Finalizing PC Plans

[Guest]

It's three or four days until I order my PC parts, and I'd like to get my build checked out.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/yGvKxY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/yGvKxY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.00 @ Cex) 
Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£55.80 @ Alza) 
Memory: ADATA XPG V1.0 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£42.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card  (£209.98 @ Novatech) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 Window ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.00 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£46.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £574.45
I am going to wait a week or 2 until i can afford the 1060 6gb over the 480 4gb, but buy everything else asap. I might be able to snipe a cheap R9 390X for around £120, If I can, I'll buy a beefier PSU for more headroom. I know R9 cards are getting kind of old, but that price is a steal and would allow more for other components or games The 390X is now £150 and rising. I also might buy 16 GB of generic/unknown RAM off cex for £10 less than 8 new. If they are ugly, ill buy a couple ram heatspreaders and replace em. Is this a bad idea?

Other than that, how does this look?

[Obersachse]

Looks good, have fun building

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Obersachse said:

Looks good, have fun building

Sweet.

[Mr.Meerkat]

Looks good  

 

11 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

I also might buy 16 GB of generic/unknown RAM off cex for £10 less than 8 new.

They're most likely just RAM out of a prebuilt soooo...you could go for it...

[Megah3rtz]

ill buy a couple ram heatspreaders and replace em

RAM heat spreaders are purely aesthetic. so if you want, I guess 

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

RAM heat spreaders are purely aesthetic. so if you want, I guess 

that would come later, i just like sweet looks and green pcb ram is ugly

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Looks good  

 

They're most likely just RAM out of a prebuilt soooo...you could go for it...

Ya think??

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

Ya think??

Pretty sure...

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Pretty sure...

it comes with a warranty, i just hope its a single 16gb kit, not mix and matched 4/8gb sticks

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Pretty sure...

also the only stuff in stock is ddr3 1066 mhz thats fine right?

[Mr.Meerkat]

6 minutes ago, Ethan Meskin said:

also the only stuff in stock is ddr3 1066 mhz thats fine right?

Ermmm...it may actually affect the performance of the CPU so...IDK?  

[Guest]

I forgot to mention this, but there is a chance i could get a 980 ti for free once the 1080 to launches, should i wait for that and Zen? My friend has a 6700k and a 980 ti and he wants either a 1080 or 1080 ti , so.hes waiting to see if the prices drop on the 1080 and stuff.

@Mr.Meerkat

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Ermmm...it may actually affect the performance of the CPU so...IDK?  

I saw two video's, one where it did and one where it didn't. The first was science studio, the second was Linus

[Guest]

35 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Ermmm...it may actually affect the performance of the CPU so...IDK?  

A stock cooler you can buy for £4 will run fine with a non overclocked 4770, right

[Mr.Meerkat]

20 hours ago, Ethan Meskin said:

A stock cooler you can buy for £4 will run fine with a non overclocked 4770, right

Yep  

If you don't mind some noise and some heat...