Opinion on PC Build

[yoječ]

GTX970 is a good card and it's not badly engineered. The only thing wrong is nVidia's bullsh*t marketing.

Though to be fair, I think that AMD has cut down the price of R9-290X and it might be a better value right now. Would have to check that, but I'm on my mobile. Although it's far hotter and consumes way more power.

[SilverRST]

I have the Fractal Design R4 black and it's damn nice and cool! It's a simple and yet slick looking case without bells and whistles.

It also keeps my i7-4770 and GTX780 cool when playing games and I'd love to play GTAV for hours so anything that can get cooler

is welcome. At the time when the 290 was €50 cheaper, I picked up the GTX780 because of 290 running hotter

and consumes more power and I don't want anything of that.

After almost a year later, I'm still very happy with this build and the CPU and GPU still runs cool and I don't have to be afraid

to play games for hours long

Except these summers getting hotter each year but that's normal.

If I were you, I'd wait for videos and reviews to see how GTAV performs on a GTX970 and how much VRAM it needs. Does it exceeds 3,5GB

or does it keep the VRAM always lower than 3,5GB? Who knows.

You really don't want a 290 in the summers.

Edited February 4, 2015 by SilverRST

[TJGM]

I'm not talking about the regular 290 though, I'm talking about 290 tri-x. From what I've read, it's cooler than the 780 and quieter. I think I'll go with the tri-x, the FPS difference seems to be small enough that I won't mind and if I ever decide to run at higher resolutions the 290 tri-x is most likely going to run better than the 780 because of the difference in vram.

 

EDIT: Actually, I might be pretty wrong on it being cooler and quieter than the 780, but still.

Edited February 7, 2015 by TJGM

[TheMcSame]

I'm not talking about the regular 290 though, I'm talking about 290 tri-x. From what I've read, it's cooler than the 780 and quieter. I think I'll go with the tri-x, the FPS difference seems to be small enough that I won't mind and if I ever decide to run at higher resolutions the 290 tri-x is most likely going to run better than the 780 because of the difference in vram.

 

EDIT: Actually, I might be pretty wrong on it being cooler and quieter than the 780, but still.

You sure you don't mean the Vapor-X? Even if you don't mean that I'd take vapor-x over the tri-x, it runs quieter and cooler than some 970s.

Edited February 7, 2015 by TheMcSame

[TJGM]

 

I'm not talking about the regular 290 though, I'm talking about 290 tri-x. From what I've read, it's cooler than the 780 and quieter. I think I'll go with the tri-x, the FPS difference seems to be small enough that I won't mind and if I ever decide to run at higher resolutions the 290 tri-x is most likely going to run better than the 780 because of the difference in vram.

 

EDIT: Actually, I might be pretty wrong on it being cooler and quieter than the 780, but still.

You sure you don't mean the Vapor-X? Even if you don't mean that I'd take vapor-x over the tri-x, it runs quieter and cooler than some 970s.

 

Nope, it was the tri-x. Honestly, I'm not sure how trustworthy these sources are, so I wouldn't take it for granted.

 

Not actually sure if "load noise levels" literally means noise levels as the game loads, but yeah.

 

 

Edited February 9, 2015 by TJGM

[utack]

 

 

 

Sssh! Facts confuse Nvidia people. AMD can't be cool and silent!

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If someone did not get it: The statement and the video are both a joke

Edited February 9, 2015 by utack

[SilverRST]

I'm not talking about the regular 290 though, I'm talking about 290 tri-x. From what I've read, it's cooler than the 780 and quieter. I think I'll go with the tri-x, the FPS difference seems to be small enough that I won't mind and if I ever decide to run at higher resolutions the 290 tri-x is most likely going to run better than the 780 because of the difference in vram.

 

EDIT: Actually, I might be pretty wrong on it being cooler and quieter than the 780, but still.

Don't forget it all depents on which PC case you'll get. Not all cases have the same cooling so the temps may vary.

[TJGM]

Okay, I think I'll settle for this. Thanks to for basically creating the list, this is just the near finished final list. Oh and thanks to everyone that replied too, appreciate the input.

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£183.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£67.37 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.47 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M550 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£171.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.35 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1107.70

 

 

The only problems I have now is, the HDD that recommended doesn't deliver to Ireland, so does anyone else have any other recommendations? Oh and will this be a major problem?

Edited February 11, 2015 by TJGM

[TheMcSame]

Okay, I think I'll settle for this. Thanks to for basically creating the list, this is just the near finished final list.

 

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£183.00 @ Amazon UK)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£67.37 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.47 @ Amazon UK)

Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Crucial M550 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£171.88 @ Amazon UK)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£43.95 @ Amazon UK)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)

Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.35 @ Amazon UK)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £1107.70

 

 

The only problems I have now is, the HDD that recommended doesn't deliver to Ireland, so does anyone else have any other recommendations? Oh and will this be a major problem?

Try a WD Caviar blue. If you can't get one of them then I would look towards Hitachi.

 

As for the RAM Voltage, it's fine. A lot of RAM kits run at 1.65V, just make sure you enable the XMP to get the advertised speeds.

Edited February 11, 2015 by TheMcSame

[yoječ]

WD10EZEX is the best alternative for ST1000DM003.

 

As for the RAM, you'll be fine. 1.65V is standard for fast memory sticks.

Edited February 11, 2015 by yojo2

[TJGM]

Okay then, I guess that's that. I should be ordering the parts on Friday/Saturday (worst days to order something, but that's the earliest I can do). When I start building it I'll probably run into some strange issue, so don't be surprised if I come back here again asking for more help.

 

Once again, thanks to everyone that has replied and helped with picking the parts for the PC, appreciate it.

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£183.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£67.37 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£110.47 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M550 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£171.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£68.35 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1107.63

 

Edited February 11, 2015 by TJGM