building my computers twin... nearly.

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:15

I met a guy at i-series over the weekend, and he saw my computer and wanted it. I said i had no problems building him one but he wanted black/green.

he wanted a mobo with green highlights and also a watercooled titan (unfortunatly they are out of stock)he wouldnt use it really though, so hes saved 500 quid by going for a 680 at the moment.

can folks just check over the build to 1, see if ive missed anything (ram isnt a problem, ive got some ready to go)

he hasnt got a budget as such, but i dont want him spending money for the sake of it!

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 £416.98
1 x XSPC Razor GTX680 GPU Waterblock (Raystorm Style) £92.99
1 x Gigabyte X79 G1 Assassin 2 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £319.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £210.79
1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £51.98
1 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £179.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £71.99
1 x BitFenix Recon Internet-Connected Fan Controller (Black) £29.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
1 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 230mm Green LED - Black £16.99
1 x BitFenix Mesh Stripes for Shinobi XL Tower Case - Green £8.99
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - Green £1.98
Total : £1,917.55 (includes shipping : FREE).

DaleTheWhale · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:20

I'd change the PSU for a Corsair AX series, or other brand.

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:21

is there a massive difference between the different corsair psu's then?

leightonr25 · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:22

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX 1250W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £179.99
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £179.99
1 x XFX 1050W Black Edition Pro '80+ Gold' Certified Modular Power Supply £149.99
Total : £522.56 (includes shipping : £10.50).

I would take one of these power supplys, unless he wants it a duplicate of yours.

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:24

nope, he doesnt really care what psu he gets, i just had it in my head that the corsair pro series was a decent PSU.

glad i asked before buying now, whats the reason for the change?

leightonr25 · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:25

I myself brought a corsair builders series, before joining this site, but everybody here says that XFX is the way to go, and after looking into it, it appears it is.

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:28

fair enough, just always had seasonic or corsair! (well, apart from my newest build, which i had a nzxt just because it was white!)

Suarez7 · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:38

davido_labido said:
fair enough, just always had seasonic or corsair! (well, apart from my newest build, which i had a nzxt just because it was white!)

The XFX units are mostly built by Seasonic anyway, the new black edition XFX PSU's get superb reviews, I'd go with the Platinum one if the budget allows.

davido_labido · 26 Mar 2013 at 23:43

fair enough, xfx platinum it is!

not a budget as such, ive saved him £500 quid telling him he wont use a 690 or a titan to its full potential, he will only be running at 1080 i would imagine.

although i would love to do a build with one

RJC · 27 Mar 2013 at 07:09

Will he stick to one GPU?

PSU can be dropped to 600w ~ for one GPU upto 850w for SLI.

zakblood · 27 Mar 2013 at 07:25

nice spec tbh, don't like the m/b but then again wouldn't use all the extra bit's it offers so over priced for me, but for your build it will give great color scheme which is what he wanted anyway, agree with psu power not being needed or used, but XFX is about as good as you can get atm, with Seasonic still having some high pitch fan noise issues with some of there high end psu's. not all of them mind you, just some.

bronze, silver, gold, Platinum only alter the costs of using them, so unless your leaving it on 24/7 any would be fine, buying Platinum won't make it last any longer, just save you money on your bills while using it.

i bought and fitted one of these into my mates pc, who uses it as a gaming rig and also a 24/7 always on net pc, Antec EA 650w '80 Plus Platinum' Power Supply, price was very good and warranty was also, the money it will save him will pay for the psu over the life of it a few times over so was worth it, could have got a lower spec or power one but this one was on offer so couldn't say no to the price

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 08:59

Yeah I realised after I posted he would no longer need the 1000 watt now he's not having a titan/690.

Saying that though, I think he has his heart set on a titan in the not so distance future, just so he can tell me how much better his card is than mine Haha.

Cheers for the input guys. I hate putting specs together for other people!

np4me · 27 Mar 2013 at 09:35

That spec looks good to me, i hope to see a completed project log up in the next few days

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 14:21

just ordered this, next day delivery, so i might be able to get some done tomorrow before i go to work!

paulstung · 27 Mar 2013 at 14:28

I would do some background on the psu, as only some of the XFX range are made by seasonic.

lee32uk · 27 Mar 2013 at 14:36

Im pretty sure that Seasonic manufacture all xfx psu's.

Doomedspeed · 27 Mar 2013 at 14:49

paulstung said:
I would do some background on the psu, as only some of the XFX range are made by seasonic.

im pretty sure if it was any they didn't do it wouldn't be the gold and platinum range..

Enough double negitives there for you?

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 15:15

aye, that was my thinking, surely they would be the cheaper ones, the guy im building for is more than happy with the one i selected now, as it gives him options to add the titans later if he feels he needs them

Suarez7 · 27 Mar 2013 at 15:18

The PSU you've bought is 100% made by Seasonic if it's one of those 3 linked above.

davido_labido · 27 Mar 2013 at 15:51

awesome, cheers suarez