Gaming PC. First Post

[TeHChIcKeN]

This is the Rig i have put together, and is around nearly £1600 (My Budget-ish). Just wondering what (if anything) would you change and why?

Thanks

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770k (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z87: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)

Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Free Item
FREE DAYLIGHT GAME with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£99)

Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Seidon 120M High Performance CPU Cooler (£39)

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 1 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)

 

[keynes]

What monitor do you have? Do you plan to overclock your CPU? Is it just for gaming?

 

[steaky360]

Are you planning on overclocking the CPU? If not you don't need the 'k' variant of the CPU or 2400Mhz ram.

 

[TeHChIcKeN]

Yeah just for gaming.... My monitor i would also be buying from PC Specialist, probably getting the Ilyama Prolite E2773HS. Didnt add it to this post, i probably wont be overclocking either.

 

[keynes]

There is no need for the k processor as Steaky mentioned and you won't get any noticeable benefits from 2400mhz or 16gb ram. If you are getting the gtx 780 ti I would downgrade the motherboard to the z87-a (no impact gaming wise), i7-4770, triple copper heatpipe CPU cooler, 8gb 1600mhz ram and get a better monitor to fully benefit from the gtx 780 ti, one with a higher resolution 1440p.

 

[TeHChIcKeN]

Ok so;
Remove the K variant Processor
Downgrade (Kinda) the RAM
Downgrade the Motherboard

Unfortunately a 1440p monitor is out of my price range right now, so that might be something for the future unfortunately.

Also would you recommend a SSD, the 120GB HYPER-X 3K SSD isnt too expensive? Unfortunately i dont really understand RAID ;; Dont suppose you could offer a 'Laymans' explanationfor this if SSD drives are a good idea?

Thanks a million so far. big help

 

[steaky360]

SSD's basically make your PC boot up quicker. Any program you load on the SSD may start a little quicker but in general its not a massive improvement. Game loading times may also benefit but in my experience the Caviar Black does well for games too.

I'd recommend a SSD if its within your budget, but mostly for the OS boot times. RAID is a way of linking hard drives basically. Depending on what RAID you have (0-1-2-3...etc.) will determine how much redundancy, backup and speed you may get. It's not really beneficial for most users imo.

 

[LFFPicard]

Spec below.

You could drop the i7 to the i5 and save £60
You do not need a 850w PSU 750W is still too much but in budget and allows upgrades.
Chucked in a SSD and the caviar as a second drive. You could drop the SSD to a 120gb if you like, depends what you want to load quickly on it. I put WoW, Eve and LoL on mine. So requires some space.

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z87-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE DAYLIGHT GAME 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
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,523.00 including VAT and delivery.

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