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I am building a PC here are the specs: 

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D ATX Full Tower Case

 

Motherboard: Asus Z97 Maximus ZII Hero 

 

CPU: I7 4790 Quad Core Processor

 

CPU Fan : Corsair Hydro series H100i

 

GPU: Asus GTX 980 TI Strix

 

RAM: HyperX Fury 16gb DDR3 1855MHz

 

PSU: Antec True Power 750w Gold Power supply unit

 

Cost: £1,427.35

 

Any thoughts and Ideas on how to improve it? 

Also any good makes of thermal paste?

 

Thanks :)

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Add an SSD or HDD so you actually have somewhere to store an OS?

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I am building a PC here are the specs: 

 

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D ATX Full Tower Case

 

Motherboard: Asus Z97 Maximus ZII Hero 

 

CPU: I7 4790 Quad Core Processor

 

CPU Fan : Corsair Hydro series H100i

 

GPU: Asus GTX 980 TI Strix

 

RAM: HyperX Fury 16gb DDR3 1855MHz

 

PSU: Antec True Power 750w Gold Power supply unit

 

Cost: £1,427.35

 

Any thoughts and Ideas on how to improve it? 

Also any good makes of thermal paste?

 

Thanks :)

don't taske a Z97 board if you are noit planning to overclock. You don't even have a K type processor included.

EDIT: will follow up with complete built

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Artic Silver is a good thermal paste also.

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Go with the i7 4790k

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Used to be. Now it's medicore in comparison to others, as well as being conductive. Both MX-2 and MX-4 are better and none conductive. 

Oh fair enough, I've just used it in all my builds and never had a problem with it

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well what motherboard should I get I have a red and black theme.

MSI Gaming 5 or MSI Gaming 7. Get i7 4790K instead of 4790.

 

Also get an SSD and a HDD for storage

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I might not overclock though because im not sure how to 

 

I might not overclock though because im not sure how to 

Most motherboards can overclock for you nowadays I think.

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Oh fair enough, I've just used it in all my builds and never had a problem with it

It's not bad, but it's fallen behind in recent years, but people haven't realised (because who really keeps up to date with the latest TIM?) and till swear by it. 

 

I never liked it because of how it's conductive, but now it's beaten by a lot of other TIM (as far as TIM goes, there's still only a few degrees difference between the best and worst) 

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I might not overclock though because im not sure how to 

Then don't get a Z-Board or water-cooling

 

Z-boards were made for overclocking, and you might as well go for an I5 if you're not overclocking the I7

 

Tip: Search for overclocking guides, they will help out a lot

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Then don't get a Z-Board or water-cooling

 

Z-boards were made for overclocking, and you might as well go for an I5 if you're not overclocking

 

Tip: Search for overclocking guides, they will help out a lot

What does overclocking do? can it not effect the processor or damage it? Sorry I have not looked into overclocking at all

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Do this

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£252.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£93.32 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£165.01 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£44.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£44.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card  (£556.22 @ More Computers)
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  (£123.35 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1451.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£164.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£93.32 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£86.37 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.14 @ Aria PC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£568.79 @ Aria PC)

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.45 @ CCL Computers)

Power Supply: be quiet! POWER ZONE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.99 @ Novatech)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)

Total: £1322.98

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-11 14:39 BST+0100

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Then don't get a Z-Board or water-cooling

 

Z-boards were made for overclocking, and you might as well go for an I5 if you're not overclocking

 

Tip: Search for overclocking guides, they will help out a lot

Z-Boards are made for overclocking yes, but they also usually come with more features than the other mobos. And getting an i5 if youre not overclocking? Dumbest thing I've seen in a while.

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well what motherboard should I get I have a red and black theme.

So I went with a blac white theme if that is ok. the MSGTX 980 Ti is a little red :/ hope I didn't hurt your feelings there

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Z-Boards are made for overclocking yes, but they also usually come with more features than the other mobos. And getting an i5 if youre not overclocking? Dumbest thing I've seen in a while.

should I stick with a I7 4790 or get a I7 4790K? not sure if im overclocking because im not sure what it does

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Most motherboards can overclock for you nowadays I think.

Only Z97s

The others... you better don't if you don't want to fry your mosfets after 1 minute of load.

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should I stick with a I7 4790 or get a I7 4790K? not sure if im overclocking because im not sure what it does

You increase voltage and clock of your prcoessor increasing heatoutput and performance. Fo gaming I wouldn't go for an i7 an i5 4690K is enough and if you are to lazy to get into OC you can always do it later because it is a K chip and you dont need it as of how it is now.

EDIT: you can danamage your hardware if oyu don't know what you are doing so I'd reccommend reading a lot about it first and always being getnyl when trying things out. Like when you first learn driving a car... you don't go full throttle the first day.

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And getting an i5 if youre not overclocking? Dumbest thing I've seen in a while.

He is gaming

 

And gaming will not require the I7 as much, unless you play heavily multi threaded games (which are rare, eg; AAA MMOs) 

 

An I7 is more suitable for balancing CAD capabilities and gaming performance

 

An I5 will be a better buy if you do gaming alone, because it can still handle games as well as an I7

 

Multi-threads are also available in the Xeon E3s at nearly the same clock speeds for only $250 

 

From this article it shows that most games will only receive a 2-4 fps difference when I5 is overclocked to match the I7:

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/07/03/intel-core-i5-4690k-review/5

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should I stick with a I7 4790 or get a I7 4790K? not sure if im overclocking because im not sure what it does

Go for the 4790K, get a good Z97 Motherboard and you can let it overclock for you.

Overclocking is basically making the frequency higher, f.ex. you have a 4GHz CPU, and then you overclock it to 4.5GHz, this 0.5GHz is an increase and will get you some better performance. But with a bigger heatoutput, so you would need a better cooler.

I overclocked my CPU from 3.7GHz to 4GHz, and could probably go up to 4.2GHz quite easy.

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