Possible new build?

KBH · August 31, 2015

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

Hi,

I am think of building a new PC and i have decided to go for the White and black theme.

I was just wondering if there is anything you guys would do differently,

I will mostly be using this rig for gaming and some light video editing.

Thank you in advance <3

DarkBlade2117 · August 31, 2015

Looks good but few things,

The SSD is junk, get a Crucial BX100 or Samsung 850 Evo.

Get a EVGA B2 not a B1 PSU. For the extra money it's a much more reliable,option.

Don't get that CPU cooler. Not worth it, get like a BeQuiet! Shadow Rock 2 which will allow for a good OC

Maybe start with 8GBs of ram and add more of you feel like you need it.

After this try and fit a GTX 970 or r9 390 in the budget

August 31, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.39 @ Ebuyer)

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£60.98 @ Novatech)

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 (£35.07 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£52.69 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£163.89 @ Amazon UK)

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£81.83 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Novatech)

Total: £762.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-31 14:43 BST+0100

This is how I would do it

arronleeds · August 31, 2015

this is much better

r1 ultimate is actually better than an h100i at £35 cheaper, that ssd is better and the psu is fully modular and gold rated and is still £10 cheaper than your build.

if you want to see some prime95 temps with an ocd 4690k for proof its amazing, tell me.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.39 @ Ebuyer)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£59.99 @ Ebuyer)

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

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.91 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.36 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 2GB Video Card (£157.50 @ Aria PC)

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£81.83 @ Scan.co.uk)

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

Total: £779.36

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-31 14:56 BST+0100

Redicat · August 31, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.99 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£59.37 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£82.98 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: OCZ Trion 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£40.61 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card (£165.50 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£81.83 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.49 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £820.46

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-31 16:20 BST+0100

Updated something WAY better this is a Intel Xeon 4 core 8 threads you cannot OC it but it has 3.4GHZ and 3.8GHZ BOOST so thats very good it doesnt need ECC gaming memory just works fine

http://ark.intel.com/nl/products/80910/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1231-v3-8M-Cache-3_40-GHz

R9 390 is bang for the buck GPU 2x the performance of the 960 and 8gb of VRAM...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£196.14 @ Scan.co.uk)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.94 @ Scan.co.uk)

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

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£63.91 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: OCZ Trion 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£40.61 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.70 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card (£239.64 @ More Computers)

Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£81.83 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.32 @ Scan.co.uk)