Spec Check

[neo-omega]

Hey all, I'm thinking of upgrading from spec in sig (which I hope to sell on) to the spec below. Please give any comments/criticisms. The 2700k is a proxy for a 3770k and the mobo a proxy for the Asus Maximus V Formula as I'm hoping they'll be approx the same price.

It will mostly be used for gaming at 1920x1200 (unless my bro in law gets me a dell 30" monitor of course ). I have an SSD (Crucial C30) and a storage drive as well. I also areay have a keyboard and mouse. Budget is around the £1,800 mark.

I am open to any suggestions and the choice of case isn't set in stone as I know the 800D is also a monster for watercooling.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £429.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower - Black £420.98
- 1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
- 1 x Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £239.99 (Proxy for i7 3770)
1 x Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £194.99 (Proxy for Maximus V Formula)
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £89.99
1 x EK-FC680 GTX Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **EN Nickel Plating** £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x LG GH22NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,782.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 

[opstrat]

not a bad way to spend £1700

mind u will need extra hoses and barbs for ur gpu

give the shop a phone and let them know that u are adding in a watercooled gpu, they may advise u add a 120 or even a 240 rad ontop of the 360 already in it.

do u really need an £80 sound card?

 

[beejjacobs]

If its primarily gaming, you might be better saving money and getting an i5 2500K/3570K? It lacks hyperthreading but most games wont utilise that anyway. This comparison compares the 2500K with the 2600K, scroll down to near the end for gaming benchmarks - there's barely anything between them really.
Admittedly with your budget, if you want a 2600K/3770K - go for it! As you've got the budget you won't be saving much going for the 3570K.

PSU/GPU are good choices

RAM wise, stulid had some issues with that RAM so won't be recommending it. So maybe speak to him, that's your call [it's a shame as it seems really good to me!]

As above, as far as I'm aware the watercooled cases come with a set up for the CPU - so I'd ring them to ask about adding a GPU.

 

[neo-omega]

Ah yes I forgot the barbs! With regard to the sound card: I am a bit of an audiophile and have heard nothing but good things about this particular card. I currently have a Creative X-Fi platinum and have definitely heard the difference between that an on board. That said I am aware that Asus have made great progress with their on board solutions so I suppose the best thing would be to hold off getting the sound card till I try out the on board.

I wasnt aware of many problems with this ram and had thought people thought it was the best thnig since sliced bread! Is it possible that I'd have difficulties as well?

One last issue is I am still quite undecided about the case in truth. I do love the look of the Shinobi, but the capabilities of the 800D are quite attractive as well.

Thanks for the input!

 

[beejjacobs]

I wasnt aware of many problems with this ram and had thought people thought it was the best thnig since sliced bread! Is it possible that I'd have difficulties as well?

One last issue is I am still quite undecided about the case in truth. I do love the look of the Shinobi, but the capabilities of the 800D are quite attractive as well.

Thanks for the input!

Well I thought it was too! I don't know any details but stulid said he had some and ended up going back to corsair/kingston - so it might be best to stick with this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-112-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813


Case wise, really up to you. Both are very good