Where to shave a few quid off this build?

DemocAnarchis

Hi lads, the mobo on my old Dell XPS710 died on me, and as it's BTX there's no point throwing good money after bad. I've salvaged a few parts from it, and I'm looking for some input on the new mobo in particular - I intend to start with a mild overclock with a bit more in future, but I'm not sure if this mobo is overkill in this build.

1. What is your budget? [€700, lower is better]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming (Skyrim, Civ V, Crysis), some light video/audio editing, general use

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

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Yes,a few components:

ASUS ATI HD7850-DC2-2GD5 PCIe
DVD drive
Card reader
Monitor
Keyboard/Mouse/Speakers


5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

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

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [1680 x 1050, but intend to upgrated to 1920x1080 sometime down the line]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Just wireless card, included it in the build]

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

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

9. When are you purchasing? [In the next week]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [No help needed]


Item|Price
Intel Core i5-4670K Box, LGA1150|€203.83
8GB G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9|€65.80
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€114.99
Corsair Carbide Series 200R, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€50.96
ASRock Z87 Extreme4, Sockel 1150, ATX|€117.09
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€30.67
be quiet! PURE POWER L8 500W|€58.42
ASUS PCE-N15|€14.90
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€49.17
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€724.84

Running the build through geizhals, it comes to €695.96. I don't want to cut something that will have a large impact for the sake of a few quid, but if there is any fat here to be trimmed, I'd love your feedback.

Cheers.

SterlingArcher

DemocAnarchis wrote: »

Hi lads, the mobo on my old Dell XPS710 died on me, and as it's BTX there's no point throwing good money after bad. I've salvaged a few parts from it, and I'm looking for some input on the new mobo in particular - I intend to start with a mild overclock with a bit more in future, but I'm not sure if this mobo is overkill in this build.

1. What is your budget? [€700, lower is better]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming (Skyrim, Civ V, Crysis), some light video/audio editing, general use

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

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? Yes,a few components:

ASUS ATI HD7850-DC2-2GD5 PCIe
DVD drive
Card reader
Monitor
Keyboard/Mouse/Speakers


5. Do you need a monitor? [No]

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

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? [1680 x 1050, but intend to upgrated to 1920x1080 sometime down the line]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Just wireless card, included it in the build]

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

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

9. When are you purchasing? [In the next week]

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? [No help needed]


Item|Price
Intel Core i5-4670K Box, LGA1150|€203.83
8GB G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-12800U CL9|€65.80
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€114.99
Corsair Carbide Series 200R, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€50.96
ASRock Z87 Extreme4, Sockel 1150, ATX|€117.09
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€30.67
be quiet! PURE POWER L8 500W|€58.42
ASUS PCE-N15|€14.90
WD Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€49.17
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€724.84

Running the build through geizhals, it comes to €695.96. I don't want to cut something that will have a large impact for the sake of a few quid, but if there is any fat here to be trimmed, I'd love your feedback.

Cheers.

First of all you will get a corsair 600w modular for that price. Or a corsair 500 w for 50. That said I like the be quiet.

Get the corsair low profile ram. 64.

Could Forget the overclocking and just go Xeon 1230 v ... Then cut the board down to a h87.

you have picked good value parts without compromising overall build quality. Personally I wouldn't want to. Yes the mobo could still be chopped down using the I5.

Serephucus

If you're not planning on going SLI/CF in the future, you can drop down to the Pro3/4, and that should save you a decent amount. Other than that I wouldn't change much. It's a very solid build as-is.