First PC build - [Opinion/budget suggestions?]

[Meng2strong]

Hi All,

This will be my first time building, please see below for components. I will be using this for gaming/recording and rendering.

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2781-KR) - £569.99

XSPC RayStorm D5 RX360 WaterCooling Kit - £299.99

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game - £275.99

Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) -£193.99

MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - £157.99

NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - White - £139.99

Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) - £129.95

Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) - £115.99

Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) - x2 £73.99 = £147.98

LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM - £17.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) - £8.99

Total: £2,076.54
W/O VAT: £1,715.70

So, just wanted you guy's opinion on this build and suggestions/ changes that can help me save money.

Thanks in advance,

Meng

 

[Madn3ss795]

Something with price about the same as yours, but better performance : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/13420


CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£455.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£80.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£184.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£78.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£104.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£540.96 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case (£139.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£123.80 @ Dabs)
Total: £1768.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-05 02:36 BST+0100)

No need to bother with LGA1150 at this price range. Just grab for yourself a LGA2011 system. If your screen resolution is 1920*1080 or smaller, then consider getting a GTX770 instead to save money.

 

[Meng2strong]

Something with price about the same as yours, but better performance : http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/13420


CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£455.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£80.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£184.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£78.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£104.65 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£540.96 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case (£139.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£123.80 @ Dabs)
Total: £1768.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-05 02:36 BST+0100)

No need to bother with LGA1150 at this price range. Just grab for yourself a LGA2011 system. If your screen resolution is 1920*1080 or smaller, then consider getting a GTX770 instead to save money.

Thanks for replying, in terms of performance for, recording and rendering, which one would be better? I know Sony Vegas supports hyper threading so the 3930k will perform a mile better in a benchmark.

What I am trying to get to really is how much gaming performance will I lose over using the i7 3930k instead of the i7 4770k?

Many thanks,

Meng

 

[Madn3ss795]

3930k has much higher performance in those task due to additional cores. As for gaming, you won't lose any, if not getting more, especially in new titles like Crysis3.

 

[Meng2strong]

3930k has much higher performance in those task due to additional cores. As for gaming, you won't lose any, if not getting more, especially in new titles like Crysis3.

Hi, thanks for replying.

I drafted a build with the 3930k instead below, basically an expansion from your suggested build. Is there anything that you think is bad or needs replacing? I am a little out of budget with the below build but don't mind getting parts like the SSD at a later stage.

Intel Core i7-3930K C2 Stepping (SR0KY) 3.20GHz (Sandy Bridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail - £ 379.99
GIGABYTE GA-X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) ATX Motherboard - £ 158.19
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3078MB GDDR5 Graphics Card - £ 457.49
2x 8GB (2x4GB) G.SKILL RipjawsX 2133MHz CL11 DDR3 Dual/Quad Channel Kit [F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL] - £ 109.98 (Total)
850W XFX Pro Black Edition 80PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply [P1-850B-BEFX] - £ 106.77
128GB Samsung 840 Pro Series 2.5" SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive - £ 90.21
256GB Samsung 840 Pro Series 2.5" SATA 6GB/s (SATA-III) Solid State Drive - £ 148.99
NZXT Switch 810 White Full Tower Window Gaming Case - £ 116.66
LiteOn 24x Internal SATA DVD RW Drive [IHAS124-04] - £ 10.95
XSPC RayStorm D5 RX360 WaterCooling Kit - £ 299.99
Total - £ 2,212.36

Thanks,

Meng

 

[Madn3ss795]

Seems good, but on storage part, one 840 pro is enough. You couldn spend the rest on a HDD with huge capacity, since recording/rendering will need a lot of space from your storage devices.