5 years behind the times

1upu5 · 11 Nov 2011 at 17:16

Hey,
I openly admit that I haven't looked into building rigs since I changed jobs just under 5 years ago. My computer (as well as being outdated) has broke and although its salvageable I think I deserve something new.
I'm behind the times but I've put the following build together. Does anyone see any obvious pitfalls I'm missing?

Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £383.99
Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM **Supplied with BattleField 3 PC Game** £274.99
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £135.98
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £119.99
G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £89.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
OCZ ZS Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £66.98
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £41.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Sub Total : £1,002.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £203.23
Total : £1,219.39

wait... do you even need thermal paste with a watercooler?! All the useless information my brain stores has pushed out a lot of the useful information I now require lol.

stulid · 11 Nov 2011 at 17:18

do you even need thermal paste with a watercooler?!

You still need a thermal interface between the two parts (cpu heatspreader surface and the underside of the cooler) luckily the 620 comes pre-applied with some decent silver based thermal compound.

dan653 · 11 Nov 2011 at 17:23

What resolution are you going running at because the 580 is probably overkill, you're better of getting a 560 and saving that money to upgrade the card in 12 months time.

Also get an SSD it'll be the best £130 you'll spend

ThePengu1n · 11 Nov 2011 at 17:29

dan653 said:
What resolution are you going running at because the 580 is probably overkill, you're better of getting a 560 and saving that money to upgrade the card in 12 months time.

Also get an SSD it'll be the best £130 you'll spend

This

dan653 · 11 Nov 2011 at 17:32

Also the i7 is not worth the extra £100 over the i5 2500k IMHO, shocked at how expensive the i7 is

1upu5 · 11 Nov 2011 at 18:12

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II TOP 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with BattleField 3 & Batman: Arkham City PC game** £193.99
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £135.98
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £129.98
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £119.99
G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £89.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
OCZ ZS Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £66.98
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £41.99
Official Overclockers UK Elite Gaming Mug £3.59
Sub Total : £853.73
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £173.50
Total : £1,040.98

Switched to this then. Really appreciate your thoughts guys. Saved me a good chunk of change!

Currently running dual monitors 22" widescreen at 1680x1050 but thinking of changing for one big screen with the next pay packet.