First Build Finally

beno619

So the stars have aligned and after a year of following this thread I've gathered the funds to join you glorious gaming gods.


1. What is your budget? [€1100]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Gaming/Video editing/Development/Programming] (BF3/4)

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [No]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [Nope]

5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

5a. If yes, what size do you need. [NA]

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [1920x1080]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [keyboard & Speakers]

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [Yes]

8. How can you pay? [Bank Transfer/Credit Card/Laser]

9. When are you purchasing? [Before the end of the month]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [Will be building myself ]


This is what I have so far, I may wait it out a couple of weeks to see if Bitfenix clear up their plans for the Prodigy M, Phenom M and or Prodigy 2.0 so this could end up being an MATX build, I would also like to see some reviews of the MSI Z87i board.


Item|Price
Intel Core i5-4670K Tray,3,4 GHZ, 6MB Cache, LGA 1150, VGA|€211.64
Samsung SSD 840 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€141.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€56.74
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950, 3GB GDDR5, PCI-Express|€278.24
Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.A (BW)|€40.48
BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Gehäuse - weiß, ohne Netzteil|€69.99
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz PC3-12800U CL9|€60.61
MSI Z87I, ITX, Sockel 1150|€116.57
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W|€50.45
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1045.70


Apparently the Gigabyte 7950 V2 is voltage locked its got a high stock voltage of for 1.2 but would there be any alternatives worth exploring ?

So I need an opinion on a keyboards and speakers ?

After seeing glowing reports here of the CM Storm Quick Fire TK I was all set to go with it but wont be dispatched by Amazon for 1-3 months so may have settle for the Microsoft Sidewinder.

Thanks in advance for taking your time to read this lads !

marco_polo

You don't need any help, Thinly veiled look at my new e-peen thread :P

For around the same price at the Gigabyte, this review suggests I think the Powercolor HD7950 PCS+ have unlocked voltage (Although I can't guarantee there hasn't been a revision in the meantime that has reversed this, as seems to happen with alot of 79XX cards, I can't see anything to suggest that there has been one)

It is certainly fairly quiet and has an impressive enough set of reviews behind it.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/3072+MB/55043/Powercolor+HD7950+PCS%2B+3072MB+GDDR5.article

beno619

marco_polo wrote: »

You don't need any help, Thinly veiled look at my new e-peen thread :P

For around the same price at the Gigabyte, this review suggests I think the Powercolor HD7950 PCS+ have unlocked voltage (Although I can't guarantee there hasn't been a revision in the meantime that has reversed this, as seems to happen with alot of 79XX cards, I can't see anything to suggest that there has been one)

It is certainly fairly quiet and has an impressive enough set of reviews behind it.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/3072+MB/55043/Powercolor+HD7950+PCS%2B+3072MB+GDDR5.article

I'm a PC noob marco I swear :-P

Reviews of the Powercolor card look great but quick Google on their RMA
service is quite worrying apparently it's non existent in Europe.
Might go with the Gigabyte card to keep my sanity if worse comes to worse.

should also mention I ordered the MSI 7950 (650 ti boost) from the BA thread
so I might have already picked a card.

BloodBath

Good build. You don't need much help alright

Card if it comes back in stock.

Speakers.

Keyboard.

The keyboard would be delivered within days I'm guessing. Amazon always quote ridiculous times for some reason.

beno619

BloodBath wrote: »

Good build. You don't need much help alright

Card if it comes back in stock.

Speakers.

Keyboard.

The keyboard would be delivered within days I'm guessing. Amazon always quote ridiculous times for some reason.

Speakers look good and a made a demand from flubit for the CM Quickfire just to get a better idea if the thing is actually available anywhere.
Have you gotten a dispatch email from Amazon ?

Very tempted to order today but I have reservations about buying an itx board without a decent review behind it

beno619

About to order could somebody recommend a PWM fan splitter ?
Decided upgrade the mobo, Asrock z87e-its seems to offer the best value, so here is the final build.

Item|Price
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz PC3-12800U CL9|€60.61
Intel Core i5-4670K Box, LGA1150|€208.99
ASRock Z87E-ITX, Sockel 1150, ITX|€146.67
Arctic Cooling Wärmeleitpaste MX-4 Tube|€3.91
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950, 3GB GDDR5, PCI-Express|€262.69
Samsung SSD 840 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€141.99
BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Gehäuse - weiß, ohne Netzteil|€69.99
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€57.27
Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.A (BW)|€36.05
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W|€50.45
BitFenix Spectre 230mm Lüfter White LED - black|€12.73
Wavemaster MX-3+|€38.52
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1108.86

BloodBath

Are you sure the macho will fit in there? I don't think you can get 4-pin pwm splitters. Only 3 pin ones.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Power/54752/BitFenix+3-Pin+zu+3x+3-Pin+Adapter+60cm%2C+sleeved+schwarz+schwarz.article

indough

you can get pwm splitters, akasa makes a molex powered one

TerrorFirmer

Pc World actually have a range of splitters on clearance. I picked up a load of stuff there recently reduced to 50% or more. They have molex-3 pin definitely.

Tea_Bag

BloodBath wrote: »

Good build. You don't need much help alright

Card if it comes back in stock.

Speakers.

Keyboard.

The keyboard would be delivered within days I'm guessing. Amazon always quote ridiculous times for some reason.

anyone got any experience with those speakers?

Portlawslim

Just wondering why your going for speakers? If your playing BF3/4 you'll be playing online and I'm sure Teamspeak will be used at some point, would you not be better off with a good headset instead?
I just got a plantronics 780 highly recommend them..

beno619

BloodBath wrote: »

Are you sure the macho will fit in there? I don't think you can get 4-pin pwm splitters. Only 3 pin ones.

http://www.hardwareversand.de/Power/54752/BitFenix+3-Pin+zu+3x+3-Pin+Adapter+60cm%2C+sleeved+schwarz+schwarz.article

Yep should fit with a nice bit of clearance according to a video on Youtube

indough wrote: »

you can get pwm splitters, akasa makes a molex powered one

I ordered this from Amazon ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005FWXWPS/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Portlawslim wrote: »

Just wondering why your going for speakers? If your playing BF3/4 you'll be playing online and I'm sure Teamspeak will be used at some point, would you not be better off with a good headset instead?
I just got a plantronics 780 highly recommend them..

Well they'll be handy for movies and music ect.

picked up the Plantronics gamescon 380's 2 months are there quite nice but I kinda wished Id just went for the 780's.

Also the mother has been bugging me to replace the speakers on the family PC so a shiny new pair of speakers and she might forget to ask how much the new rig cost and il just use the old dell ones

beno619

So I finally got the dispatch email what are the chances of having my parts here by Friday ?

Had to Flubit the mobo so probably wont be up and running until next tuesday or wednesday

Gumbi

beno619 wrote: »

So I finally got the dispatch email what are the chances of having my parts here by Friday ?

Had to Flubit the mobo so probably wont be up and running until next tuesday or wednesday

Very possibly

BloodBath

If it was dispatched today you should have it wednesday or thursday.

Gumbi

BloodBath wrote: »

If it was dispatched today you should have it wednesday or thursday.

Yeah, Thursday likely. 3 days once its shipped. Depending on timing You might have it wed.

beno619

BloodBath wrote: »

If it was dispatched today you should have it wednesday or thursday.

Gumbi wrote: »

Yeah, Thursday likely. 3 days once its shipped. Depending on timing You might have it wed.

Its already in Tamworth so im hoping it might be here tomorrow

Have to say it started off being a horrible experience with the order being held back because of the out of stock mobo.

They are fairly useless when contacted by email but a 5 min phone call sorted everything and I got my refund for the mobo today as well, if the parts show up tomorrow that'll be a 3 day turnaround which is pretty incredible.

My flubit order should be here on Friday so its going to be a great weekend.
Just have to get my game codes now :P

beno619

My order from Hardwarevesand was delivered today and the Mobo should be here tomorrow

Phone pics dont quite do it justice but the Prodigy is even more stunning in person.

Gumbi

beno619 wrote: »

My order from Hardwarevesand was delivered today and the Mobo should be here tomorrow

Phone pics dont quite do it justice but the Prodigy is even more stunning in person.

Very nice! My prediction was spot on When did you order it again? Enjoy:)

Your pics are broken for me btw.

beno619

Gumbi wrote: »

Very nice! My prediction was spot on When did you order it again? Enjoy:)

Your pics are broken for me btw.

Thanks ! I ordered on the 11th but only dispatched this Monday.

Dang think I used the wrong dropbox links.

Edit : used imgur ..

beno619

Okay guys trying to to see if it will post before I put the mobo in the case, cant seem to trip the PSU with a key ?

There also doesn't seem to be any kind of indicater on the PSU, could it be DOA I was worried when it didn't come in its own box just covered in bubble wrap ?