PC for gaming

[oratorio]

Hi all

I have put together this spec, but this is the first gaming PC I have purchased so I am not sure if it all goes together. Any advice welcome. I will be using mainly for gaming, action/RPG style games (think Mass Effect, Fallout).

Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS SE GAMING TOWER (Windowed)
Free Item
CM Storm Pitch Gaming Headset
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z87: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
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FREE WATCH DOGS with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£69)
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard - OEM (£56)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
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
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
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 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,907.00 including VAT and delivery.


Cheers for any advice

 

[Rakk]

Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z87: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR

Unless you really need the extra functionality of this motherboard, I'd drop down to the Z87-A

Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB)

For gaming 32GB is complete overkill, I'd drop down to 8GB, it will be plenty for current games and if you really need more RAM in a few years it's easy to upgrade.

Are you planning on overclocking? Only CPU dependent games would gain any benefit from overclocking.
If you aren't going to be overclocking the triple copper heatpipe will be plenty for CPU cooling and you could drop to the i5-4670 instead.

Are you going to be multi-monitor gaming or only on one monitor?

 

[oratorio]

Unless you really need the extra functionality of this motherboard, I'd drop down to the Z87-A


For gaming 32GB is complete overkill, I'd drop down to 8GB, it will be plenty for current games and if you really need more RAM in a few years it's easy to upgrade.

Are you planning on overclocking? Only CPU dependent games would gain any benefit from overclocking.
If you aren't going to be overclocking the triple copper heatpipe will be plenty for CPU cooling and you could drop to the i5-4670 instead.

Are you going to be multi-monitor gaming or only on one monitor?

Thank you - I had suspected I was overdoing it with the RAM, and you're right - it's easy enough to add more.

It's unlikely I will overclock, although I might like to keep the option open.

I use one monitor.

Thanks again for your input!

 

[keynes]

Thank you - I had suspected I was overdoing it with the RAM, and you're right - it's easy enough to add more.

It's unlikely I will overclock, although I might like to keep the option open.

I use one monitor.

Thanks again for your input!

For a 1920x1080 monitor the gtx 780 ti is not needed, the gtx 780 is going to max games at that resolution. I would suggest the gtx 780 ti for a higher resolution