Any advice on this Desktop please

Harun677

Active member
Hi guys,

If you could help me pick out some good specs for my desktop it would all be appreciated.
I have some knowledge of desktops but not too technical stuff so that is where I need help. Like idk whats a good motherboard from the options.
The following are the specs I picked out.
I want a desktop to last me the next 2-3 years. I play games like dragon age inquisition and other rpg games.

Please let me know if I don't need any of the stuff or think I would need anything more. My budget is £1,200-£1,500

Case SHARKOON BD28 GAMING CASE (Green LED)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, XFIRE/SLI
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 410MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media Windows 8.1 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve

Total £1,332

Many Thanks,

Harun
 
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keynes

Multiverse Poster
There is a mistake with the spec you posted. It is not possible to use a 350w psu for your components, you need something like 650w. The ssd you have suffers from performance issues and I would push for a better case and cheaper motherboard if you don't plan to sli. The games you mentioned don't seem to be very demanding, you could get away with a cheaper system
 

Harun677

Active member
Hi,

I have changed the SSD and power supply. I plan to get another graphics card in the future. If I get one in the future would I still be able to SLI it?

The only reason I chose this case was because it was green. Is there any better case that is green. Sorry if this is a bad reason to choose a case.

Harun
 
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