Looking to put a new rig together

[Turaska]

This is what I have in mind, not 100% sure which graphics card however.


Intel Core i5-4670k - £161 (will likely OC it to around 4.2ghz to be safe, i'm not an enthusiast so I don't feel the need to take it higher)

Alpenfohn K2 Mount doom heatsink - £50 (should be more than enough for the above OC)

MSI Z87-G43 DDR3 ATX Motherboard - £92

Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB DDR 1866mhz ram - £149

Samsung 250GB 840EVO SSD - £120 (will likely be my main games drive, I have a 120gig SSD already to use as a boot drive for windows and a 2TB SSHD to use for other games/storage)

Corsair AX760W modular PSU - £92

Corsair Carbide 300R case - £70 (really like the look of this, seems like its very spacious and has great airflow)

4x Corsair Air Series AF140mm 1200RPM quiet edition fans for the case - £44


That's the basics I had my eye on, any recommendations for graphics card? i was torn between


AMD 290x (temps they get to really put me off though and I won't be water cooling)

GTX 770

GTX 780 (leaning towards this more than the others at the moment)

GTX 780Ti (only slightly better than a GTX 780 according to most benchmarks and the price increase is massive considering the tiny increase, almost £200 more in some cases)

[glo]

The difference between the 780 and 780 Ti is around 20% which is pretty significant.

www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1036?vs=1072

Of course that only matters if it makes sense financially for you. That RAM will also likely create issues with your cooler, it's too tall.

[Turaska]

The difference between the 780 and 780 Ti is around 20% which is pretty significant.

Of course that only matters if it makes sense financially for you. That RAM will also likely create issues with your cooler, it's too tall.

Hmm, any recommendations for a low profile cooler?

[glo]

Hmm, any recommendations for a low profile cooler?

Just get low profile RAM. Those tall heatsinks don't really do anything. However, a full size air cooler certainly does.

[Cyrops]

AMD 290x (temps they get to really put me off though and I won't be water cooling)

Ugh, where did you get that info? Sure reference models SUCKED little air (lol get it) and ran hot and throttled down, that's why you don't buy them -_-

71C under load sounds like acceptable to me: http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/conte...ard_review.png

780TI runs similar temps.

My recommendations for parts, the RAM is low profile:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£116.45 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (£479.15 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £810.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-11 06:19 BST+0100)

[glo]

Ugh, where did you get that info? Sure reference models SUCKED little air (lol get it) and ran hot and throttled down, that's why you don't buy them -_-

71C under load sounds like acceptable to me: http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/conte...ard_review.png

780TI runs similar temps.

While true, it doesn't justify spending 40% over MSRP when a superior 780 Ti could be purchased for the same price: http://www.ebuyer.com/613016-gigabyt...-gv-n78toc-3gd

[Deleted]

I would just go for either a 290 or 780 with a proper cooler (sapphire/msi/asus/gigabyte)

[Turaska]

Ugh, where did you get that info? Sure reference models SUCKED little air (lol get it) and ran hot and throttled down, that's why you don't buy them

Yes, seems I was misinformed on this matter, friend has a 290x and his never goes above 75c he claims (has a windforce version)

Not sure now, rather confused! + intel just announced an updated haswell lineup, only appears to be 100mhz difference to whats out now but I'm tempted to wait none the less to see how much they'll be retailing for.

[acphydro]

Just get low profile RAM. Those tall heatsinks don't really do anything. However, a full size air cooler certainly does.

This cooler rivals the high end coolers, is much cheaper and makes fitting ram a non issue I have the 140mm in one PC and the 120mm in another both offer similar performance. Best for the money: http://www.thermalright.com/html/pro...pirit_140.html

[Deleted]

IF I were to build based on the info in the OP, then i'd build something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£103.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£124.73 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial M550 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£113.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£64.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card (£330.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.32 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£80.10 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans (£19.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan (£12.98 @ Aria PC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan (£12.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1192.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-12 13:09 BST+0100)

You can change the GPU for the GTX780 equivalent for ~£35 more, and the RAM is also LP - changed two of the fans for the SP Quiet range from Corsair for intake.

[Faithh]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Be Quiet Dark Rock 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£47.70 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.84 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.79 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.98 @ Dabs)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.32 @ Dabs)
Case Fan: Swiftech HELIX120BW 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.92 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Swiftech HELIX120BW 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.92 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Swiftech HELIX120BW 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.92 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Swiftech HELIX120BW 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.92 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £955.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-13 18:35 BST+0100)

This should be enough for your needs. The downside about this motherboard is that you can't do SLI but SLI is mostly just not worth it, even if people are planning to get a board to do SLI in the future they mostly just upgrade their GPU.

Swapped the EVO 212 out for a be quiet single tower, that's dark nickel plated and comes with a quiet & quality fan already, saves some costs. Took static pressure optimized fans rather than airflow ones, it's not going to make a world of difference but they have the same fan blade design as the gentle typhoons that are just king in terms of noise levels/airflow & sound quality.

About the SSD, just stick to crucial m500's; any drive with better performance will make a minor difference during normal usage and theyre pretty much the cheapest out there per GB.