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Right, so I have saved up £450-ish and I am planning to upgrade my Desktop.
Here are my parts I will be keeping:
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 (EVGA)
PSU: 750W Corsair
CASE: Fractal Design R5 (And its two case fans)
RAM: Some stock 8GB that I will upgrade at a later date.
So far I have found my Motherboard and CPU, which are linked below. Feel free to suggest me any better options for them: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/X874Bm
Now, I need a decent cooler since I plan on overclocking my CPU and maybe a new PSU, if need be. I also plan do use at least 3-way SLI in the future, so the motherboard must support that. Also, if the colours could be black/white that would be a nice touch .
What would you recommend for a good cooler? I am looking at the Corsair Hydro series that was suggested to me at an earlier date, but Im not a "Part Genius" so a bit of guidance would be nice so I don't blow up my PC.
TL;DR - Wondering if parts I selected are good and what CPU Cooler is best.
Here are my parts I will be keeping:
GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 (EVGA)
PSU: 750W Corsair
CASE: Fractal Design R5 (And its two case fans)
RAM: Some stock 8GB that I will upgrade at a later date.
So far I have found my Motherboard and CPU, which are linked below. Feel free to suggest me any better options for them: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/X874Bm
Now, I need a decent cooler since I plan on overclocking my CPU and maybe a new PSU, if need be. I also plan do use at least 3-way SLI in the future, so the motherboard must support that. Also, if the colours could be black/white that would be a nice touch .
What would you recommend for a good cooler? I am looking at the Corsair Hydro series that was suggested to me at an earlier date, but Im not a "Part Genius" so a bit of guidance would be nice so I don't blow up my PC.
TL;DR - Wondering if parts I selected are good and what CPU Cooler is best.
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You don't necessarily need an i7 as this unlocked i5 will perform well enough with your GTX 970. Decent priced single radiator liquid cooler, performs well and looks good.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£49.99 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£170.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £400.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 22:15 BST+0100
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£179.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£49.99 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£170.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £400.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 22:15 BST+0100
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Spare me the explanation, I do quite a lot more than pure gaming, along with a lot of multitasking and such. Though the rest seems pretty good, so Ill consider it.
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I'm no computer expert either but I'm sure killertoad or someone else will come around. But here is what I've mocked up for you.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£252.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£66.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.24 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£38.16 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £421.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 21:55 BST+0100
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£252.00 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£66.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.24 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£38.16 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £421.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-03 21:55 BST+0100
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OP specifically stated they wanted to do 3-way SLI in the future, the motherboard you suggested doesn't support SLI at all, just Crossfire
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This was suggested before I remembered to add that I wanted 3 way SLI, sorry about that!
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Thats my plan, hehe.
I may go for that cooler, but not the Mobo and RAM, Since Im only focusing on the Mobo, CPU and Cooler in this budget and I need 3-4 way SLI on the Motherboard for the future,
I may go for that cooler, but not the Mobo and RAM, Since Im only focusing on the Mobo, CPU and Cooler in this budget and I need 3-4 way SLI on the Motherboard for the future,
