrong, or i do something wrong.

[Izaya Orihara]

 Maybe so, but i'd rather have a warranty if anything goes wrong than sit there and not know what to do when either something goes wrong, or i do something wrong.

First you have warranty and the different parts so you do have warranty, Also it's so siimple. if it does not go in easily it's not the correct one. Also thanks for wasting a half hour of my time then,

[SAV1OUR]

Thanks for the help, but a lot of these parts isn't in the custom built pc config. They have no "Complete Gamer" offer with the Prodigy M Case.

 

I am not confident nor experienced enough to start making my own rig, maybe in the future.

watch this pretty easy 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Js2A1qdB8

[Norwegiantweaker]

budget? 

location? 

uses? 

use the quote button if you want my help 

no

[Creadon]

Also thanks for wasting a half hour of my time then,

 

No problem, thanks for the help anyway. Even if you felt your efforts were in vain.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

I'm thinking of buying a new computer at the end of this month.

 

I have been looking around and decided i want a BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Case, because of convenience and style! I also want a relatively quiet system.

 

Specs:

 

Power Supply - Corsair CS 650M, 650W PSU

 

Processor - Intel Core i7-4770K

 

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 780 Gaming 3GB PhysX

 

Water Cooling - Corsair H60 Hydro Series CPU Cooler

 

Motherboard - ASUS Z97I-PLUS, Socket-1150

 

Memory - Corsair DDR3 16GB 1600MHz Low Profile

 

SSD - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB BK OEM

 

Storage - WD Desktop Green 1TB WD10EZRX

 

OS - Microsoft 8.1 64-bit

 

Looking for advice and information!

 

-Creadon

 

I'm not sure to what extent you can have them use other parts or if that's even possible, from the comments I understand that this is a pre-built system? Something that's not clear from your original post. All in all it's a decent built, but if you want a quiet system and you can have them switch out some things providing you have the budget for this, I'd do the following. 

 

PSU: RM650

GPU: ASUS DirectCUII 3GB 780 

Case: the normal Prodigy that's mITX is fine and IMO better then the Prodigy M, it gives you more room in the case and a horizontally mounted motherboard which is something you don't see everyday.

Memory: what memory are they giving you? I'd go with Red Vengeance Pro 16 GB

Storage: 2.5" HDD, as this along with a SSD can be mounted to the front side of the motherboard platform.

Cooler: Why not get an air cooler, because the motherboard is mounted horizontally it'll mean no additional stress on the motherboard, an air cooler with a 200mm fan in the front and 120 mm fan in the back will give you great airflow and a quiet system. NH-D14 or NH-D15 from Noctua, Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 or EVO 212.

[Creadon]

I understand that this is a pre-built system? Something that's not clear from your original post.

 

I looked around in the forums and i found the DIY PC post - 

• Custom PC builds – These come in two options from specialist hardware retailers such as NCIX and PC Case Gear. They can be designed and assembled by the retailer and often come with warranty for the build as well as the individual parts warranty. You can also select your own parts and have the retailer assemble the system for you for a fee. This also often includes the peace of mind of a warranty.

I thought stating custom built pc was clear enough, if not i'm sorry fot that.

 

Wouldn't investing in a water cooler be better if i was to overclock in the future?

 

Custom built PC's isn't very widespread here in norway. The market is small and it is hard to get certain parts.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

I looked around in the forums and i found the DIY PC post - 

• Custom PC builds – These come in two options from specialist hardware retailers such as NCIX and PC Case Gear. They can be designed and assembled by the retailer and often come with warranty for the build as well as the individual parts warranty. You can also select your own parts and have the retailer assemble the system for you for a fee. This also often includes the peace of mind of a warranty.

I thought stating custom built pc was clear enough, if not i'm sorry fot that.

 

Wouldn't investing in a water cooler be better if i was to overclock in the future?

 

Custom built PC's isn't very widespread here in norway. The market is small and it is hard to get certain parts.

High end CPU air coolers are just as good as most all in one coolers and with less points of failure, even when overclocking. If you want an all in one cooler I'd invest in a bigger, better one like the H100i, it will fit ( https://pcpartpicker.com/b/Q9dCmG ) Only bigger AIO's will give you significantly better 7-9 C lower CPU temps vs air coolers.

 

This is the built I'm making for my friend when the i7-4790K and the ASUS Impact VII come out. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/smnLwP

 

I've always wanted to go to Norway, maybe I can next year .

 

Edit: check out the performance of the H60 vs the NH-D14. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6830/cpu-air-cooler-roundup-six-coolers-from-noctua-silverstone-and-cooler-master/4

[Creadon]

I've always wanted to go to Norway, maybe I can next year .

 

There is still three weeks before i can even consider ordering this. Thanks for the help! I will ponder about what you've said and talk with the company about what they can do, and what they recommend as well.

 

Norway is awesome, it's really warm and sunny!

[willamis72]

Thanks for the help, but a lot of these parts isn't in the custom built pc config. They have no "Complete Gamer" offer with the Prodigy M Case.

I am not confident nor experienced enough to start making my own rig, maybe in the future.

If you aren't feeling so good about building your own PC, just watch a few of the build guides that Linus has made. You will have the part warranty on everything so you shouldn't have a problem there. Also, if you follow along with a guide and just do what Linus does, your PC wi turn out fine.

[lv0ll9]

This computer will mainly be used for gaming and school work.

 

I am located in Norway

 

My budget is around 15000kr - 2000 Dollars

 

 

I will be using a company named Komplett, the company is a Scandinavian based company providing good customer service. a three year warranty on your purchase and free repair if the hardware faults within the warranty time.

Maybe get some stronger then the H60 if you are going with a 4770K