New gaming build

mrrad1951

mrrad1951

mrrad1951

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I bought a system from a competitor about 18 months ago and to cut a long story short I wound up OC'ing the system myself its based on the maximus iv gene. So now I got the bug and want to build my first one for my son using the maximus v gene because im used to the board and like it. I was going to go with the i7-3770k but thought I'd stick with the i5 and put the money saved toward the gtx 680 instead of the 670..Only thing that's a little unnerving is the fact that there will be no warranty as I would get with a prebuilt system. Anyway what do you guys think ? PS. I'll probably change the ssd to the samsung pro YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £407.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £164.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £98.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £84.98
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £83.99
1 x Xigmatek Centauro 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £75.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £41.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £23.99
Total : £1,251.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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I would change this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
Total : £402.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).



PSU is a trusted & well known brand who make strong PSU's
SSD is better than the Kingston, it's Intel's OEM
G/Card, 680 is overpriced for what you get, if you really want nVidia get the 670, otherwise the 7950 will be more than enough, best value for money.
 
Thanks, yea I'll want to stick with nVidia and was leaning towards the samsung pro , is there any point in going with the i7 for gaming or is the i5 good enough... ?
 
mrrad1951 said:
Thanks, yea I'll want to stick with nVidia and was leaning towards the samsung pro , is there any point in going with the i7 for gaming or is the i5 good enough... ?
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i5 is the chip for gaming mate.

Any reason you're sticking with nVidia?

If you do, go for the 670 not the 680. There is pretty much no difference.
 
Those old drivers put me right off ATI , with the current nVidia you don't even have to restart your pc and I like how they even released a new one for bioshock infinite. I just remember going back a few years it was a whole ordeal updating their drivers unless they changed it now...yea the i7 does well on AnandTech Bench..
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £63.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair H60 Performance Intel Liquid Cooling Solution (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.95
- 1 x Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound (8g) £8.99
- 1 x No Fan Required £0.00
- 1 x No Fan Required £0.00
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 200mm Fan White LED - black £11.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Window Side Panel - White £9.98
Total : £1,141.32 (includes shipping : £10.50).



If you really really really have to have Nvidia. Look at THIS 670. It uses the 680 PCB and the 680 cooler. The 670 is a cutdown 680 anyway but they removed very little. Overclocking will essentially net you the same performance for less cash :D

P.S I'm up for adoption......just putting that out there ;)
 
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Thanks for the different ideas , I was looking at the hyperx memory but couldn't find it on asus's qualified vendor list although I know it's ok I'm being overly cautious :cool:
 
Bacon? said:
Whoa Hono your up for adoption? O_O

Nice build though :) Worth noting the Gigabyte board is voltage locked.
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If I'd get a rig like that......damn right I am ;)

Yes the Z77N is voltage locked but I don't see why the CPU would get to atleast 4.4Ghz as we have enough cash for decent cooling. I wouldn't spend £160 on a m-atx or mini-itx mobo, there is THIS mobo with the voltage control but it's a lot of extra cash for the option. Ok it might overclock a little higher but it's not cost effective in my eyes, might as well put the cash towards the i7 and keep the Z77N IMHO
 
mrrad1951 said:
Gonna stick with the gene If I do build it myself , I love that board...
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That's fair enough fella. I'm not a fan of m-ATX mobos, more on that later.

I have nothing against Asus, I have an Asus mobo in my HTPC. Although the Gene does offer lots of great features like Xfire/SLi support, it is a m-ATX mobo which isn't ideal for dual GPUs as they sit sooo close to each other......a full sized ATX mobo is really a better option.

Have you considered handing your rig down to your boy and building yourself something new instead?
 
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Those old drivers put me right off ATI , with the current nVidia you don't even have to restart your pc and I like how they even released a new one for bioshock infinite. I just remember going back a few years it was a whole ordeal updating their drivers unless they changed it now...yea the i7 does well on AnandTech Bench..
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AMD have really stepped up there game with drivers in recent months, things are looking really positive. i7 and a 7970/50 is the best way to go nivida cards are way overpriced and are out performed by amd equivalent + 7970/50 overclock like beasts!
 
I might as well go for the i7 , I'll go and check out ATI's drivers and some comparison sites comparing the 7970 and nVidia equivalents ...I just remember they had like 3 different downloads for each driver called catalysts and they never installed right for me..........I think I had the x1800 which had a built in tuner & capture card so that made it more complicated..
 
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I might as well go for the i7 , I'll go and check out ATI's drivers and some comparison sites comparing the 7970 and nVidia equivalents ...I just remember they had like 3 different downloads for each driver called catalysts and they never installed right for me..........I think I had the x1800 which had a built in tuner & capture card so that made it more complicated..
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Funny how these things do stick in your mind. I had no end of grief with the AMD integrated graphics on my AM3 mobo because of drivers crashing. It resulted in me dropping in a 1GB 460 from Nvidia to resolve it and make the HTPC a console killer.

You are doing the right thing talking it all through. I'm disappointed at how little interest has been taken in this thread as you have plenty of cash to play with.........at 100 posts you get free P&P by the way. Handy if you want to add little upgrades as and when and grab stuff on offer :D
 
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