£800-£900 Quiet Gaming Build.

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:44

Welp, after weeks of reading this forum, the time has come

First ever build and still learning, so bare with me. My budget is not strict, I can stretch to better options should they be needed(but no further than £1000)

I will be overclocking, but not for now, so no need for a cooler just yet.

Already have: Mouse, Keyboard, Samsung 830 SSD

Here's what i've put together from reading similar threads of this price range:

MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards 194.99
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) -189.95
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM £83.99
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power £79.99
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM £52.99
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99

Total : £808.87

Re: GPU: Read a review that stated this card was not the quietest, which goes against the OCUK reviews and from what i've read in threads on here. Can anyone clear this up?

Re: PSU: Currently out of stock, can anyone recommend something similar?

Thoughts and suggestions welcome!

jeff6475 · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:49

spec list dont work

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:52

You don't see the image?

jeff6475 · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:54

Tomithy said:
You don't see the image?

nope cant see it

Fire_fly · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:54

Me neither

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 15:57

Alright, sorted.

jeff6475 · 5 Jul 2012 at 16:05

This PSU will be plenty
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-167-CM&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1103

and try get in a SSD something like
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-145-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=910

7850 try this 1 years warrenty less but cheaper and faster out the box
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-158-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

or even cheaper
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-295-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

olivier renault · 5 Jul 2012 at 16:48

I'd pick up the Twin Frozr out of the lot myself. Or the Twin Frozr Power Ed. that was on offer not so long ago. Can't go far wrong with these cards, and it's UK RMA.

olivier renault · 5 Jul 2012 at 16:49

Tomithy said:
Re: GPU: Read a review that stated this card was not the quietest, which goes against the OCUK reviews and from what i've read in threads on here. Can anyone clear this up?

You sure it wasn't the 670? The quietest of the lot, AFAIK, is the Sapphire.

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 18:32

olivier renault said:
You sure it wasn't the 670? The quietest of the lot, AFAIK, is the Sapphire.

It was actually for a 7870, my bad.

So, what do I get by paying the extra £15 for the MSI over the Sapphire 7850?

jeff6475 · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:05

Tomithy said:
It was actually for a 7870, my bad.

So, what do I get by paying the extra £15 for the MSI over the Sapphire 7850?

1 year extra warrenty,UK RMA not sure where the sapphire RMA is

RogerMesenseless · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:15

If you want more silence then the Fractal Design R3 looks good. Loads of sound deadening in those things!
Currently going for £80.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:21

jeff6475 said:
1 year extra warrenty,UK RMA not sure where the sapphire RMA is

Alright, MSI it is.

I can stretch to better PSU if there's any need?

SoundDoctor said:
If you want more silence then the Fractal Design R3 looks good. Loads of sound deadening in those things!
Currently going for £80.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-FD&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

I'm quite set on the z9 actually. I love the look of it, and it's price, and i'm quite confident from videos i've seen that it's quiet enough.

olivier renault · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:23

Tomithy said:
Alright, MSI it is.

I can stretch to better PSU if there's any need?

The CM Silent Pro M 600 will do the job. The CM 500 would probably as well, but I'd get the 600W version.

RogerMesenseless · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:28

The z9 is definitely a good looking case.

Doomedspeed · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:33

Tomithy said:
I'm quite set on the z9 actually. I love the look of it, and it's price, and i'm quite confident from videos i've seen that it's quiet enough.

Understandable, Or you could have a pre-noise dampened case such as: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-066-BX

The z9 isn't available with hat though.

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:34

olivier renault said:
The CM Silent Pro M 600 will do the job. The CM 500 would probably as well, but I'd get the 600W version.

Thanks, added.

Only question mark now is over Hard drives. The Seagate Barracuda's seem to have largely unfavorable reviews? These are pretty much the only drives I ever see recommended in here. They can't be that bad surely?

olivier renault · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:37

Tomithy said:
Thanks, added.

Only question mark now is over Hard drives. The Seagate Barracuda's seem to have largely unfavorable reviews? These are pretty much the only drives I ever see recommended in here. They can't be that bad surely?

If you are unsure, Western Digital have the best reliability record, although none of the manufacturers are really shining in that department. I have Samsung F3's, and they've been solid.

The Seagate 7200.11 series was very poor, but their 7200.12 is all right. Also you have to take user reviews with a pinch of salt.

Doomedspeed · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:38

Tomithy said:
The Seagate Barracuda's seem to have largely unfavorable reviews?

Where from? Are these professional reviews? Thats fine.

The comments on the product page from the end users, are very favorable.

Tomithy · 5 Jul 2012 at 19:51

Just other competitors. Reading more though, they seem like isolated incidents.

Only just spotted this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE&tool=3

Seems a good deal? And is this a 7200.12 like you mentioned Olivier?