5 Year machines need replacing!

[Sentien]

1. Budget & Location - £1300 - Belgium (But using UK prices as partpicker isnt showing alot of parts for EU)

2. Aim - Gaming (Star Citizen is the goal)
3. Monitor - 1 @1080p
4. Peripherals - Yes but future purchases (HOTASS etc...) I will require alot of connectivity
5. Our machines are 5 years old, we treat them well and they have never let us down... until recently. New rigs are a must for future gaming.
 
 
Note: This build is for 3 identical machines, with a few minor exceptions. We will be re-using one case from the original machine (NZXT Phantom) and re-using some storage, essentially though this 'single' list will be the template for all 3 rigs.

 

This is the current setup im aiming for, though its been a long while since ive done a new build. Please feel free to criticise any of the choices!
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£236.34 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£79.15 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£250.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£141.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II  Video Card  (£237.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Primo White ATX Full Tower Case  (£209.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£83.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £1238.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-03 21:10 BST+0100

[Lays]

A 500w PSU is plenty, and you don't need a high end motherboard to play games, a simple $100-200 one will work more than fine.

 

If you want red/black, the hero is a better option IMO.

[harrynowl]

Swap the board for something cheaper such as the Z97-AR and invest that extra money into a R9 290 or a GTX780.

 

Star citizen is mantle right? Would make more sense with 290 or even 290x.

[Guest]

 

1. Budget & Location - £1300 - Belgium (But using UK prices as partpicker isnt showing alot of parts for EU)

2. Aim - Gaming (Star Citizen is the goal)

3. Monitor - 1 @1080p

4. Peripherals - Yes but future purchases (HOTASS etc...) I will require alot of connectivity

5. Our machines are 5 years old, we treat them well and they have never let us down... until recently. New rigs are a must for future gaming.

 

 

Note: This build is for 3 identical machines, with a few minor exceptions. We will be re-using one case from the original machine (NZXT Phantom) and re-using some storage, essentially though this 'single' list will be the template for all 3 rigs.

 

This is the current setup im aiming for, though its been a long while since ive done a new build. Please feel free to criticise any of the choices!

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£236.34 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£79.15 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£250.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£141.19 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II  Video Card  (£237.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Primo White ATX Full Tower Case  (£209.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£83.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £1238.72

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-03 21:10 BST+0100

 

Why the Primo case ? That is way over the top for a H100i cooler. Swap it for the Enthoo Pro.

 

Change the psu to the EVGA Supernova G2 750W.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£236.34 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£81.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£130.45 @ More Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£141.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£359.74 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  (£87.13 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£80.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1117.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-03 21:55 BST+0100

 

 

Do you need any storage ?

[Sentien]

@lee32uk I personally want the Enthoo Primo for the looks + dust filtering capabilites,

and no we currently have 840 Evo Pros on our old machines and will re-use them with the plan of adding a few WD Reds in the future.
 

[Guest]

@lee32uk I personally want the Enthoo Primo for the looks + dust filtering capabilites,

and no we currently have 840 Evo Pros on our old machines and will re-use them with the plan of adding a few WD Reds in the future.

 

The Enthoo Pro has dust filters on all the intakes. The Primo is more suited to a custom loop rather than a AIO cooler. 

[Sentien]

Awesome thanks for the help guys. I'll be doing a newer revision then after some further searching.