New Build Opinions?

Arcapse · August 28, 2014

Thoughts and Opinions on this build:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Fp4zXL

Designed for gaming and very lightweight video editing / rendering.

Note that I will replace the 250D with the 380T when it is released.

SirBobson · August 28, 2014

@Arcapse looks pretty good but is the 512GB of SSD storage going to be enough for you?

rambi36 · August 28, 2014

I would downgrade to 8GB of ram and go to the i7 instead. Processing power is more important than the amount of RAM

SirBobson · August 28, 2014

I would downgrade to 8GB of ram and go to the i7 instead. Processing power is more important than the amount of RAM

Good point. Would the hyperthreading (n the i7) also help with editing/rendering?

rambi36 · August 28, 2014

Good point. Would the hyperthreading (n the i7) also help with editing/rendering?

Definetely

August 28, 2014

Good point. Would the hyperthreading (n the i7) also help with editing/rendering?

It will help. It depends on whether the op feels the extra £££ is worth it if He is only doing 'light' editing/rendering.

Arcapse · August 28, 2014

@Arcapse looks pretty good but is the 512GB of SSD storage going to be enough for you?

The one downside of the 380T that Slick mentioned during his review, was that you couldn't fit long PSUs if you had the HDD tray installed, so I've opted to use no HDD and only SSDs to allow for a longer PSU. Hopefully if I uninstall games which I have completed or don't play, I should be fine.

I would downgrade to 8GB of ram and go to the i7 instead. Processing power is more important than the amount of RAM

Isn't the i7 pretty overkill? I'm pretty sure Linus has recommended the 4670K for general gaming use.

SirBobson · August 28, 2014

Isn't the i7 pretty overkill? I'm pretty sure Linus has recommended the 4670K for general gaming use.

As I understand it the i5 4670K is great for gaming and an i7 will not make a big difference in gaming but video editing or rendering the extra virtual threads(in the i7) help

Archangel1994 · August 28, 2014

I would replace the 4670k and the Asus Maximus Impact Mini ITX with the 4690k and a less over the top motherboard to give you that extra money to go I7-4790k (4670 has no advantage over 4690 at all). As for the SSD I would go with the much less expensive option but still high performance of either a Samsung 840 EVO 500GB or Crucial MX100 512GB. As long as the editing is only light then indeed 16GB is not needed and 8GB will suffice. As for the video card I would go R9 290 for the better value and much lower price (£296 as opposed to £383) and if you want a good PSU for higher wattages I do not recommend the CX750 at all. The EVGA G2 750W at a mere £13 more expensive is of much better quality (top-notch) and brings along with it the 10-year EVGA warranty and their epic customer service/products. For a bit more headroom with OC'ing and more devices it is not a bad idea at all to go EVGA G2 850W but the 750W will suffice if you stick to Nvidia cards. Should you still want to go 16GB of RAM then http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct512mx100ssd1 this set is of higher quality and cheaper and quite low profile, for the 8GB option then barely anything beats http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31866c9d8gab at the same price level.