1. #1

    Planned New Build

    My partner and I are getting married this month, and with our wedding money we're planning to buy ourselves a top of the range PC each (i.e. two PCs). Since we spend most of our time gaming then we thought this the perfect gift to give ourselves. We're not quite sure on budget yet, but were thinking around €1000 for each setup. We're based in the Netherlands

    What do you think of the following? anything you would change, upgrade, downgrade? We play mostly WoW but also a lot of other games intermittently.
    One rig will also have 4 HDDs exsiting installed as its used as a server also.

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€192.69 @ Hardwareversand)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€32.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€82.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€80.48 @ Home of Hardware DE)
    Storage: Crucial M550 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€126.63 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (€315.73 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Case: Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case (€39.17 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€86.28 @ Hardwareversand)
    Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (€15.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (€136.48 @ Amazon Deutschland)
    Total: €1109.29
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-01 13:52 CET+0100

  2. #2
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    I would take this PC as a reference.

    And for the build with the extra HDDs I would get another motherboard with the required amount of sata connections. And possible a bigger PSU to be on the safe side.

    For the PSU
    And the motherboard . Motherboard is a Z97 which allows for overclocking with a K cpu, but it is one of the cheapest boards with 8 sata ports. I went for 2 extra, because usually the last 2 end up eating away from PCIe lanes.
    That being said, I think a board with 6 ports could be enough. Seeing as there is only one GPU.

    Edit:

    Just noticed you also needed an OS. Have look at the MMO build in my wishlist.
    Last edited by mmoc24391763c2; 2014-12-01 at 01:20 PM.

  3. #3
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    I think for this ballpark this is better setup: (use your own website)

    cpu: Intel® Core™ i5-4690K 225€
    cpu cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 40€
    mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI 100€
    ram: Crucial 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit, geheugen 70€
    ssd: Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1, 256 GB SSD 100€
    gpu: GIGABYTE GV-N970WF3OC-4GD 339€
    case: Corsair Carbide 200R, behuizing 57€
    psu: Seasonic M12II-520 EVO 60€
    o/s: Microsoft Windows 8.1 99€
    -------------------------
    Total 1090€
    Last edited by mmoc73263b3bd5; 2014-12-01 at 02:02 PM. Reason: changed psu

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