My custom PC

13-09-2015, 12:22 PM

Harry Wrote: So I've finally begun to order things for my build, however I've switched it up quite a lot from the OP. Let me find what I've gone for

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Updated my build and begun the process of collecting parts :yus:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (140.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (61.82 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (59.16 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (37.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (29.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (250.48 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (40.60 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (37.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: 657.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-13 12:56 BST+0100

It seems you went backwards on some components.

Doubling the price of the motherboard, for 2 extra DIMM slots? Pretty sure you could'vedone better on that. Although, 8GB in 2 slots would have been sufficient anyway.

Locked processor, meh. You'll likely regret that decision in the future. The freedom to get a noticeable performance improvement over making a small change to avalue in your BIOS makes it worth it by itself.If you had the old motherboard, it would havemade sense since it wasn't built for overclocking. The one you chosen now though, has better power phases and a heatsink on the VRMs. It's still not built for it, but it'd survive a moderate overclock.

Switching aSamsung 850 EVO for a Kingston SSDNow is the kind of shit that gives me nightmares, Samsung is the leader in the SSD market right now. Industry killing speeds, massively better reliability and longevity over any other SSD series.

A Seagate desktop drive, wow.Will spending a few more quid for a more statistically reliable (and likely faster) WD Blue really break the bank?

The rest is fine, if you've already bought it then fair enough. You'll understand what to do better, when you upgrade. Please note you posted this here, and so you're getting our opinions and/or advice. Don't take it as anything else.

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14-09-2015, 04:16 AM

Horizon Wrote: why u being so cheap nigga... DDR3 1333 is so 1995

DDR3 wasn't released until early 2007.