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So I've been planning this build, watching videos by Linus for advice.  thank-you-linus.gif

 

 

 

 

I'm looking for advice from you guys to see if I've made a good enough build. I apologise that it isn't a list on PCPartPicker - it's down for me just now. All advice is appreciated. 

 

CPU: Intel i5 4690K - Z97 chipset, and I've heard good things about it.

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 - Again, heard good things about it, roughly the same price as the 212 EVO and it's bigger. Although I will be upgrading to a closed loop cooler (H105?) on my birthday.

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB - WD Blue drives are good for my needs.

Solid State Drive: None as of now

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 1866 2x4GB - goes with my "colour scheme" and it looks really nice. RAM is RAM, I believe it does the job.

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 - I think it's very good looking and it is right in my price range.

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 - I think this is gonna "future proof" me for a while. All I've seen is outstanding benchmarks

Case: Corsair C70 Vengeance - I've already bought this. It may be a marmite case but I travel to my friends and my dads a lot by bus, so the handles are what I need - I didn't want to do a smaller build. I've heard it has good air flow too. And I'm changing the goddamn window.

Power Supply: Also purchased. EVGA Supernova NEX 650W Gold Fully Modular - Gold and fully modular. What else can I ask for?

Monitor: This. It is 1080p, has 2ms response time and DAT BEZEL THOUGH http://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-E2461FWH-23-6-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00B2HA42Y/ref=pd_cp_computers_2#productDetails

Headset: Corsair Raptor HS40

 

I plan to buy all of this near christmas (black friday I'm looking at you!), and on my birthday which is 3 months after I plan to upgrade case fans, cpu cooler and I'll probable buy an SSD as a boot drive. To be honest I don't mind about boot times too much as long as it doesn't take like 5 minutes.

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So I've been planning this build, watching videos by Linus for advice.  thank-you-linus.gif

 

 

 

 

I'm looking for advice from you guys to see if I've made a good enough build. I apologise that it isn't a list on PCPartPicker - it's down for me just now. All advice is appreciated. 

 

CPU: Intel i5 4690K - Z97 chipset, and I've heard good things about it.

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 - Again, heard good things about it, roughly the same price as the 212 EVO and it's bigger. Although I will be upgrading to a closed loop cooler (H105?) on my birthday.

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB - WD Blue drives are good for my needs.

Solid State Drive: None as of now

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 1866 2x4GB - goes with my "colour scheme" and it looks really nice. RAM is RAM, I believe it does the job.

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 - I think it's very good looking and it is right in my price range.

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 970 - I think this is gonna "future proof" me for a while. All I've seen is outstanding benchmarks

Case: Corsair C70 Vengeance - I've already bought this. It may be a marmite case but I travel to my friends and my dads a lot by bus, so the handles are what I need - I didn't want to do a smaller build. I've heard it has good air flow too. And I'm changing the goddamn window.

Power Supply: Also purchased. EVGA Supernova NEX 650W Gold Fully Modular - Gold and fully modular. What else can I ask for?

Monitor: This. It is 1080p, has 2ms response time and DAT BEZEL THOUGH http://www.amazon.co.uk/AOC-E2461FWH-23-6-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00B2HA42Y/ref=pd_cp_computers_2#productDetails

Headset: Corsair Raptor HS40

 

I plan to buy all of this near christmas (black friday I'm looking at you!), and on my birthday which is 3 months after I plan to upgrade case fans, cpu cooler and I'll probable buy an SSD as a boot drive. To be honest I don't mind about boot times too much as long as it doesn't take like 5 minutes.

Looking good there, although I cant agree with leaving the SSD out in a build like this.

Also... if you are going to upgrading to an AIO water cooler for the CPU anyway, dont buy the Shadow Rock 2. Just use the stock fan that coome with the CPU while waiting for the H105. If you are not OC or only low level OC the CPU then stock fan work perfectly fine. Dont waste money on smt you will throw away soon :P

And honestly, get a SSD, now :3

My rig: Intel Core i7 4790k | MSI Z97 PC Mate | GSKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 1866MHz | ADATA Premier SP550 480GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB  | MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 | Thermaltake Versa N21 | Corsair CX550M Semi Modular PSU | AOC G2460PF 144Hz | Logitech G502 | GSKILL Ripjaws KM780  | GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS V2  PCPartPicker | Old Build Log | New Build Log

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Lazy person  :P

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£171.54 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 Channel Headset  (£41.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: AOC E2462FWH (£115.65)
Total: £915.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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i would get a fx 8350 with a Samsung 840 evo instead

 

A i5 fits so nicely into this budget, and I dont want to start an AMD vs Intel battle, but the 4690k is a bit better than 8350, and he might no need an SSD ;)

 

And @Zauski you dont need the H105, the Shadow Rock 2 is enough

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I wouldn't risk overclocking on the stock fan anyway. What SSD would you recommend? I saw a couple last time I was on PCPartPicker, one from Sandisk and the other from Kingston, both 120GB.

Please quote me next time so I know that you are replying to me :P

For SSD, I'd suggest either an Intel one, or Curcial MX100, Samsung Evo 840 (it have some problem recently but Samsung will give it a firmware update soon), Kingston Hyper X. Sandisk is good too but I cant recall any name ATM... . Just get a 120GB SSD is fine, you mostly just need it for the OS and 1-2 games at most. Games should usually be install on a HDD unless it's single player and the loading time is >40-50seconds

My rig: Intel Core i7 4790k | MSI Z97 PC Mate | GSKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 1866MHz | ADATA Premier SP550 480GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB  | MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 | Thermaltake Versa N21 | Corsair CX550M Semi Modular PSU | AOC G2460PF 144Hz | Logitech G502 | GSKILL Ripjaws KM780  | GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS V2  PCPartPicker | Old Build Log | New Build Log

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Lazy person  :P

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£171.54 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 Channel Headset  (£41.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: AOC E2462FWH (£115.65)
Total: £915.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I actually have the list saved on PCPartPicker haha, but it keeps saying URL invalid. Can't even enter the US one

i would get a fx 8350 with a Samsung 840 evo instead

I was first looking at the FX-8350, but the work I'll be doing for school - the applications run better on Intel. And I can afford it.

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A i5 fits so nicely into this budget, and I dont want to start an AMD vs Intel battle, but the 4690k is a bit better than 8350, and he might no need an SSD ;)

 

And @Zauski you dont need the H105, the Shadow Rock 2 is enough

but its realy nnice to not have to load for 80 seconds on a BF4 map and booting up is insanely fast

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Please quote me next time so I know that you are replying to me :P

For SSD, I'd suggest either an Intel one, or Curcial MX100, Samsung Evo 840 (it have some problem recently but Samsung will give it a firmware update soon), Kingston Hyper X. Sandisk is good too but I cant recall any name ATM... . Just get a 120GB SSD is fine, you mostly just need it for the OS and 1-2 games at most. Games should usually be install on a HDD unless it's single player and the loading time is >40-50seconds

Sorry, my bad xD. The SSD you have in your sig is reasonably priced for me - how well does it work or you?

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@Zauski if you carry your PC, why dont you build a smaller one?

 

 

Sorry, my bad xD. The SSD you have in your sig is reasonably priced for me - how well does it work or you?

 
The V300 series isnt that good ;)

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A i5 fits so nicely into this budget, and I dont want to start an AMD vs Intel battle, but the 4690k is a bit better than 8350, and he might no need an SSD ;)

 

And @Zauski you dont need the H105, the Shadow Rock 2 is enough

 

I hope to do some overclocking, and I like the look of the H105 >_>. I don't want to say "Just to prove my friend a point" because I do want one but..yeah. xD

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@Zauski if you carry your PC, why dont you build a smaller one?

 

 
 
The V300 series isnt that good ;)

 

 

I wanted a full ATX build - I don't like the other form factors. I'm a freak when it comes to air flow and I get paranoid about it

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I hope to do some overclocking, and I like the look of the H105 >_>. I don't want to say "Just to prove my friend a point" because I do want one but..yeah. xD

 

Then dont waste your money on the be quiet cooler, get a Hyper 212 EVO ;)

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Sorry, my bad xD. The SSD you have in your sig is reasonably priced for me - how well does it work or you?

Technically wise, the V300 isnt as fast and good of a SSD as those other I listed up there. But it's still an SSD, and to me it work flawlessly :P My computer boot up faster than I can grab a drink from the refrigerator about 5 step away from me and come back :P

My rig: Intel Core i7 4790k | MSI Z97 PC Mate | GSKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 1866MHz | ADATA Premier SP550 480GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB  | MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 | Thermaltake Versa N21 | Corsair CX550M Semi Modular PSU | AOC G2460PF 144Hz | Logitech G502 | GSKILL Ripjaws KM780  | GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS V2  PCPartPicker | Old Build Log | New Build Log

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Added the SSD, if you can do £970 (GPU), great :D

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£171.54 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 Channel Headset  (£41.38 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: AOC E2462FWH (£115.65)
Total: £970.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Technically wise, the V300 isnt as fast and good of a SSD as those other I listed up there. But it's still an SSD, and to me it work flawlessly :P My computer boot up faster than I can grab a drink from the refrigerator about 5 step away from me and come back :P

Would either of these do? Near the same price as the V300.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BQ4F9ZA/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0093HMKVI/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

I didnt know xD

I might just get the 212 EVO so I don't have to risk the cooler interfering with RAM. I've heard it's a soul destroying moment.

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Would either of these do? Near the same price as the V300.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BQ4F9ZA/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0093HMKVI/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

The M500 is the best one ;)

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Does it compete with the Samsung one? £5 difference

I dont know enough about those other 2 you listed so I cant make a recommend there :P

M500 is really good, but the Evo is the one ppl usually go for. It do have some problem ATM, but the new firmware update in about 9-10 days should fixed it

My rig: Intel Core i7 4790k | MSI Z97 PC Mate | GSKILL Ripjaws X 16GB 1866MHz | ADATA Premier SP550 480GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB  | MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 | Thermaltake Versa N21 | Corsair CX550M Semi Modular PSU | AOC G2460PF 144Hz | Logitech G502 | GSKILL Ripjaws KM780  | GAMDIAS HEPHAESTUS V2  PCPartPicker | Old Build Log | New Build Log

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I dont know enough about those other 2 you listed so I cant make a recommend there :P

M500 is really good, but the Evo is the one ppl usually go for. It do have some problem ATM, but the new firmware update in about 9-10 days should fixed it

 

Yeah, I think that the £5 are well worth it ;)

 

From the reviews I've just looked at, the Evo is basically teabagging the M500 in a lot of situations. Evo it is!

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Please quote me next time so I know that you are replying to me :P

For SSD, I'd suggest either an Intel one, or Curcial MX100, Samsung Evo 840 (it have some problem recently but Samsung will give it a firmware update soon), Kingston Hyper X. Sandisk is good too but I cant recall any name ATM... . Just get a 120GB SSD is fine, you mostly just need it for the OS and 1-2 games at most. Games should usually be install on a HDD unless it's single player and the loading time is >40-50seconds

my_evos_work_fine

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