Checking Compatibility, New Build tips,

[Rob.S]

Hello guys!

A painfully cringey story of how I made it here is in the spoiler below.

I am new to this forum. About 1-2 months ago, I signed up, but entered a wrong email, so I used my actual one in a new account but the confirmation email never name. So I gave up, but today I thought of resetting my password and yay! I'm in.

Lets cut to the chase. Soon I am going to build a PC. Since you guys here are dedicated to computers, I thought I might ask you The list is in yet another spoiler below.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£62.15 @ Ebuyer)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£48.92 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.66 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card (£269.98 @ Dabs)

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

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.12 @ Ebuyer)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£19.99 @ Amazon UK)

Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£113.99 @ Aria PC)

Other: Fractal Design: Define S Windowed (£69.99)

Total: £1071.07

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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(The 'other' features the case since it wasn't on PCPartPicker but is available in my country).

I have a few things I would like to check, since my first laptop was horrific and now I need to build a great PC which can last as long as possible.

> The compatibility of the PSU and the motherboard.

> If the motherboard needs a BIOS update,

> If the temps of the CPU will be good (intake and exhaust fans of the case are 58CFM (and 18dB))

> And the general compatibility of all the parts

Just a few notes to explain why I chose some of them:

The GPU temps aren't that bad, and stay at around 55 - 70 Celsius, under load. Also, the 8GB of VRAM lets my games splash out all of their load, and it has a 512-bit bus to manage it all. VRAM galore

I chose an 80+ PSU because of the efficiency and it being modular.

The motherboard has some spare PCIe slots, although I know I will need to upgrade the PSU for Crosssfire, but I don't ever want to do that anyway

The CPU choice: I will not upgrade it for a long, long time. Also, I am doing gaming and video rendering as well.

16GB RAM because 16GB RAM. (Futureproof, and no, the 1866Mhz did not cost any more than the 1600Mhz)

The WiFi card will not bottleneck any speeds.

According to the eXtreme PSU calculator, the full load wattage of the build is around 550W.

The case link does not work in the PC Part Picker link, so here it is: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-s-window and I plan to buy it from here: http://amzn.to/1Mw3m31

Please notify me if I posted this in the wrong section.

All thoughts welcome, except flamewars

- Rob

[don_svetlio]

Get an EVGA G2 or GS - NEX are crap

[Snooli]

Why 60Hz 1080p nonIPS screen? If you are thinking about video, get IPS or VA if you really need fast screen.

[Streetguru]

Hello guys!

I'd go for skylake over haswell if the price difference isn't much, drop the SSD to make up for the difference

Otherwise get an IPS display

 

and a non NEX PSU

[Snooli]

If you could stretch the budget a little bit, this is pretty sure your winner

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£195.89 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£88.09 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£61.65 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.67 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.72 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Inno3D GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Herculez OC Video Card  (£499.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  (£69.67 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.94 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link DWA-582 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£25.66 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: AOC I2267FWH 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (£114.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1202.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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