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KraZz3D
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I have just recently got a job as a junior web designer and I'm also at tech studying IT, doing programming and web animation and networking, along with lots of other stuff.

this will be my first ever build and I'm not a complete noob but just want to make sure that this will do what i need it to do and not stutter or slow down, plus will also be playing games as well and sort of want it to be future proofed, i'm not looking to do any custom watercooling but will probably upgrade ram to 16gb in the future.

I will be using this for web design, photoshop, bit of programming and gaming.

 

motherboard is: Asus z97 maximus VII ranger 

procesoor: i7 4790K

Cooling: corsair h80i

Ram: corsair vengeance 2 x 4GB sticks

SSD: crucial mx100 256GB

HDD: 1TB seagate

PSU: 650W evga supernova g1 full modular 80 plus gold

GPU: EVGA gtx970 superclocked 4GB

case: corsair obsidian 450D

Fans: corsair sp120 quiet edition, high pressure

 

mouse: corsair m45

keyboard: corsair k70

 

any feed back will be great :-)

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Moar RAM.

For real though. Photoshop loves RAM. Also, you might want to look into getting a small SSD to use as a scratch disk, if you do a lot of writing to/from it.

I have a friend who constantly fills up his hard drive while editing, the files getting to around 20gb in size.

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I have just recently got a job as a junior web designer and I'm also at tech studying IT, doing programming and web animation and networking, along with lots of other stuff.

this will be my first ever build and I'm not a complete noob but just want to make sure that this will do what i need it to do and not stutter or slow down, plus will also be playing games as well and sort of want it to be future proofed, i'm not looking to do any custom watercooling but will probably upgrade ram to 16gb in the future.

I will be using this for web design, photoshop, bit of programming and gaming.

 

motherboard is: Asus z97 maximus VII ranger 

procesoor: i7 4790K

Cooling: corsair h80i

Ram: corsair vengeance 2 x 4GB sticks

SSD: crucial mx100 256GB

HDD: 1TB seagate

PSU: 650W evga supernova g1 full modular 80 plus gold

GPU: EVGA gtx970 superclocked 4GB

case: corsair obsidian 450D

Fans: corsair sp120 quiet edition, high pressure

 

mouse: corsair m45

keyboard: corsair k70

 

any feed back will be great :-)

Drop the Maximus if you are not going to use all feature it provided, get a MSI Z97 G45 or Gaming 5 instead

Moar Ram, any 2x8GB Ram for a total of 16GB should be fine

Dont get the 80i, if you are going with AIO Water cooler, get a 240mm radiator one like H110, Kraken X61, H220-X, else go back to air cooler like 212 EVO or Dark Rock Pro 3

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What is your budget?

 

 

Moar RAM.

For real though. Photoshop loves RAM. Also, you might want to look into getting a small SSD to use as a scratch disk, if you do a lot of writing to/from it.

I have a friend who constantly fills up his hard drive while editing, the files getting to around 20gb in size.

 

at the minute i'm not sure lol I basically just taking it out on finance, but at the minute my basket is at £1400 and not really wanting to go any further.

I wouldn't be doing very heavy stuff in photoshop and to be honest won't be using it very much

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at the minute i'm not sure lol I basically just taking it out on finance, but at the minute my basket is at £1400 and not really wanting to go any further.

I wouldn't be doing very heavy stuff in photoshop and to be honest won't be using it very much

 

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CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£84.12 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£125.20 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  (£69.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£52.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£52.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£288.72 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£66.54 @ More Computers) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Red 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£8.54 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fans  (£14.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  (£69.12 @ CCL Computers) 
Mouse: Cooler Master Mizar Wired Laser Mouse  (£33.42 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1201.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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at the minute i'm not sure lol I basically just taking it out on finance, but at the minute my basket is at £1400 and not really wanting to go any further.

I wouldn't be doing very heavy stuff in photoshop and to be honest won't be using it very much

This is what you could do with 1300GBP :P

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£243.99 @ Ebuyer)

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£109.96 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£116.41 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£274.96 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£274.96 @ Aria PC)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1324.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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So... yeah, drop 1 GTX 970 and get whatever keyboard/mouse you want, save the rest for future upgrade I suppose~

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This is what you could do with 1300GBP :P

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£243.99 @ Ebuyer)

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£109.96 @ Aria PC)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£94.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£116.41 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£274.96 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£274.96 @ Aria PC)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1324.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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So... yeah, drop 1 GTX 970 and get whatever keyboard/mouse you want, save the rest for future upgrade I suppose~

 

that seems awesome lol but I don't have that sort of money up front :( looking to just get it on finance, to impatient to save up and buy everything just want it NOW!!! haha 

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that seems awesome lol but I don't have that sort of money up front :( looking to just get it on finance, to impatient to save up and buy everything just want it NOW!!! haha

Didnt you say you have 1400GBP Budget? either way dropping 1 970 should drop the price to around 1050 GBP, and if you dont feel comfortable with an AIO Cooler and want an air cooler instead, getting a 212 EVO will save you another 70-80GBP

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that seems awesome lol but I don't have that sort of money up front :( looking to just get it on finance, to impatient to save up and buy everything just want it NOW!!! haha 

 

Save up your money. It's worth it.

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Save up your money. It's worth it.

 

I would but I'm to impatient and want a pc lol at the minute im using a crappy laptop that is on its death bed and takes forever at doing anything, so kind of need a computer asap so i don't lose anything or get left behind in assignments with tech and other stuff

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CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK NEMESIS 70.2 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£51.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 


Storage: A-Data S599 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.26 @ Amazon UK) 


Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.96 @ Aria PC) 



Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SCF-14025KK-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£7.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SCF-14025KK-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£7.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Case Fan: BitFenix BFF-SCF-14025KK-RP 47.7 CFM 140mm  Fan  (£7.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: Corsair K70 RGB (£138.84)

Other: Logitech G502 (£61.80)

Total: £1268.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This seems to be worthy. Corsair K70 RGB and Logitech G502. Nice quiet system with extra fans and a quiet case and CPU cooler.

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