Gaming PC Build

[vanthus]

Any idea or threads on what brand the GTX 780 is?

In my old computer they used the brand PowerColour for my 5770.

Often the brand used by PCS are Palit,but they sometimes use other brands as well depending on stock available.

 

[slake]

Hmm I'll need to look into this more before buying but knowing they are Palit GTX 780's isn't really swinging in their favor. I'll need to do some research first.

 

[keynes]

Hmm I'll need to look into this more before buying but knowing they are Palit GTX 780's isn't really swinging in their favor. I'll need to do some research first.

What not? I got palit GPUs and they are fine

 

[slake]

I've never heard of Palit much when it comes to nVidia graphics cards. Also I don't know which Palit it is, whether it's the bog standard, Jetstream or Super Jetstream.

I'd like to compare price/performance/power/temperature with other brands before deciding is all.

Obviously ordering everything from PCS will make it easier, but if there's a better card for the money/a lil bit extra I'd consider going for it.

 

[keynes]

Palit are the largest manufacturers of graphics cards. The type of gpu depends on the stock and the jetstream is like £510 and performs as well as the OC evga and cheaper

 

[slake]

I'll need to contact PCS themselves and find out which 780's they have in stock before ordering so I can do some comparisons.

 

[slake]

The final build? Any recommendations?

Any recommendations/changes that you can offer to this build?

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE + **FREE GAME**
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE ASSASSINS CREED BLACK FLAG with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£89)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Price: £1,284.00 including VAT and delivery.

Decided to go with the 690 as it offers more fan potential then NZXT's 410.

I was also torn between either of these: Gold Warranty, Soundcard or the Sabretooth Mobo.

 

[slake]

Nothing needs changing then?

 

[keynes]

Caviar black as the secondary drive and a bigger psu if you want to Sli.

 

[slake]

Would a Caviar black be needed?

I'm bringing my 500GB VelociRaptor over from my current PC.

Also I will never look at SLI.

 

[keynes]

If you are happy with your spec go for it. I would go for 1tb or more for games but that depends on how many games you got.

 

[slake]

Well my main games will be on the SSD and the VelociRaptor.

Any other games that I don't play a lot will go on the 1TB with pictures etc.