Question about new components for a new build

[Nighthawk1979]

Hi all.

I am about to build myself my next new P,C., I have been building and repairing P.C.'s now for 13 years but I have never overclocked.

I have decided upon some of the components but I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on the parts that I am undecided on.

I will be looking to leave it as standard (no overclock) for a couple of years and then when it starts to show its age, overclock to some degree (not record breaking) and possibly add more Ram and another Graphics Card.

I game and photo / video edit. All the parts need to be sourced locally to me (Hampshire)

The parts that I am certain on are: (all prices as given are from Novatech)

4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 4670K 3.40GHz Socket LGA1150 £167.98
G.Skill RipjawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz £62.99
Novatech 23 Inch HD LED Touch Screen Monitor 10 point multi touch £199.98
Windows 8.1 64Bit OEM DVD £78.98
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 64MB Cache HD SATA 6Gb/s <8.9ms 7200rpm £44.99
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£554.92

I have an internal 128GB SSD. SATA DVDRW, and an external Blu-ray RW (USB3) from a previous build.

Now obviously leaves a lot of components to choose. My total budget is £900-£950, so I have about £345-£395 to play with. So the more I spend on one the less I can on the others.

My first main question is which Motherboard? I have narrowed the field down to:

GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) £86.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150z87chipset/atxformfactor/ga-z87-hd3.html
ASUS Z87-A Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) £109.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150z87chipset/atxformfactor/90mb0dz0-m0eay0.html
MSI Z87-G45 GAMING Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) £109.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150z87chipset/atxformfactor/z87-g45gaming.html
GIGABYTE G1.SNIPER Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) £119.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150z87chipset/atxformfactor/g1.sniperz87.html

Next is the Graphics Card?

MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC 2GB GDDR5 with assasins creed IV and £134.99
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http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagtx660series/n660-2gd5oc.html
ASUS Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II TOP OC 2GB GDDR5 with BF4 £179.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/amdradeongraphicscards/amdr9270xseries/r9270x-dc2t-2gd5.html

PSU?

XFX ProSeries 650W Core Edition Power Supply - 80 PLUS Bronze Certified £70.98
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/p1-650s-nlb9.html
Corsair CS MODULAR Series Power Supplies - CS650M £74.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cp-9020077.html

Lastly

Case

Thermaltake V3 Blacx Edition Mid ATX Tower - Black £40.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cases/cases/vl800m1w2n.html
Novatech Vortex Tower Case - Black £49.99
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cases/el-b-661.html
Zalman Z11 Plus Black Tower Case £53.98
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cases/cases/z11p.html

I am open to suggestions other than the ones listed, but I do have to keep within budget and I would prefer to source locally. All suggestions (with reasons) will be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[animal]

It is never a good idea to definitely select the RAM you want to use before you know what motherboard you will be using. I can understand liking the looks/price of a certain type of RAM, but you will be better served verifying that the RAM you want to get will be compatible with your motherboard you end up choosing. To do this, either go the motherboard manufacturer's website and look up its QVL for known compatible memory, although their list does not always list all of the compatible memory that is out there. Or go to the memory manufacturer's website (in this case G. Skill.com) and use their memory configurator program/app where you tell it what motherboard you are using and it will tell you all of the compatible memory that they make that will work with it.

As far as the PSU you will need, how large of one wattage-wise you will need will mainly be dependent upon which GPU you decide to go with and whether (and how hard) you will be overclocking. Unless you are planning to do extreme overclocking I recommend adding 50-100 watts to what the following recommended PSU wattage size for various system configurations based on the type and amount of GPUs it will have:

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

I recommend getting a quality PSU from a top-tier manufacturer such as Seasonic, XFX, Corsair (except their CX series) or Antec.