Gaming System - Please Review...

[Briggsy]

Hi All,

I've put together a gaming system with my budget of 2K (dont need monitor or peripherals)...

Please can this be reviewed and advice given on parts I can swap for better performance, I'm looking for performance over price so I'm not worried about parts costing more, Novatech is my choice of retailer as I want to collect in person:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£269.99 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£57.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£169.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8G DDR3-1866 Memory (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8G DDR3-1866 Memory (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (£589.99)
Case: NZXT H440 Designed by Razer™ ATX Mid Tower Case (£124.98)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£140.00 @ Novatech)
Total: £1682.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-15 19:49 BST+0100

[Wraith]

I understand you have £2k to blow on a gaming rig, just a couple of issues I can see with your choices..

1: Memory, you don't need 32GB of RAM, 8GB would be sufficient maybe 16GB if you wanted too... but 32 is way over kill.

2: PSU? Are you planing on going SLI? 1000W is far to big if your not.

Id swap out the Noctua Cooler for a AIO Liquid cooler possibly a Corsair or Fractal unit, lose 16GB of memory, Add a 1TB mechanical drive, switch the RM1000 for a 750W unit.

[MadShadow]

To add to what Wraith said, I'd swap the RM1000 for a higher quality unit like one from Seasonic. Then you could go for something between 650 and 750W.

[Briggsy]

Thanks guys, can the mobo/cpu/gpu combo be improved at all?

Also the choice of memory? Corsair, G-Skills, Kingston?

Thanks again.

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Originally Posted by Wraithguard

I understand you have £2k to blow on a gaming rig, just a couple of issues I can see with your choices..

1: Memory, you don't need 32GB of RAM, 8GB would be sufficient maybe 16GB if you wanted too... but 32 is way over kill.

2: PSU? Are you planing on going SLI? 1000W is far to big if your not.

Id swap out the Noctua Cooler for a AIO Liquid cooler possibly a Corsair or Fractal unit, lose 16GB of memory, Add a 1TB mechanical drive, switch the RM1000 for a 750W unit.

I may go SLi in the furture, would the 750W still be sufficient if I did?

[Dark NighT]

Could have just used your old thread.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=71710

[Briggsy]

Yeah...could of.

[Wraith]

Originally Posted by Briggsy

I may go SLi in the furture, would the 750W still be sufficient if I did?

SLI'd you'd be looking at roughly 700W of power draw, so to be on the safe and quiet side you'd be looking at a 850W Unit.

[Briggsy]

Originally Posted by Wraithguard

SLI'd you'd be looking at roughly 700W of power draw, so to be on the safe and quiet side you'd be looking at a 850W Unit.

Thanks, I'm going for the:

Corsair Professional Series AX860 ATX Power Supply — 860 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum Certified Fully-Modular PSU

[MadMarc]

Originally Posted by Briggsy

Thanks, I'm going for the:

Corsair Professional Series AX860 ATX Power Supply — 860 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum Certified Fully-Modular PSU

I'd consider going with the RM 850i instead. It's a newer unit and quieter than the AX series. It's still a very good PSU but for a much lower price.

Here's Tom's review:

[MadShadow]

The AX860 is a Seasonic and the RMi is a CWT, so the AX is considerably "better" in terms of quality and probably performance.