Potential New Gaming PC

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Hi,

I am looking at ordering a new gaming PC and wondered how this spec looks? The budget is about £1400 plus monitor (which isn't included in this quote)

The price for this is £1479.00 so a little over budget, where would be the best place to make savings?

Any advice on monitors would also be appreciated, I'm looking to spend max. about £150 and it doesn't need to be massive.

Thanks,

Tom


Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-P: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980 - 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, 3 DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk
240GB HyperX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11 AC1750 1,300Mbps/5GHz, 450Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E 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 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

 

[Stephen M]

A standard (non k) CPU will be fine unless you are thinking about overclocking in fact for gaming an i5 CPU will be good enough, likewise you could drop to 8GB RAM. A lot depends on any other uses. There may be savings to be made on the cooling but others can comment on that, I am mainly a laptop user so not qualified to comment.

 

[SpyderTracks]

A standard (non k) CPU will be fine unless you are thinking about overclocking in fact for gaming an i5 CPU will be good enough, likewise you could drop to 8GB RAM. A lot depends on any other uses. There may be savings to be made on the cooling but others can comment on that, I am mainly a laptop user so not qualified to comment.

As Stephen M says, if you drop to the non-k variant of the chip, or i5 would be ample, then you can drop down to the tripple copper heatpipe cooler which would be ample.

Overclocking will bring zero performance increase for gaming, and no need for 16gb RAM, 8 GB will be ample.

Don't need the extra case fans.

Up the PSU to the 650W CS series which is modular and therefor improves airflow internally. Also better quality components.

Up to silver warranty for £5.

 

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Great thanks for the quick responses,

I have made the changes as recommended and switched to the i5-4690. The price is now at £1290.00

Which cooler do you mean by the triple copper heatpipe cooler?

I have a choice between: Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19) and CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler (£29), at the low price end, which would be the best option? I'm happy to spend a little more here if anyone thinks it would be worthwhile.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[SpyderTracks]

Great thanks for the quick responses,

I have made the changes as recommended and switched to the i5-4690. The price is now at £1290.00

Which cooler do you mean by the triple copper heatpipe cooler?

I have a choice between: Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19) and CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler (£29), at the low price end, which would be the best option? I'm happy to spend a little more here if anyone thinks it would be worthwhile.

Thanks,

Tom

Super quiet Titan Dragonfly Heatpipe