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[Harry£]

I'm fixed on this build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.82 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.77 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£56.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.54 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: N/A

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£59.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £702

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 17:39 GMT+0000

Now I'm looking for a case and a monitor.

The case has to be well cooled by it's default, included fan and vents. The monitor being 120hz and 21.5 or 23-inches. The case preferably costing around £50 and the monitor being reasonable?

[Swndlr]

this is nice and all but why 120hz monitor? just checking mainly because if you dont absolutely need it, then theres really no point.

 

but for a case, if youre on a smaller budget, the define r4 seems nice and not too far out of your price request (a really nice 50 euro case is hard to find, or at least from what ive looked at)

[MrSufyaan]

For the case check out:

http://www.ebuyer.com/391898-fractal-design-define-r4-silent-black-pearl-case-fd-ca-def-r4-bl

http://www.ebuyer.com/265400-coolermaster-silencio-550-queit-atx-case-rc-550-kkn1

 

They are some decent ones.

Try not to go too cheap. I have before and had bad experiences lol.

[Harry£]

this is nice and all but why 120hz monitor? just checking mainly because if you dont absolutely need it, then theres really no point.

 

but for a case, if youre on a smaller budget, the define r4 seems nice and not too far out of your price request (a really nice 50 euro case is hard to find, or at least from what ive looked at)

 

Could you explain what the difference between a 60 and 120hz monitor is? I was told that you can't get more fps than it's hz (60hz=60fps, 120hz=120fps).

 

The case you mentioned looks nice in white but, what do you think of this one? I mean, would it take the heat given out by my components?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cas340ww1

[Swndlr]

Could you explain what the difference between a 60 and 120hz monitor is? I was told that you can't get more fps than it's hz (60hz=60fps, 120hz=120fps).

 

The case you mentioned looks nice in white but, what do you think of this one? I mean, would it take the heat given out by my components?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cas340ww1

thats actually a great case from what ive heard, linus did a video on it if im right.

and basically if you buy a 120/144hz monitor you will be able to see games in higher frames, but only if your hardware will be able to push it that far, most of the time i personally see it to be not worth the money, but feel free to look up some more articles and do your research on it if you really think you wanna go for it.

 

btw, in your build you might DEFINITELY wanna swap out the 1333 ram for 1600 pls m8 we're passed the 1333 days.

and juan more thing: you can get a gtx 970 for not that much more cash, i recommend it (not trying to fanboy)

[Guest]

 

I'm fixed on this build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.82 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£66.77 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£56.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.54 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (£221.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: N/A

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£59.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £702

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 17:39 GMT+0000

Now I'm looking for a case and a monitor.

The case has to be well cooled by it's default, included fan and vents. The monitor being 120hz and 21.5 or 23-inches. The case preferably costing around £50 and the monitor being reasonable?

 

That Ram is way too slow. This 1866MHz kit isn't much more.

 

This XFX is a better power supply. The Motherboard you have chosen doesn't support crossfire or SLI so a 650W is plenty.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.57 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.70 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £124.27

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 22:02 GMT+0000

[Harry£]

 

That Ram is way too slow. This 1866MHz kit isn't much more.

 

This XFX is a better power supply. The Motherboard you have chosen doesn't support crossfire or SLI so a 650W is plenty.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.57 @ CCL Computers) 

Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.70 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £124.27

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 22:02 GMT+0000

 

 

Can you recommend another motherboard and Memory? just realised that the one you suggested isn't available on Aria.co.uk and the motherboard isn't available either. Thanks.

[Guest]

Can you recommend another motherboard and Memory? just realised that the one you suggested isn't available on Aria.co.uk and the motherboard isn't available either. Thanks.

You can get the Ram off Amazon if you prefer.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J8E90I2/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

 

The Motherboard you selected is OK but you can only run a single graphics card on it. Do you want to be able to run 2 graphics cards in the future ?

 

You would also need an 850W psu for dual R9 290's.

[Harry£]

You can get the Ram off Amazon if you prefer.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J8E90I2/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

 

The Motherboard you selected is OK but you can only run a single graphics card on it. Do you want to be able to run 2 graphics cards in the future ?

 

You would also need an 850W psu for dual R9 290's.

 

 

Oops, here's my new list that I've been tweaking:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.44 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.54 @ Aria PC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

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

Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  (£118.79 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply 

Total: £692.61

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-17 22:24 GMT+0000

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So the parts with N/A (Motherboard, memory and power supply) aren't available from Aria and if I order from Aria I receive a major discount due to the exclusion of VAT. If you could find alternatives from Aria.co.uk so I could order everything from there it would be extremely helpful? But all-in-all, how do you think the system's going so far? If you could suggest better components for the same price point or incompatibilities, please let me know. Thanks again.