SOLVED Setting up a new build

[DanFraser]

Boy it's been a while since I built something. That Q6600 was bought brand new when they came out!

This time around I'm not planning to overclock, especially with getting a nice 6 years out of £400 worth of parts as it is. It's getting a little wheezy though and you can tell the CPU and motherboard is bottlenecking anything.

I've been using pcpartpicker to find the pieces I want and have this list waiting for when I have cash soon. It's aim is more oomph without needing to give me infinite FPS in a few games. I play Empire: Total War, BF4, LOTRO, Company of Heroes and EvE Online. The last two are hilariously fast anyway even with my current setup. I also do a myriad of other computer stuff that gobbles up RAM and CPU cycles (encoding videos mainly).

I know that the CPU is probably a touch overpowered for my needs but it gives plenty of long term running and the cooler I've selected is to keep nice and cool while being stupidly quiet.

Do you seen any compatability issues with these items? The dark greyed items are what I already have and will be putting into the system on the rebuild. Could I go much lower with the PSU since pcpartpicker says top load is only 283W?

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£85.70 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£69.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£49.99 @ Maplin Electronics)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate Pipeline HD 500GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (£109.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.79 @ Aria PC)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-09 16:34 GMT+0000)

 

[ZL1]

compatibility issues - no, but setup sure seems good for ocing may as well get a K cpu, otherwise may skip the water cooler entirely imo, esp such a big one as the h100i
same with board, may as well do b85 if no ocing

psu can be as low as 400-450 with this setup, the 750ti is very lean

 

[DanFraser]

Well if I go with that, and stop going Corsair (!) for the silly side:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£139.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler (£16.35 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus B85-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.74 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£69.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Zalman 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.91 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £384.45

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-09 17:08 GMT+0000)

Hit nicely under £400 again!

 

[ZL1]

cant comment on the board, havent tried any asus boards in a few years, but overall it looks quite good, the psu is still overkill for this box, but may as well have a bit of reserve for any future changes

 

[DanFraser]

Yeah, I want gold or platinum and this is the cheapest I can find so that one it would be!

Cheers for the comments, changing to solved.

 

[ZL1]

Yeah, I want gold or platinum and this is the cheapest I can find so that one it would be!

Cheers for the comments, changing to solved.

sure thing