Gaming Rig check/advice.

platinum87

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Checked a few threads and came up with this, I was supposed to order a new PC months ago but I've spent all the time playing games instead.

I'm not sure about cooler/motherboard/power supply.

Thanks in advance.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £142.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £122.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £74.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £53.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x Ozone Ground Level Large Gaming Surface £12.98
Total : £1,150.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Basket Updated.
 
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The HDD should be swapped for one that preferably is not 'green' as those HDDs only do 5600RPM (I think), when there are 7200RPM HDDs available. As for the PSU, I've heard a few things about problems with Corsair at the moment. Also with the amount you are spending on the PC, I would suggest a modular PSU. Perhaps this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
Total : £90.49 (includes shipping : £8.75).



Also, the RAM is rather tall so you may have trouble in fitting the cooler, although I'm not too sure about this.
 
LukieBoy007 said:
The HDD should be swapped for one that preferably is not 'green' as those HDDs only do 5600RPM (I think), when there are 7200RPM HDDs available. As for the PSU, I've heard a few things about problems with Corsair at the moment. Also with the amount you are spending on the PC, I would suggest a modular PSU. Perhaps this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
Total : £90.49 (includes shipping : £8.75).



Also, the RAM is rather tall so you may have trouble in fitting the cooler, although I'm not too sure about this.
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I will change the power supply as you suggest, and the seagate 2tb instead.

Edit - Will change ram to Teamgroup Elite

triggerthat said:
Are you planning on sticking to a single 7970 (non-SLI)? If so you can get away with a smaller PSU.

Swap RAM for this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-019-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
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I don't plan to go SLI/Crossfire as i don't need that much GPU power, as for a lower watt power supply, there will be more peripherals a sound card etc. And i am not fussed about saving any money on the power supply.
 
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Surprised no ones told you that 8GB is all you need for a gaming PC.

Also the case isn't the greatest air cooler around,

Made a few changes (with SLI/Crossfire as a later option),

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £159.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £142.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Grey (SST-RV03B-WA USB 3.0) £104.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £1,076.04 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
So I've upgraded the mobo + the case, HAF X, mainly because it looks like a beast + space + cooling

Noctua Because its apparently the best, and will OC it.

Throwing in a optical drive and a new matt because my current one is dead.

Many thanks to those who responded.
 
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