£1400 gaming rig suggestions

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Looking to put together the below rig and looking for suggestions/feedback. Have £1400 budget and will not be overclocking, the room where the PC is tends to get very hot in the summer aswell. PC will be used for gaming.

CPU - I7 950 bloomfield 3.06
Mobo - Asus Rampage III
Memory - Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C7 1600MHz Triple
GFX - Gainward GeForce GTX 480 1536MB
Case - Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate
PSU - Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX850 High Performance 850W
Sound - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card
OS - Windows 7 64bit

Overall im trying to build a system that is very stable and will last a few years to come.

Given the choice of case and mobo, will any extra cables need to be purchased?
 
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PapaLazaru said:
The more knowledgable will be along shortly, but that Mobo is total overkill if you are not OC'ing.
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And even if he were overclocking I would be loathed to recommend it bearing in mind it costs £300 and you can achieve the same results with cheaper boards like the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R or Asus P6X58D Premium.

I wouldn't also waste money on a cheap arse 7.1 sound card, if you really value sound get a Asus Xonar Essence STX/ST for a pure stereo sound combine that with some Sennhieser's and your rocking.

If you using this for gaming then you should seriously consider an AMD build you say you want this to last a few year well in order to do so you will need to replace the video card at least once so saving a bit of cash now will benefit you in the long run.
 
Well I could change the mobo to the Gigabyte UD5, will that work with the memory listed ( 1600mhz ) ? As the specification for the UD5 doesnt list 1600mhz.

Also I'm only using 2.0 speakers, is it still worth going for a Asus Xoner Essence ? Your right I do want very high quality sound so prepared to pay £150 for it but not sure if its worth it with 2.0 speakers.
 
Ultra pointlessly expensive mobo and PSU for that build, especially if you're not overclocking (but you should be ;)).

In another thread I put together a spec for 'only' £1300 that included a 24" monitor, SSD and high-end peripherals. It was 'only' i5 and 470 (although i7 only really gets you longer e-peen over i5 for gaming;)), so for your extra you can easily have your i7 if you really want and the 480 if you dont need monitor/peripherals.

Do you definately not need/want monitor and peripherals?

Is bluray desirable?

A soundcard is nice-to-have but you will only notice a quality difference over on-board sound if outputing to a hi-fi or exceptional PC speakers. I wouldn't bother with a dedicated soundcard unless you plan to output to a good few hundred worth of amp/speakers - would you plan to do so?
 
Kindke said:
Well I could change the mobo to the Gigabyte UD5, will that work with the memory listed ( 1600mhz ) ? As the specification for the UD5 doesnt list 1600mhz.

Also I'm only using 2.0 speakers, is it still worth going for a Asus Xoner Essence ? Your right I do want very high quality sound so prepared to pay £150 for it but not sure if its worth it with 2.0 speakers.
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It's worth getting that sound card IF you pair it up with high quality headphones, there's no point in getting a £150 sound card (the Essence is only 2.1 BTW so it's not surround sound, it's a pure Stereo card) if your going to channel the sound out of a £20 set of speakers of headphones hence why I said Sennhieiser (SP?).

In this review these guys used 1600Mhz ram. Will you be overclocking though? What will you be using this PC for?
 
Not overclocking because the room where the PC is gets very stuffy and hot in the summer, and theres no chance to move it anywhere else.

Will only be using 2.0 speakers like Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II 2.0 Speaker System, no headphones,

Do not need any peripherals, already got a good monitor, keybord, mouse, etc. Dont want blue-ray,

Is there any benefits to solid state hard drives? I was put off by the technology having a limited number of times it can be written too before wearing out.
 
Kindke said:
Is there any benefits to solid state hard drives? I was put off by the technology having a limited number of times it can be written too before wearing out.
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It should last long enough to be obsolete. And yes, they are worth it.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £239.99
(£204.25) £239.99
(£204.25)
MSI GeForce GTX 470 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2 £229.11
(£194.99) £229.11
(£194.99)
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £111.99
(£95.31) £111.99
(£95.31)
Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (CMX6GX3M3A1600C9) £105.74
(£89.99) £105.74
(£89.99)
XFX 750W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £89.99
(£76.59) £89.99
(£76.59)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.99
(£70.63) £82.99
(£70.63)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £48.16
(£40.99) £48.16
(£40.99)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.99
(£13.61) £15.99
(£13.61)
Sub Total : £972.72
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £172.41
Total : £1,157.63

dont know what size monitor you have, but a GTX470 is so fast its ridiculous, you could even sli later.

the psu is powerful enough for two GTX470 if it ever tickled your fancy.

and so much money left over, if you do want a nice big monitor, take your pick.
 
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sulids build leaves you a load of cash left over for a really nice case or something. personally id get the build he suggested and get yourself a really nice case. also id prefer a larger SSD but it really depends what you want to put on it. if its windows only then that 64gig one is a beast. and great value for money.
 
Kindke said:
Not overclocking because the room where the PC is gets very stuffy and hot in the summer, and theres no chance to move it anywhere else.
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Undervolt then. Save power and run even cooler!

By the way, would NOT recomend a 480 if it's running in a hot room!!
Might want to wait a month for the new 6870s... :)
 
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