Windows 7: Potential New Rig

matts6887 · 30 May 2014

Quote: Originally Posted by Boozad

This is the closest I could get on PCS including Silver Warranty but without the mouse as they don't have it. Nothing in it really.

Case
NZXT PHANTOM 410 WHITE GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-4770k Quad Core (3.50GHz @ max 4.40GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ R9 280X - DVI, HDMI, mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Free Item
FREE NSF - GOLD GAME VOUCHER with AMD R9 280 & 290 GPUs
1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£89)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£69)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
BENQ GW2750HM 27" VA LED - 1920 x 1080, 4MS, DVI-D, HDMI (£179)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K120 USB KEYBOARD (£10)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,443.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-haswell-overclocked/FYvYByMOGc/

Sounds cool!: the only thing i would change here is the anti virus. But that you can pick out yourself once you get the system. (unless you are building it yourself). These days you can not do without a anti virus program for obvious reasons. Looks like a pretty sick setup. Wish I could the same processor!

Boozad · 30 May 2014

I always drop the Anti Virus options from PCS as they have a free trial of Bulldog set as default. When I spec machines up for people on the PCS forums usually they have their own AV so it often gets removed, force of habit I suppose. I specced up my dream machine the other day on their configurator and it came in at only just over double what I paid for mine, I was quite gutted!

Devlin1888 · 30 May 2014

Yeah i uncheck all software options as i'd rather a 100% clean system with just the OS loaded, il install AVAST! and keep all my usual tools around

! So AMD rig or INTEL rig based on the two specs i posted?

paulpicks21 · 30 May 2014

Quote: Originally Posted by Devlin1888

Nice, not too much difference in terms of price, i was however, thinking that if the next gen of intel processors aren't out by the time i go to purchase this rig, i could hold off until they are, any idea of when they are gonna be released? I'd either be looking at the i5 5670k or i7 5770k. Or who knows i could also look at an eight core AMD FX?

Devils Canyon CPU's will be released in September, it's Haswell refresh K series. The i7 is the i7 4790K and will have a base speed of 4.1GHz and turbo of 4.4GHz at stock. It will run on the Z97 motherboards.

Devlin1888 · 30 May 2014

Is this the enthusiast/Extreme i7 processors?

Boozad · 30 May 2014

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpicks21

Quote: Originally Posted by Devlin1888

Nice, not too much difference in terms of price, i was however, thinking that if the next gen of intel processors aren't out by the time i go to purchase this rig, i could hold off until they are, any idea of when they are gonna be released? I'd either be looking at the i5 5670k or i7 5770k. Or who knows i could also look at an eight core AMD FX?

Devils Canyon CPU's will be released in September, it's Haswell refresh K series. The i7 is the i7 4790K and will have a base speed of 4.1GHz and turbo of 4.4GHz at stock. It will run on the Z97 motherboards.

Aren't the 4790s already out?

paulpicks21 · 30 May 2014

Quote: Originally Posted by Devlin1888

Is this the enthusiast/Extreme i7 processors?

No, they will be released a bit before the Devils Canyon I believe. Those will be (from bottom to top) the i7 5820K and i7 5930K which will both be 6 core 12 threads and the top of the line i7 5960X which is 8 core 16 threads.

Edit: Expect to pay around £450 for the mid range one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Boozad

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpicks21

Quote: Originally Posted by Devlin1888

Nice, not too much difference in terms of price, i was however, thinking that if the next gen of intel processors aren't out by the time i go to purchase this rig, i could hold off until they are, any idea of when they are gonna be released? I'd either be looking at the i5 5670k or i7 5770k. Or who knows i could also look at an eight core AMD FX?

Devils Canyon CPU's will be released in September, it's Haswell refresh K series. The i7 is the i7 4790K and will have a base speed of 4.1GHz and turbo of 4.4GHz at stock. It will run on the Z97 motherboards.

Aren't the 4790s already out?

Yes the 4790 is already available mate, but the unlocked K versions have been put back until September.

Boozad · 30 May 2014

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpicks21

Yes the 4790 is already available mate, but the unlocked K versions have been put back until September.

Aah I get you mate.

Devlin1888 · 30 May 2014

So when can i expect the the new model of the 4770k?

paulpicks21 · 30 May 2014

Quote: Originally Posted by Devlin1888

So when can i expect the the new model of the 4770k?

As I said, the refresh 4790k is due Sept but the next one on from that will be skylake which will be some time in 2015. Really not sure when though.

Edit: Actually I got mixed up, I missed out Broadwell which will be before Skylake.