Help with final list

Muzy · 22 Jan 2011 at 20:56

Hello,

Two concerns:
1) the cooler vs the memory size ?
2) is there a way to bring the price at least £100 down without effecting the performance @ 1900x1200 res full settings ?

Thanks

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:03

THIS RAM will fit under any cooler and still overclock very well.

If you swapped a 120GB SSD out for a Crucial C300 64GB SSD (for OS and fav. programs) and then added a fast 1TB for storage, you could save a chunk of money.

That cooler is massivly overpriced and really not needed, the Akasa Venom will cope perfectly fine, for £40 less.

Similarly, this PSU will be £10 less and is made be Seasonic (best PSU makers out there).

N.B. All things underlined are hyperlinked

Thekwango · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:06

Well first off the cpu cooler is overkill. Have a browse thru the overclocking and cooling section, the 'k' chips are highly efficient and oc without serious cooling needed. Not sure if you really need xfire 6950's. I'd look at getting 1 first of all and possibly flashing it to a 6970 and see what performance is like.

kristmace · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:12

Your performance at 1920x1080 should be really good with just one 6950, so I'd try that first before XFiring. You're not really saving any money getting the double bundle.

Orcvader · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:13

Since cooling is not an issue for Sandybridge, I would go for this cooler: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-010-TI&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

I agree with a single 6950 flashed to a 6970 being enough, but if you plan to try eyefinity later then get the crossfire bundle.

Thekwango · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:14

Also, and what are the PC uses?

Deleted member 77746 · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:16

Whatever money I save you can I have? :]

Muzy · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:21

OK thanks for this, I changed the SSD from 120 to 60 GB the same make OCZ,

I saved £100.... I am thinking of going with H70, just to be on safe side.

in regards to CF. looking at the reviews CF is required if playing at this res with full settings without dropping THE FPS. also future title.

Note: I am using my OLD Raptor 150GB for games and this SSD for win7 and apps.

any further input is welcome ?

Thekwango · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:26

A H70 is not good value for money, a decent air cooling solution will more than suffice.

kristmace · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:30

Thekwango said:
A H70 is not good value for money, a decent air cooling solution will more than suffice.

Even a H50 will save £20.

Orcvader · 22 Jan 2011 at 21:37

The Titan I linked will save even more money! :rolleyes:

Have you changed the RAM to the Geil too? Really do recommend this.

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:06

Orcvader said:
The Titan I linked will save even more money!

Have you changed the RAM to the Geil too? Really do recommend this.

As do I. See post #2

Cookeh · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:08

Also, 150GB isn't really much for games

That's only about 14

shadow_boxer · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:26

First of all, very nice proposed build. Now for saving money.

1) Switch to the Geil RAM (2x4GB)

2) Get a single 6950 then flash to 6970 assuming you'll only be gaming at 1920*1200

3) Shop around. Only looked for two minutes but already saved quite a bit on just these three items (and only looked at these three items!

a) i5 2500K £178.99
b) OCZ vertex 2e bigfoot 120GB £175
c) Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black £129.99

4) For a cooler buy the Gelid Tranquillo

5) Dell UltraSharp U2410 - 24" £444 from elsewhere!

Cleeecooo · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:40

Make sure you buy from a reputable dealer like ocuk otherwise rma will be a nightmare

shadow_boxer · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:49

Yeah true. All of those we're from big etailers tho.

AceTK · 22 Jan 2011 at 22:57

Thekwango said:
Well first off the cpu cooler is overkill. Have a browse thru the overclocking and cooling section, the 'k' chips are highly efficient and oc without serious cooling needed. Not sure if you really need xfire 6950's. I'd look at getting 1 first of all and possibly flashing it to a 6970 and see what performance is like.

Well I own an NH-D14 and it not only allows nice overclocking and sub 55c load temps at 4.2ghz but it is uber quiet (12dB) as I never run and have never needed to ever run it higher than 5v. Also Noctua give you a 6 year support service and will even support future socket brackets free of charge should you need it.

Combine with a sandy bridge chip and ul be one happy mofo

Orcvader · 22 Jan 2011 at 23:39

Cookeh said:
As do I. See post #2

That's why I didn't mention it again in my first post

.

AceTK, Sandybridge's overclocking is not as temperature reliant compared to past CPUs. In fact the main thing holding overclockers back is the voltages. If Intel releases a revised version that can handle more voltages then the next wall is the multiplier wall :rolleyes:

.

So basically, the Titan is more than enough.

DJ_Hughesy · 23 Jan 2011 at 00:23

Cookeh said:
THIS RAM will fit under any cooler and still overclock very well.

If you swapped a 120GB SSD out for a Crucial C300 64GB SSD (for OS and fav. programs) and then added a fast 1TB for storage, you could save a chunk of money.

me personaly id have 2 1tb drives.. 1 for video's/music/pic's
2nd for games/software

then leave the 60gig ssd for OS + antivurus stuff/firewalls that sorta stuff
probably better ways of doing it but thats the way i have it in my head

Muzy · 23 Jan 2011 at 12:19

Thanks all.

I took all inputs into consideration, and this is my final list: saved £120

Edit: still not sure about cooler, as I'm going to OC to 4.3-4.4,