New build

raikesi · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:04

ok so my budget is £900 and i have put together a build, any suggestions are welcome

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Coolermaster HAF X with Coolermaster GX 750W PSU £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00
(£110.00) £132.00
(£110.00)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Cooler Master V8 CPU Cooler (Socket 940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1366) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £752.42

Total : £902.90

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:08

Cheaper RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Memory timings make no difference - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/1

And the PSU is a bit sub par, but you cant knock the value of that bundle.

Two HDD's? whats that about?

raikesi · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:11

did you get the RAM link wrong - takes me to a 500gb hard drive

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:11

raikesi said:
did you get the RAM link wrong - takes me to a 500gb hard drive

yeah, lol

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

raikesi · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:18

Two HDD's? whats that about?[/QUOTE said:
I am installing one into my old on to sell it and keeping one

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:23

Well.

Apart from swapping the RAM to the cheaper RAM at C9 CAS timings, your build is fine.

As for the PSU,

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-GX-750-W-Power-Supply-Review/917/10

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...r-gx-750w-power-supply-review-conclusion.html

Should be ok really, its the great value that makes it even better

Cookeh · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:37

Cooler is naff for its price and massive.

Swap it for the better performing, cooler Corsair A50

Not sure if it will fit over the ram heatsinks however - if not, might be worth swapping out for a set with low profile heatspreaders.

Something like this?

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£170.82) £204.98

Coolermaster HAF X with Coolermaster GX 750W PSU
(£137.49) £164.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game
(£134.99) £161.99

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
(£110.00) £132.00

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9)
(£66.66) £79.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)
(£36.66) £87.98

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
(£23.32) £27.98

Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£12.99) £15.59

Sub Total : £729.59
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home Address, DE65 6EY with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £145.92
Total : £875.51

£25 spare - new mouse?

Or, 8 pints?

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 19:42

Cookeh said:
Cooler is naff for its price and massive.

Sure?

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/833/5/
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/cm_v8/5.htm
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/coolermaster-v8_8.html#sect0
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/02/19/ga-1366-cpu-cooler-group-test/7

Cookeh · 27 Apr 2011 at 20:40

stulid said:
Sure?

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/833/5/
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/cm_v8/5.htm
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/coolermaster-v8_8.html#sect0
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cooling/2009/02/19/ga-1366-cpu-cooler-group-test/7

Nope, was referencing the V6GT - mix-up from recall.

A50 is still cheaper, still much smaller, still more than capable of cooling an i5 more than adequately.

raikesi · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:46

maybe i should go for these xms3's 8gb

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 21:47

raikesi said:
maybe i should go for these xms3's 8gb

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Then you can be guaranteed to fit under the V8

tonyt3rry · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:20

I made a new build from 270 quid but that was only because i left the graphics card out and used some spare bits eg old hdds etc but i plan on getting more new bits maybe ssds

stulid · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:23

tonyt3rry said:
I made a new build from 270 quid but that was only because i left the graphics card out and used some spare bits eg old hdds etc but i plan on getting more new bits maybe ssds

Thanks.

Cookeh · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:37

stulid said:
Thanks.

Reminds of primary school where you'd get random interjections and the teacher earnestly saying "Thanks for sharing, now..."

skylineboy · 27 Apr 2011 at 22:50

Cookeh said:
Reminds of primary school where you'd get random interjections and the teacher earnestly saying "Thanks for sharing, now..."

Haha yeah I got that in class today

Anyways

that build is looking good. I would take the A50 cooling option personally but it is up to you.

raikesi · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:26

would the power supply cope with crossfire 6950's?

stulid · 28 Apr 2011 at 18:27

raikesi said:
would the power supply cope with crossfire 6950's?

Im going to say yes.

I should elaborate, when I mentioned it was sub par, all I meant was that its not the first choice when people want a 750w PSU, its certainly not perfect according to reviews with slightly high ripple and low efficency.

Its certainly no Qtec or other crummy PSU which is what counts