Study/Work/Gaming Build

[cpriley]

Hello everyone.

 

This will be my first post and I wanted to see your feedback regading my planned build. Lost my last PC in a house fire which was just a store bought machine by HP. This time around I'm planning to build my own PC. Budget between £1300-1400 (including Monitor and Windows 7 Home). These are the components chosen so far and I would appreciate any advice on a monitor and GPU

 

£178 Asus Sabertooth Z87 Motherboard (chosen for 5 year warranty)

£185 Intel Core i5 4670K (4th Gen)

£92 Corsair TX750V2 Enthusiast Series 750W PSU (750W should be enough for future SLI/Crossfire upgrading I think???)

£64 G-Skill 8GB Ripjaws X DDR3 2133 Dual Kit (Duel over Quad for future upgrading)

£65 Sandisk 128GB x2 (Keep work on a seperate SSD)

£50 1TB Western Digital Green

£94 Corsair Hydro Series H100i (possibly too powerful?)

£55 LG BR read only/DVD Combo optical drive

£80 Win7 64 OS

£85 NZXT Phantom 530 Case due out this month (based off current US market price) / Fractal Design R4

 

Have around 300-400 left for the GPU and monitor. Small price difference between 60-120hz but if the GPU is not capable of anything over 60fps then whats the point? I am also a bit reluctent in purchasing OC GPUs when the machine will be used excessively all day. Below are two monitors which I have been eyeing up

 

Dell Ultrasharp U2412M 24' IPS LED (£210)

BenQ XL2411T 24' 120hz LED (£240)

 

Left with £160-190 for my GPU. Could stretch my budget a little so anything just over this limit would still be considered.

 

Usage: 8-12 hours per day

  Avid gamer - SC2/DmC5/Bio.Inf/MassEffect3/few other steam games

  Study/Work - Soon to start my MCSA. Microsoft SQL 2008/2012 and a few coding programs (Mostly CPU power over GPU)

 

Thanks in advance

 

-Chris

[ComputerNoob]

Try to see if you can fit a 770 in there.

[FluffyPuma]

Agreed with that ^^^

[pewpewmerica]

Get the gtx 760, or the 7950, which ever you prefer

[Importedham]

http://www.amazon.ca/AOC-i2367Fh-23-Inch-Screen-Monitor/dp/B009V8F700/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376049352&sr=8-2&keywords=aoc+monitor

Thats an amazing monitor for a really good price of 190!

 

And as for the gpu, im thinking you wont need anything amazing so a 7770 or a 7850?

[cpriley]

770 would be lovely ComputerNoob. £100 over budget is a little steep though.

 

There are so many graphics cards out these days. Every other site has a different review about them its confusing. Anyone have experiance with the Sapphire 7950 3GB Vapor-X? Again a little over my budget but seems well received

[cpriley]

http://www.amazon.ca/AOC-i2367Fh-23-Inch-Screen-Monitor/dp/B009V8F700/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376049352&sr=8-2&keywords=aoc+monitor

Thats an amazing monitor for a really good price of 190!

 

And as for the gpu, im thinking you wont need anything amazing so a 7770 or a 7850?

 

That is roughly £120. I don't doubt the monitor being amazing but I was looking to pay close to £200 for one

[ProGearUk]

770 would be lovely ComputerNoob. £100 over budget is a little steep though.

 

There are so many graphics cards out these days. Every other site has a different review about them its confusing. Anyone have experiance with the Sapphire 7950 3GB Vapor-X? Again a little over my budget but seems well received

I would get a 7950 or a 7970. Scan uk do a 7970 from xfx for £280 I think. Look at Scan they are so good. Also look at the iiyama ProLite B2480HS on Scan. You will probably not notice the difference between 60 and 120 Hz so it does not matter and it is such a nice monitor that can rotate and has a 2ms response time and is super nice to work and game with. 

[HirgaLTTki]

http://www.amazon.ca/AOC-i2367Fh-23-Inch-Screen-Monitor/dp/B009V8F700/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376049352&sr=8-2&keywords=aoc+monitor

Thats an amazing monitor for a really good price of 190!

 

And as for the gpu, im thinking you wont need anything amazing so a 7770 or a 7850?

 

7770 are you kidding... No, just no, wont even fit his build

[cpriley]

7770 are you kidding... No, just no, wont even fit his build

 

Would i have any difficulties fitting the components i have chosen into say a R4?

[HirgaLTTki]

Would i have any difficulties fitting the components i have chosen into say a R4?

 

nope