hi system check

niftyfifty · 21 Apr 2011 at 16:17

Can you check this for me, will everything work in synergy, is the case big enough and the psu good enough ?

the 30GB drive is for win 7 x64 and the 60gb drive is for games.

Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
(£559.00) £670.80

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game
(£208.32) £249.98

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2 will unlock both to 6970
(£174.99) £419.98

Gigabyte P67A-UD5-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **
(£169.98) £203.98

Lian Li PC-A70FB Alumiinium Full Tower Case - Black
(£144.67) £173.60

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK)
(£103.32) £123.98

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit x2
(£89.99) £215.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
(£66.66) £79.99

Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance CPU WaterCooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3)
(£66.66) £79.99

OCZ Agility Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT60G)
(£59.99) £71.99

Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241)
(£58.32) £69.98

Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI)
(£54.99) £65.99

OCZ Agility Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT30G)
(£41.66) £49.99

Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500dpi Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse
(£35.82) £42.98

Pioneer 24x Internal S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash SATA Retail
(£18.32) £21.98

IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound (4.8g)
(£10.82) £12.98

Sub Total : £2,128.49
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £425.70
Total : £2,554.19

Many thanks

dfarrall · 21 Apr 2011 at 16:27

Any reason your not just getting 1 120gb SSD? Also if your spending that much i'd go for a vertex 3.
If your gaming youd be better off with a i5 2500k.
Also 8gb of ram is plenty for gaming
However if your encoding ect ignore the above 2 comments.

niftyfifty · 21 Apr 2011 at 16:31

More reliability to have 2 drives ? Also read on here the agility is best bang for buck, that the quicker speeds on vertex3 mean nothing as the system bottlenecks the SSD.
Not encoding but i read that BF3 will support hyperthreading.

dfarrall · 21 Apr 2011 at 16:55

niftyfifty said:
More reliability to have 2 drives ? Also read on here the agility is best bang for buck, that the quicker speeds on vertex3 mean nothing as the system bottlenecks the SSD.
Not encoding but i read that BF3 will support hyperthreading.

BF3 will support it yes, i was just thinking about keeping costs down like you said, best bang for buck.
It is more reliable yes but with an SSD you should be running a mechanical drive you back everything onto anyway so 120gb would be better than 2 smaller really. And it may bottleneck it but youll get more performance than an agility out of it.

niftyfifty · 21 Apr 2011 at 18:12

im spending £2.5k so keeping costs down isnt an issue beyond efficiency

skylineboy · 21 Apr 2011 at 18:16

Ok in which case

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-056-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

Go beyond a bottleneck.

niftyfifty · 21 Apr 2011 at 18:44

but the max sized one is 80gb ?

niftyfifty · 24 Apr 2011 at 11:05

Thoughts ?? Need to be as close to £3k as possible but dont want to skimp. Fractal Design XL tower any good ? That will bring it down...

stulid · 24 Apr 2011 at 11:06

GTX570 in SLI? that will drop the price to £3K

It would be rude to swap that awesome Lian-LI for a Fractal case.

niftyfifty · 24 Apr 2011 at 11:20

Im hoping it will be future proof for BF3 so im thinking 3GB of vram in sli will suit better for 2560x1440 ?

stulid · 24 Apr 2011 at 12:21

Don't think the res is high enough to need 3GB Vram

http://www.fudzilla.com/reviews/ite...0-gainward-gtx-580-3gb-phantom-tested?start=5

KiiYzOo · 24 Apr 2011 at 12:33

stulid said:
GTX570 in SLI? that will drop the price to £3K

It would be rude to swap that awesome Lian-LI for a Fractal case.

+1 two 580's may even be overkill

Ryan-3 · 24 Apr 2011 at 12:38

I've changed a few things around, but kept it similar, and it leaves you 250quid under the 3k mark.

*might not be too good, but it still has the vertex3(out of stock, but to show for the price), and leaves you to get your own os/keyboard+mouse/anything else.
**the case was put as a 700d just because I like them

, and they're quite practical

stulid · 24 Apr 2011 at 12:41

Arnt Hazro screens....well just **** going by the moaning in the main thread - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18204986

Ryan-3 · 24 Apr 2011 at 13:18

Ahh, never noticed the thread, thought they weren't bad. Even with the dell one tho, its still under budget

R088ieS86 · 24 Apr 2011 at 13:42

Add in a couple of these:
Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM

The fans on the H70 can be a bit annoying in the whining department!

niftyfifty · 24 Apr 2011 at 21:13

Thanks

Looking at this setup now

Is the motherboard ok to run a pair of 6970's (when unlocked) ?

I believe it will run them in x8 x8 as apposed to a UD7's x16 x16

will i see a big slowdown at that pci-e speed ?

sk82jack · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:02

Yeah it they will run @ x8x8

The only x16x16 at OcUK is the asus maximus iv extreme but a cheaper board that runs x16x16 is the asus p8p67 ws revolution, which isn't sold by ocuk, but i've seen it for around £190-200
edit: x16x16 isn't worth it for the price difference i don't think: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crossfire-meets-pci-express,1761-4.html

Reaper 392 · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:03

x8/x8 crossfire will not give you any noticable slowdown compared to x16/x16.

since you seem to be happy to spend up to £3000, i thought i'd go crazy, and suggest a triple screen 3D rig.... i hope you have a big desk

can someone confirm some stuff for me please:
- 3GB SLI 580's, will this make a difference over 1.5GB considering the triple screen 3D setup?
(and do you need to buy an SLI cable seperatly?)
- 3 3D screens in eyefinty (or Nvidia's equivilant). i assume i just need the 1 3D vision kit, am i right?
- keyboards and mice. HELP, no idea what im after here (went with the OP's choice)

YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.98
3 x Benq XL2410T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £281.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £249.98
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) £239.99
1 x Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK) £124.54
1 x Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision Kit £114.98
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
1 x Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241) £69.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £69.59
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £28.79
1 x Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £55.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £54.98
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500dpi Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £42.98
1 x Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £2,997.01 (includes shipping : £38.25).

(i didnt include thermal stuff, because what you get with the H50 is actually quite good)

R088ieS86 · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:25

@ Reaper. Yes mate ONLY 1 kit, 2 graphics and 3 screens are need.. ONLY

In your build I would have stuck with the 2500K and got a better HDD instead of the bundled one. Nice though.