New extreme gaming pc build

TourettesOnFire

TourettesOnFire

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Hey guys,
I've been meaning to join the forum for years now but I've decided to finally post a gaming pc build that I'm doing.

So the parts I bought are:

Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £308.32 1 £308.32
Asus Maximus IV Extreme Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £249.99 1 £249.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £204.16 1 £204.16
OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99 1 £124.99
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £121.66 1 £121.66
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive & 10 Pack BluRay Discs £76.65 1 £76.65
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £70.82 1 £70.82
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £58.32 1 £58.32
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £144.16 1 £144.16

And the parts from my current pc:
Gainward "GOOD" edition 580gtx
Croshair vengance 12gb ddr3 1600mhz ram.
1.5tb segate hardrive
500gb segate hardrive

Tell me your opinions and how it could be imrpoved.
Muchly appriciated.
I'm reinstalling Windows 7 onto the SSD hardrive :D Wish me luck when I do it!!
 
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If you have already bought it then how would any advice be used? Also you should probably do a fresh install of windows when you rebuild so there is now no reason not to get an SSD with the type of money you are spending :)
 
I personally would have picked a different case.

And with the 1.5TB drive and 500GB drive you already have, a 64G Crucial SSD would have been good.

Apart from that. nothing much else to say.


Oh, how many sticks of RAM is that? 3 or 6?
 
But is 64GB really enough for a SSD, I mean you'll get Windows on there and a few basic apps but I thought a big gain would be to put games etc on there.

128GB is the magic number but also twice the price! :(
 
LaurenceGough said:
But is 64GB really enough for a SSD, I mean you'll get Windows on there and a few basic apps but I thought a big gain would be to put games etc on there.

128GB is the magic number but also twice the price! :(
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no point putting games on an ssd really, there wont be a significant improvement, your just burning money
 
LaurenceGough said:
But is 64GB really enough for a SSD, I mean you'll get Windows on there and a few basic apps but I thought a big gain would be to put games etc on there.

128GB is the magic number but also twice the price! :(
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I am also tempted to agree that 128GB is the magic number to go with when buying a SSD, I often wish that I had gone with this choice back when I built my rig, however considering the price of them at the time, it wasn't a viable choice. Prices are dropping slightly, start sniping!
 
As stulid said, how many sticks of RAM make up your 12GB?

Sandybridge is dual channel so you should use an even number of sticks.

As it looks like you're changing platforms you should do a clean install of Windows.
 
Well 3 sticks, but I'm getting a 4th of the exact same make and model. And maybe you're right but I'll wait to get an ssd before I do a clean install. If that makes sense? The computers gunna be built today. I'll upload pics if you guys want?
 
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