€700 Build For a friend(review)

t1Ringo

Building a computer for a friend and trying to figure out where to put the extra 20€? (Total is 680 with shipping)
How's the build it's self?
Does it Need a Cpu Fan? If so a anyone know a nice red one?
Thanks

Intel Core i5-4440 Box, LGA1150
148,65 €

8GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9
60,67 €

ASRock B85 Pro4, Sockel 1150, ATX
58,97 €

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 OC Windforce 2X, 2GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, Displayport
196,05 €

Sharkoon Vaya Value schwarz, ohne Netzteil

34,64 €

WD Purple WD10PURX 1TB
51,54 €

be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W - bulk -
ready for dispatch
52,69 €

Kingston SSD V300 120GB SATA III
58,28 €
Total(660+20Ship)

Addled

The latest version of those SSDs are much slower than they used to be :
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

I'd look at the crucial m500 as an alternative and it's marginally cheaper.

You could also get the cx500m as a modular alternative to the be quiet.

The rest looks good though it should be a well balanced machine.

t1Ringo

Thanks i switched it out .
I went for the be quiet due to it being extremely quite, is the cx500 the same?

miece16

similar build to my one, minus the ssd as i dont feel the need for one. my pc boots to desktop up before i even turn on the screen

Addled

t1Ringo wrote: »

Thanks i switched it out .
I went for the be quiet due to it being extremely quite, is the cx500 the same?

Actually the be quiet is a better choice in that case, the cx500m seems to be a fair bit noisier under full load.

SterlingArcher

Would you consider 15 euro extra to upgrade the case from sharkoon to the antec one.

No point buying the be quiet, for its noise under load then putting it and all your parts in the sharkoon. The antec one, has one of the best cooling/noise performance benchmarks for the price. Is a lot more builder friendly too.

I know its tough on a budget but I feel a decent case is a good investment.

t1Ringo

Yeah but he likes the side panel with Sharkoon was thinking to throw a red fan in there to make it nice and slik?

t1Ringo

Hi Folks,

I'm looking to upgrade the above build, I have purchased a GTX 1070TI, I was thinking I should also buy some extra RAM & possible CPU upgrade?

Any thoughts?

Much love.
Ringo.

K.O.Kiki

CEX will sell you an i7-4790 for €130.
Pair with another stick of 8Gb RAM for dual-channel and you're golden.

t1Ringo

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

CEX will sell you an i7-4790 for €130.
Pair with another stick of 8Gb RAM for dual-channel and you're golden.

Thanks fam, would I see much of a difference between the two CPUs?

K.O.Kiki

t1Ringo wrote: »

Thanks fam, would I see much of a difference between the two CPUs?

For big multiplayer games the extra thread-count can definitely help.
If you're unsure though, just get the RAM to start & see how your library holds up.