Can someone look over my spec?

drakioned

drakioned

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So, I finally convinced my girlfriend that we do have enough space in the flat to have a desktop, so I can build a desktop rather than keep using laptops.

I haven't done this in a while, and would like someone to look over this build, to make sure I'm not doing anything silly and/or not forgetting anything.

I'm starting more or less completely from scratch.
I have a USB DVD writer, a 1TB HDD, and a mouse already, so those will be omitted, the rest of the system is below except a LG W2363D-PF 120hz full HD monitor from a competitor.


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The things I'm most unsure about are the power supply and the case, I want to stay with nVidia, since I'd like to try 3D, and I'm not convinced by the HD3D solution from ATI, and I'd like to keep the 1155 socket because I think it'd be good for one more CPU upgrade, whereas going with AMD probably means a new MB next time I need a CPU upgrade. Also, I'm not intending to overclock this machine, just getting the K for the free game.
 
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drakioned said:
So, I finally convinced my girlfriend that we do have enough space in the flat to have a desktop, so I can build a desktop rather than keep using laptops.

I haven't done this in a while, and would like someone to look over this build, to make sure I'm not doing anything silly and/or not forgetting anything.

I'm starting more or less completely from scratch.
I have a USB DVD writer, a 1TB HDD, and a mouse already, so those will be omitted, the rest of the system is below except a LG W2363D-PF 120hz full HD monitor from a competitor.


2ezl82u.png


The things I'm most unsure about are the power supply and the case, I want to stay with nVidia, since I'd like to try 3D, and I'm not convinced by the HD3D solution from ATI, and I'd like to keep the 1155 socket because I think it'd be good for one more CPU upgrade, whereas going with AMD probably means a new MB next time I need a CPU upgrade.
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You will want to go with an aftermarket CPU cooler such as this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-CM&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

It will give you a solid overclock of at least 4.5GHZ
 
PSU looks a bit overkill, are you thinking SLI at some point?

Keep in mind that some current motherboards are compatible with the upcoming new 8 core Bulldozer CPU from AMD.
 
gamesaregood said:
PSU looks a bit overkill, are you thinking SLI at some point?

Keep in mind that some current motherboards are compatible with the upcoming new 8 core Bulldozer CPU from AMD.
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There's two 480 SOCs in the basket, so, already SLI... I saw on another thread that someone saying they wouldn't do 480 in SLI without at least 950W
 
drakioned said:
So would the 1200W be over the top? I dunno, if it goes up to 850W, buying 900W PSU seems like cutting it a bit close??
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Thats running Furmark which stresses the card to the absolute max, most games don't, I would look for a 950w - 1000w PSU.
 
Pulled the trigger.

Okay, just pulled the trigger.

x 2 - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 SUPER OC 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
x 1 - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game
x 1 - Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 1200W Power Supply
x 1 - Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)
x 1 - Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black
x 1 - Operation Flashpoint: Red River
x 1 - Keysonic KSK-8001UEL Black Full-Size USB Keyboard
x 1 - Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 Pro Extreme Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM3/AM2+/AM2)
x 1 - Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision Kit
x 1 - MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) iP67 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
x 1 - LG W2363D-PF - LCD display - TFT - 23" 3D Ready Monitor

Feels like I've spent too much... oh well...
 
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