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First time building, does it look alright?

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i'll probably go for this as it's the cheapest build yet and still gives me an ssd to play with.

even if i don't i think i have a better idea of what i should do now, thanks a lot you guys were a big help.

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so i bought a pre-owned gaming rig a couple years back which first got me into the whole PC gaming/building world. next month im moving down to university and because i don't want to be lugging this huge full tower PC back and forth i decided on a mini-itx build, i'm a little nervous because this'll be my first time actually putting together an entire PC from scratch.

 

tell me if it looks to be good or if i am bottlenecking somewhere, or if i could opt for some cheaper parts and get the same performance.

i'm gonna need a decent amount of power because im going for an architecture course and i've been told there'll be a fair amount of digital modelling, designing and rendering.(as well as the fact that i want to be able to play games)

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/T2TKmG

 

 

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Get a cheaper cooler and even a processor to get a 980ti. It should do better in games that way, most games don't make use of the i7 very well.

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get an sdd please a samsung 850 evo or crucial mx or bx would be great i preffer the samsung ones

and maybe get a skylake (i5 and then get a 980ti) cpu and mobo

are you really gonna oc otherwise this cooler is overkill

and get a psu from evga a 650 watt would be plenty

CPU: 4790K (4.8 ghz) | COOLING: Custom Liquid Cooling (240 mm rad) | GPU: GTX 980 ti Superclocked+ (2x)  | MOBO: Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition | RAM: Kingston (4x4 gb 1600 mhz) | SSD: 850 Evo (250 gb) | HDD: Black (1.5 tb) | CASE: Enthoo Evolv | PSU: G2 850 (850 w) | DISPLAYS: Acer XB270HU bprz / Philips 246V5LHAB/27 (3x) | KEYBOARD: Vengeance K60 | MOUSE: Naos 7000 | HEADSEAT: H Wireless / Cloud 2 | For the exact parts visit my PCPartpicker it even includes my Desk and some other stuff.

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Looks good, though I would try and aim for an SSD and a better monitor, IMO 1080p 60hz is a waste of a 980

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If he gets Skylake then he's gonna have to pay a shit ton for DDR4.

ddr4 isnt to bad ram price have gone down so much

CPU: 4790K (4.8 ghz) | COOLING: Custom Liquid Cooling (240 mm rad) | GPU: GTX 980 ti Superclocked+ (2x)  | MOBO: Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition | RAM: Kingston (4x4 gb 1600 mhz) | SSD: 850 Evo (250 gb) | HDD: Black (1.5 tb) | CASE: Enthoo Evolv | PSU: G2 850 (850 w) | DISPLAYS: Acer XB270HU bprz / Philips 246V5LHAB/27 (3x) | KEYBOARD: Vengeance K60 | MOUSE: Naos 7000 | HEADSEAT: H Wireless / Cloud 2 | For the exact parts visit my PCPartpicker it even includes my Desk and some other stuff.

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ddr4 isnt to bad ram price have gone down so much

But still pricier than DDR3.

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Bam?

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£239.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i GT 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£77.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£107.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£538.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (£72.08 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Monitor: AOC G2460PQU 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£197.69 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1416.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Bam?

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£239.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i GT 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£77.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£107.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£538.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (£72.08 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Monitor: AOC G2460PQU 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£197.69 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1416.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Needs SSD then it will be spot on.

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wow thanks guys a lot of really quick responses, i figured i was going to have to wait awhile before things picked up.

 

so what i'm hearing is, my cpu cooler is overkill, i should just upgrade to 980 ti if i'm around that price range anyways and grab an ssd?

 

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£239.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i GT 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£77.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£107.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  (£538.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (£72.08 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Monitor: AOC G2460PQU 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£197.69 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1416.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-20 17:19 BST+0100

 

this looks really good, it's a little pricier and since i haven't moved in yet i'm trying not to go too far beyond £1000. but i'll definitely take this build into consideration.

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This is what I would do:
  • 120GB SSD for your operating system.
  • R9 390X, because it's a lot cheaper for almost the same performance.
  • Nepton 240M instead of the H100i. It's much quieter and performance is also better. And it's also cheaper. But it's a bit hard to mount. I experienced myself. But shouldn't be too much of a problem.
  • EVGA PSU. It's a lot cheaper but also fully modular and 80+ gold rated. EVGA's customer support is outstanding. So definitly a good choice to go.
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£239.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£76.98 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£107.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£40.06 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Toshiba  500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Toshiba  3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£64.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  (£329.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case  (£73.42 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Dell P2214H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£137.06 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1192.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It's already over his budget. 

Then cut down on something else, no build at this price should be left without an SSD...

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i'll probably go for this as it's the cheapest build yet and still gives me an ssd to play with.

even if i don't i think i have a better idea of what i should do now, thanks a lot you guys were a big help.

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There's nothing else I could cut down on that would make sense. 

Just go with the monitor he selected and simply not a 980Ti? Not everyone needs a 980Ti just because it has a pretty good value.

A 970, R9 390, R9 390X is totally fine.

Especially because he could crossfire 390Xs and get even better performance than a 980Ti. Especially with that Crossfire scaling which works better than SLI.

And the price difference wouln't even be that high. Price/performance wise it's pretty much the same.

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There's nothing else I could cut down on that would make sense. 

You paired a 980Ti with a 1080p monitor, what do you mean "theres nothing you could cut down"

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