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Twunes

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Hi guys, recently bought a Ultranote 15.6 from PCSpecialist a few months and very happy with the customer service I received etc so I decided to purchase a new desktop from them. I will predominately use the PC for gaming, and obviously browsing, streaming, etc. I will not need an OS and the budget is ~£800-850 unless you can substantially improve the desktop for a something little over that price range.

Here is the spec I built below. Do I need to do any slight tweaks etc, or is it fine?


Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

Case
InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, XFIRE/SLI (Was thinking to change to Gigabyte Z97P-D3) any downfall to this?

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item: FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!

1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR 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 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD (£5)

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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity 1

Thanks!
 
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Twunes

Member
Gaming PC.

Alright folks, just built a PC im 99% happy with although need some last pointers incase I have missed anything. I am looking to shave abit off the price so wasn't sure whether to down-grade the Motherboard, or drop the SSD. Here is the spec I built below. It'll be used mainly for gaming and obviously some browsing etc. Any help would be appreciated! Looking to purchase this PC next week.


Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

Case
InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, XFIRE/SLI (Was thinking to change to Gigabyte Z97P-D3) any downfall to this?

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item: FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!

1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR 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 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 150Mbps PCI-E CARD (£5)

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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity 1

Thanks!
 
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Edd1e

Enthusiast
If you were going to sli you would need a more powerful psu so unless you plan to change that laster then for me I would drop that function off your motherboard as it is an upgrade path where as the ssd will benefit you right off the bat.
 
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Twunes

Member
Edd1e said:
If you were going to sli you would need a more powerful psu so unless you plan to change that laster then for me I would drop that function off your motherboard as it is an upgrade path where as the ssd will benefit you right off the bat.
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Thanks for the help mate, so drop the motherboard to the previous one I stated the Gigabyte Z97P-D3? (If so, what would be the downfall of doing so?)
 
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Edd1e

Enthusiast
I would get it confirmed by those with more know but as I see it the main loss is the sli functionality.
 
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Cadwah

Rising Star
The only downside to downgrading the motherboard would be that you wouldn't be able to add a second GPU in SLi at a later date, other than that the cheaper motherboard will not reduce functionality or performance at all.

Saying that you could probably get away with a build from the home/office section.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4690 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Case
InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE
Motherboard
ASUS® H81-Gamer: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Game with Select GTX 9 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
120GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR 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 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Windows 10 Upgrade
FREE Upgrade to Windows 10 with all Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 Purchases*
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £855.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-home-office-pc/KUs8nUXVsb/
 
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Twunes said:
Thanks for the help mate, can anyone shed some light on the motherboard? Is it worth downgrading or what?
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Cadwah's correct, if you aren't going to be adding a second graphics card down the line, then downgrading will not make any impact to performance, save a few quid.
 
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Twunes

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Was thinking of upgrading to the CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 200R COMPACT GAMING CASE, is there any issues if I do i.e limited cooling etc? Or is the case fine.

I currently have InWIN G7 BRUSHED EFFECT DARK GREY CASE.
 
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Cadwah

Rising Star
The Corsair Carbide is ok for Mid-Level Gaming, General & Office Use, Video & Video Editing.

I don't think an i5 and a GTX 970 class as mid level gaming, the cooling probably wouldn't be sufficient.

The InWIN G7 is for Extreme Gaming, Home Servers, Extreme PC Systems so would probably be a better fit.

Personally I wouldn't spend less than £59 on a case with so many high end components.
 
GeorgeHillier

GeorgeHillier

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Cadwah said:
The Corsair Carbide is ok for Mid-Level Gaming, General & Office Use, Video & Video Editing.

I don't think an i5 and a GTX 970 class as mid level gaming, the cooling probably wouldn't be sufficient.

The InWIN G7 is for Extreme Gaming, Home Servers, Extreme PC Systems so would probably be a better fit.

Personally I wouldn't spend less than £59 on a case with so many high end components.
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I have the 300R, which is slightly bigger, but overall is nearly the same.

I have an i5-4690 and 2x EVGA ACX SC 760s which are factory overclocked and I add a slight overclock myself every so often :)

The 200R will be a good case, it has a good amount of fan slots and looks relatively smart, I put it in a few of the builds I do :)
 
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Twunes

Member
GeorgeHillier said:
I have the 300R, which is slightly bigger, but overall is nearly the same.

I have an i5-4690 and 2x EVGA ACX SC 760s which are factory overclocked and I add a slight overclock myself every so often :)

The 200R will be a good case, it has a good amount of fan slots and looks relatively smart, I put it in a few of the builds I do :)
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Indeed, I like the look of the 200R alot more than the InWin as it looks more classy personally anyway. How do you find the cooling to be with your 200R case? Would it be smart to add some extra fan slots in to improve cooling also?

Thanks for the help guys!
 
GeorgeHillier

GeorgeHillier

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Twunes said:
Indeed, I like the look of the 200R alot more than the InWin as it looks more classy personally anyway. How do you find the cooling to be with your 200R case? Would it be smart to add some extra fan slots in to improve cooling also?

Thanks for the help guys!
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I have the 300R, which Is slightly bigger and has an extra fan slot (I think), my 300R is great, my i5 and 2x760s never get too hot, can't knock the case for the price :)
 
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Twunes

Member
GeorgeHillier said:
I have the 300R, which Is slightly bigger and has an extra fan slot (I think), my 300R is great, my i5 and 2x760s never get too hot, can't knock the case for the price :)
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Ah, misread. Would you advise getting 1-2 more fans fitted for better cooling or is there no point?
 
GeorgeHillier

GeorgeHillier

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Twunes said:
Ah, misread. Would you advise getting 1-2 more fans fitted for better cooling or is there no point?
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Mine has all fan slots filled (not through PCS though), I would defeintely add a couple extra fans, but then again I go over the top with cooling :p
 
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Twunes

Member
Ah sweet, thanks for the help. Another quick question regarding the ultra quiet PSU and normal, is there any significant difference in terms of quietness?
 
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