Will this PC work together?

[techyguy01]

Will this pc run arma 3/video editing well?
(improved build...)
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hhLjLk

 

[sadams04]

Yep! I would swap the PSU out for an XFX or Seasonic offering, but you are in great shape. You could also scale down on the memory to DDR3-1866 CL9 1.5v instead of the higher voltage modules. Enjoy that rig!

 

[sadams04]

MB - Changed to a different Gigabyte board with the same features.
MEM - DDR3-1866 CL9 1.5v
GPU - The EVGA Superclocked GTX 970 is a little cheaper and retains a high factory overclock
PSU - XFX Gold 750w

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.38 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£93.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£90.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£261.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case (£90.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1077.17

 

[techyguy01]

MB - Changed to a different Gigabyte board with the same features.
MEM - DDR3-1866 CL9 1.5v
GPU - The EVGA Superclocked GTX 970 is a little cheaper and retains a high factory overclock
PSU - XFX Gold 750w

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.38 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£93.37 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£124.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£90.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£261.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case (£90.00 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.96 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1077.17

1) How is the gaming 7 better.. It says it has high audio capacitors
2) It's £10 more for 2400 so I will probably stick with it
3) GPU wise, The gigabyte gaming 1 has more shaders etc and is same price on an offer I saw.
PSU you suggested seems fine, but why £20 more?

 

[sadams04]

How is the gaming 7 better.. It says it has high audio capacitors

PSU you suggested seems fine, but why £20 more?

For gaming purposes the Gaming 7 and Z97-SLI will give you the same experience. The main differences are with the number of SATA ports and their configuration for supporting drives. The Gaming 5 might be the better pickup if you are ok with four internal SATA ports.

The XFX offers better quality over the Corsair.

 

[techyguy01]

How is the gaming 7 better.. It says it has high audio capacitors

PSU you suggested seems fine, but why £20 more?

For gaming purposes the Gaming 7 and Z97-SLI will give you the same experience. The main differences are with the number of SATA ports and their configuration for supporting drives. The Gaming 5 might be the better pickup if you are ok with four internal SATA ports.

Except the gaming 7 and z97 sli both have 6 SATA ports. your not persuading me enough 🙁

The XFX offers better quality over the Corsair.

 

[sadams04]

Not sure you are following what I am getting at... There is no need to spend the extra budget on the Gaming 7 when the Z97-SLI will do the same thing for you. If you want to stick with the Gigabyte Gaming series of motherboards, and won't be needing all 6 internal SATA ports, the Gaming 5 is at the same price level at the Z97-SLI.

 

[techyguy01]

Not sure you are following what I am getting at... There is no need to spend the extra budget on the Gaming 7 when the Z97-SLI will do the same thing for you. If you want to stick with the Gigabyte Gaming series of motherboards, and won't be needing all 6 internal SATA ports, the Gaming 5 is at the same price level at the Z97-SLI.

Oh okay, it's just you mentioned paying for more SATA ports and they all have 6. I'll swap to the gaming 5 then. If you say the gaming 7 is not worth £17 more...

 

[techyguy01]

Yep! I would swap the PSU out for an XFX or Seasonic offering, but you are in great shape. You could also scale down on the memory to DDR3-1866 CL9 1.5v instead of the higher voltage modules. Enjoy that rig!

Would the 750W Corsair RM Series 80PLUS be better than your psu reccomendations?

Also concerning the RAM, I saw the PC Part picker error... Why do I have to reduce my RAM speed, is it my processor or...?

 

[sadams04]

Would the 750W Corsair RM Series 80PLUS be better than your psu reccomendations?

Also concerning the RAM, I saw the PC Part picker error... Why do I have to reduce my RAM speed, is it my processor or...?

No. For a PSU, first look toward XFX or Seasonic, then Antec or EVGA, then maybe look at Corsair. Their pricing may be competitive, but there are higher quality units out there.

Your build uses 1.65v memory modules (to gain those higher speeds). It will work, but is outside of what Intel recommends. I would go with the DDR3-1866 modules in the build from my post. 1.5v modules that are high performance being low latency.