[RIG] Need your guys help in building a new rig

Hey guys, I just wanted your ideas on what I can/should (inc. monitors) get for, £1000 - £1200.

Here's what I thought might be good:

Corsair 8gb (2x4gb) Ddr3 1600mhz Red Vengeance Memory Kit Cl7

Intel Core i5 4670K 3.40GHz Socket 1150 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Gigabyte GTX 770 OC 2GB GDDR5 7000MHz Dual-DVI HDMI Displayport PCI-E Graphics Card

Samsung SH-224DB 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA - Retail Boxed

Kingston 120GB HyperX 3K SSD 2.5" SATA-III Read = 555MB/s, Write = 510MB/s

Corsair 750W CXM Builder Modular 80+ Bronze PSU

CM Storm by Cooler Master Skorpion Mouse Bungee

Steelseries Apex [RAW] Gaming Keyboard

Steelseries Sensei [RAW] Gaming Mouse - Gloss Black

Acer G246HLB 24" LED LCD HDMI Monitor

Toshiba 2tb 3.5 Int Sata 7200rpm Hdd

Asus Z87-K Socket 1150 HDMI DVI D-Sub 8-Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard

Steelseries Qck Guild Wars 2 Logan Edition Mouse Pad

CM Storm by Coolermaster Stryker Case

Cost: £1156.78

Need help in getting this perfect. I think the motherboard can do with improving and am looking for cheaper cases but must be full tower. Thanks for the help guys!

Everything looks pretty good, except for your demand in cheaper case and the requirement for a full tower.

Are you going to do some benchmarking? because I didn't see neither 2 GPUs, nore 3 or 4 ones.

My point is you'll be fine with mid tower and even a micro one.

Also you could save some money with going for a 650Watts and lower PSU capacity, unless you're planning on SLI in the near future.

I can't see a reason to buy a pricier MOBO since you're currently owning only 1 GPU.

Thanks PredatorRules, what would suggest for cooling? I yhink I will take your advice on the case, what would you recommend?

What kind of cooling are you asking about? CPU cooling? If so then Hyper 212 + EVO is one option.

Here are few suggestions for cases

Corsair 500r

CoolerMaster HAF XM

For motherboard options

Gigabyte Z87

Asrock Z87

Noctua nh-u14s

What do you think about the corsair vengeance and storm cases. Also the nzxt 410?

For a basic OC to none I can recommend you the Hyper EVO 212 just like @04dcarraher suggested.

For some heavy OC I can recommend either Noctua D14 or Corsair h100i.

For a case it's personal favor in color, window or not and the overall look of the case, a must for 1 GPU is front intake and rear exhaust fans, top exhaust is optional but will help if you're into SLI.

I can recommend on the Corsair 200, 300, 400 - R series and even the 500, it all depends on your budget.

There's also Bitfenix Prodigy if you're into Micro cases.

Alright guys, just thought I'd update on the latest decisions I'm facing.

Corsair Carbide 500R (£95) vs CM Storm (£70) vs CM 690 III (£80 or £90 with Seidon 120v CPU cooler) vs Corsair Carbide 300R (£60)

Also I'm not sure if the monitor I've selected will suffice; anyone know alternatives up to the value of £150?

Thank you all for your help so far!

Go with either the 300R or the 500R, if you'e going to insall some serious water cooling go with the 500R.

Thanks again for your feedback!

What would you suggest between the Corsair Vengeance @ £86.90 or Corsair Carbide 500R @ £94.16? Both look fantastic so I need your help!

I think I'll go 500r because of better airflow and cable management but your opinions are still welcome!

Also I've decided on the H100i for water cooling and wanted your opinions on what fans to get for the other available slots? The available fan mounts and currently installed fans are as follows:

• Six 120mm/140mm fan mounts
• Four 120mm fan mounts
• Includes a 200mm side panel fan, two front-mounted 120mm fans, and one rear 120mm fan

Additionally deciding on the intake/outake setup of the fans, I was thinking:

front: intake

side: intake

top: exhaust

back: exhaust

Does this sound right?

500R, they both look alike but the 500R is more slick one, again it's a personal flavor in style, both have the same features.

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Also I've decided on the H100i for water cooling and wanted your opinions on what fans to get for the other available slots? The available fan mounts and currently installed fans are as follows:

• Six 120mm/140mm fan mounts
• Four 120mm fan mounts
• Includes a 200mm side panel fan, two front-mounted 120mm fans, and one rear 120mm fan

Additionally deciding on the intake/outake setup of the fans, I was thinking:

front: intake

side: intake

top: exhaust

back: exhaust

Does this sound right?

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What you think about the above?

Guys can you help answer, possibly my final question, would you recommend the z87-a or z87-k?

A version hands down, I hope you're talking about Asus MOBO, but yes the A version allows you SLI in the future while the K one does NOT.

Also don't put side fans, it's pointless.

@PredatorRules: Yeah I was referring to the motherboard :), I don't think I want to spend more than the £90 for a motherboard so I will buy the z87-a. Should the pre-fitted side fan be removed or just leave it? Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated.

IMO if it comes with a side fan, remove it and close the open gap with some homemade plastic/wood/piece of metal or anything to keep the real flow 100% moving and not escaping.

You can also leave the fan there and just don't plug it to the MOBO so it would be in a static condition, but I really recommend you doing what I've described above unless you're getting a windowed case.

@PredatorRules:

Thanks again bud, do you think I should get 500r or 540?

Both are excellent cases with excellent cooling, if you're getting one GPU then it's the 540, if you're planning on two GPUs then it's the 500R hands down.

Corsair RM Series RM 750 '80+ Gold' 750W Power Supply (CP-9020055-UK) or my originally planned psu?

Go with Corsair's VX TX HX or AX series better quality.

Their RM (only their 550w is great), CS, CX series tend to use lower quality parts in those series.

Ebuyer does not carry all Corsair models and if your only going to buy from them then get The XFX 750w PSU

Corsair RM series, it's also Gold certified.

Gold rated means nothing the RM 750w fails to meet certain standards that builders expect from Corsair

"Sure, the voltage regulation, DC Output Quality, and Transient Load Test results were in specification for the tests it would complete, but the RM750 could not pull ahead of the competition in any category or even keep up with the competition in many aspects. If we couple that with some of the unknown and/or low end component selections in this unit, we quickly can see that, even if this unit had passed all of our load tests, there simply would be no reason to buy this unit as there better options out there."

It's better than CX750

So what would u guys recommend for a psu?

I've had no problems with mine, but I'm not putting it under high load.

It is super quiet though.

Antec, Corsair or SeaSonic as brands, whatever you have money for go for it.

This is true but you can grab a XFX PSU that's better quality for nearly cost

Corsair has much better and much longer warranty, 2 years vs 5 years.

Actually the XFX also comes with a 5 year warranty and to the point not all Corsair psu's are built the same and with high quality parts. The RM series are ok but for the price you can get something that has better quality components. The RM series is known to have heating issues.they overall aren't even better than previous "lower tier" Corsair products.

I need some case suggestions. I don't think I can fit a 540 air in my room and am considering the 500r instead. Anyone have other suggestions?

The real question is do you really want to skimp out and be cheapish when building a PC that you hope will last you another 5 years or more? You know you're going to upgrade so get a good mobo, a good case and don't buy non-brand name components just to save $8.

I guess it's different over there. Here it's only 2 years and they have some of the worst customer support available, so much so that some companies refuse to deal with them.

Get 500R only if you wish to put high end water cooling, if not you can go as low as 200R

The 540 is pretty damn small.

I got the 540 ^^. I need suggestions for RAM, preferably gold in colour!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211859&clickid=1hIyaJwLgQBFU8z1ia2Bg0jVUkTT6LSFg3Z9Xo0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

Now I wouldn't go with 16Gb unless you're into small editing etc. If you could get 1 dimm of that somehow it would be great, if that's too expensive I can recommend you to pick other colour such as yellow or orange.