£1700 rig spec'd - Opinions please?

NoobClocker

NoobClocker

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Hi I've spec'd this rig and I'm going forward with this build (I know haswell is coming but it doesn't look like a vast improvement, I might change sockets on the next chip if it's major). Just looking for some views on this build. My budget is 2k but that's with OS, mouse, keyboard, headset and speakers so the budget for the actual rig and monitor is floating around £1700. Any advice would be sweet.

Thanks guys! :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Z77 Gamer Pro" Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Overclocked Bundle £594.95
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 VAPOR-X GHZ 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £191.99
1 x Asus VE248H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £167.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020041-UK) £114.98
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100) £64.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £39.98
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £25.99
1 x Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022) £17.99
1 x NZXT FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan - 200mm £12.98
1 x NZXT FN-140 Enthusiast Performance Case Fan - 140mm £9.98
1 x Ozone Ground Level Small Gaming Surface £7.14
Total : £1,980.89 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
Do you want to go crossfire in the future? I saw the 850W PSU.

For 2k you can probably do a full water cooled setup, the bundle can be better chosen with your own chip, motherboard and heatsink.
 
The spec looks good, but i would probably change the monitor out for a 120hz instead.

That being said what do you plan to do with it? just gaming or some video editing etc?

If your only gaming and looking to swap the motherboard and cpu to the new chip on your next upgrade then i'd probably get an i5 and something like a Z77-d3h which will save you a fair bit.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-049-AC&groupid=17&catid=510

For the extra £20 it will be worth it.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Do you want to go crossfire in the future? I saw the 850W PSU.

For 2k you can probably do a full water cooled setup, the bundle can be better chosen with your own chip, motherboard and heatsink.
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Yeah I was thinking of crossfire in the future so I went with 850W. I went with the bundle mostly for the overclocking. I've fiddled with systems in the past and can sort of fumble my way around but I'm a bit of a novice and I've not done a lot with computers in a good couple years

edit: I did mean the novice bit with regards to overclocking - memory timings mostly confuse me. I've built rigs in the past though
 
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4737Joker said:
The spec looks good, but i would probably change the monitor out for a 120hz instead.

That being said what do you plan to do with it? just gaming or some video editing etc?

If your only gaming and looking to swap the motherboard and cpu to the new chip on your next upgrade then i'd probably get an i5 and something like a Z77-d3h which will save you a fair bit.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-049-AC&groupid=17&catid=510

For the extra £20 it will be worth it.
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It's just a pure gaming rig :). I'm going for the 3770k hoping it should last me a few years, invest now and put off the inevitable upgrades

That monitor does look worth the extra though :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £191.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100) £64.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £51.59
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £25.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x Ozone Ground Level Small Gaming Surface £7.14
Total : £1,834.97 (includes shipping : £32.90).



Overclock it yourself.
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £191.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100) £64.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £51.59
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £25.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x Ozone Ground Level Small Gaming Surface £7.14
Total : £1,834.97 (includes shipping : £32.90).



Overclock it yourself.
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I'm guessing the HIS will overclock to the same speeds as the sapphire even the stocks are a little lower?

Is the dell monitor really worth the extra over the 120hz acer?

That ram kit looks beasty :)

Yeah I think I might just get my reading glasses back on and clock the processor myself. I was a bit apprehensive about it but seeing how supportive the people on this forum are I think if I have any problems I'll be able to get help :)
 
Just a heads up, i think stu forgot to budget in a keyboard with that, so itll take it nearer 1900 total. You could probably drop down to a 7950 to bring it a little closer to the budget, there shouldn't be that much difference between the two.
 
NoobClocker said:
I'm guessing the HIS will overclock to the same speeds as the sapphire even the stocks are a little lower?

Is the dell monitor really worth the extra over the 120hz acer?
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You will get a bit more from the HIS, the money saved makes it worth going for.

If you will be gaming or image editing, the DELL monitor will be nice to use, it also uses a IPS panel.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £169.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100) £64.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £51.59
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £39.98
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £25.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x NZXT FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan - 200mm £12.98
1 x NZXT FN-140 Enthusiast Performance Case Fan - 140mm £9.98
1 x Ozone Ground Level Small Gaming Surface £7.14
Total : £1,886.93 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £239.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £191.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £99.95
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100) £64.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
2 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99 (£107.98)
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £51.59
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £25.99
1 x Cherry Evolution Stream XT Corded Keyboard - White £23.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x Ozone Ground Level Small Gaming Surface £7.14
Total : £1,824.36 (includes shipping : £38.25).

 
So now I'm thinking

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) £335.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) ** Cash Back Promo ** £191.99
1 x Acer GD245HQ 23.6" 120Hz 3D Widescreen LCD Monitor with 3D Glasses (ET.UG5HE.A07) - Black £185.99
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Siberia v2 Gaming Headset - White (51100) £64.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - White (CH-9000023-EU) £54.95
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £51.59
1 x Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £39.98
1 x Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter £25.99
1 x Edifier M1370 2.1 Speaker System - Black £23.99
1 x NZXT FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan - 200mm £12.98
1 x NZXT FN-140 Enthusiast Performance Case Fan - 140mm £9.98
1 x Ozone Ground Level Small Gaming Surface £7.14
Total : £1,866.92 (includes shipping : £32.90).

 
I don't believe you need the two extra fans, the case comes with enough straight out of the box.
 
I might not use the 200mm in the top but I'd prefer to have a 140mm in the front to keep that ssd nice and chilly.

Thanks for the help guys, think I'm gonna go with the last basket I posted. Looks a bit beastier than what I started with and it's £160 cheaper!

You guys are awesome! :)
 
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