970 gtx Build advice

[TODD90]

I am looking for to make a custom build my budget is £900 ($1440) I'd like to have to have a mother board with sli compatibility but don't plan on buying the second 970 until after Christmas any ideas are welcome

 

[LukaBoki]

Would you like to OC the CPU?
And do you need an OS and the peripherals?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.60 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Swiftech H320 55.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£88.02 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£77.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case (£129.13 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.87 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Total: £936.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 17:53 BST+0100

The Swiftech 320 is just a place holder for the Swiftech h240-X which partpicker isn't picking up .... It was supposed to be available in Europe in mid October. If ya can't wait, the Cryorig R1 or Phanteks PH-TC-14 would be my suggestion

 

[TODD90]

Would you like to OC the CPU?
And do you need an OS and the peripherals?

I would like to oc and either win7 or 8.1 peripherals at the moment aren't an issue

 

[TODD90]

Would you like to OC the CPU?
And do you need an OS and the peripherals?

I would like to oc and either win7 or 8.1 peripherals at the moment aren't an issue

 

[LukaBoki]

Serious overclocking and SLI ready:
PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NmRyLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NmRyLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.60 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.78 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.19 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£67.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (£275.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£76.40 @ More Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.29 @ Aria PC)
Total: £900.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 18:04 BST+0100

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Just realized that when I moved the build from US to UK, some of the prices for stuff it couldn't find got bumped to 0

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.60 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£76.58 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£71.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£77.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£88.33 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.87 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Total: £956.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 18:41 BST+0100

Might as well add the why's ..

MoBo - MSI GD65 is the functional equivalent of Asus Hero with same feature set and equal or better componentry for £40.00

Cooler - The Cryorig R1 beats everything else; after that the next best coolers are Noctua DH-15 > Phantels PH-TC14-PE > Thermalright Silver Arrow > Noctua DH-14. I went w/ the Phanteks for aesthetic reasons

RAM - The 2133's are almost same price as the 1600s

HD - has built in SSD so will boot / load frequently used games just a hair slower than SSD

Case / PSU - picked so as to accommodate a 2nd 970

 

[LukaBoki]

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Just realized that when I moved the build from US to UK, some of the prices for stuff it couldn't find got bumped to 0

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.60 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler (£76.58 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£71.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£77.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£88.33 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.87 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Total: £956.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 18:41 BST+0100

Might as well add the why's ..

MoBo - MSI GD65 is the functional equivalent of Asus Hero with same feature set and equal or better componentry for £40.00

Cooler - The Cryorig R1 beats everything else; after that the next best coolers are Noctua DH-15 > Phantels PH-TC14-PE > Thermalright Silver Arrow > Noctua DH-14. I went w/ the Phanteks for aesthetic reasons

RAM - The 2133's are almost same price as the 1600s

HD - has built in SSD so will boot / load frequently used games just a hair slower than SSD

Case / PSU - picked so as to accommodate a 2nd 970

But he needs an OS. 😉

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Ok, bit he didn't pick one so neither did I

My kids all bought theirs on campus for $10 - $25

 

[logainofhades]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.60 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.94 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£61.70 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£259.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.60 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.29 @ Aria PC)
Total: £900.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-17 18:54 BST+0100