Hi all,
Just like to say that after the years of nipping on and off these forums looking through topics, I finally pulled the finger out and joined the community!
I've been on a laptop for a while now - as much as it is powerful with its i7 and AMD graphics, its just not the same as a PC! I have some compensation money coming my way, so it was pretty obvious to me what to do with some of it!
My first build was in 2007, was a mid-high end gaming pc built for about £750, shortly after that I did a cheaper £450 budget build for a friend. So its safe to say its been a while, I've spent a lot of time catching up on the new technologies etc and here is what I decided on:
CPU:
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.5GHz
CPU Cooling:
Arctic Cooling Freezer i30
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H, Intel Z77
Memory:
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black LP, PC3-12800 (1600)
GPU:
2GB Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce 3X, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 6008MHz GDDR5, GPU 980MHz, Boost 1058MHz, Cores 1344
Storage:
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache
&
128GB OCZ Vertex 4, 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s
Audio:
Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Soundcard
Case:
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred V3
PSU:
750W OCZ OCZ750FTY-UK Fatal1ty Series, 85% Eff
Monitor:
24" Dell U2412M IPS LED Monitor
Probably wack on a Blu-Ray Reader/Writer in there as well.
Monitor is a tough issue, would like my xbox and my PC naturally on the same desk - contemplating dual-monitoring it up with a u2410 not sure LED next LCD is a good/bad idea yet - more research required!
CPU was an easy choice, not seeing the need for a six-core just yet!
GPU was tougher, think im set with the 670 -I intend overclocking, rumours are that it can push a 680 once OC'd?
Let us know your thoughts...
Just like to say that after the years of nipping on and off these forums looking through topics, I finally pulled the finger out and joined the community!
I've been on a laptop for a while now - as much as it is powerful with its i7 and AMD graphics, its just not the same as a PC! I have some compensation money coming my way, so it was pretty obvious to me what to do with some of it!
My first build was in 2007, was a mid-high end gaming pc built for about £750, shortly after that I did a cheaper £450 budget build for a friend. So its safe to say its been a while, I've spent a lot of time catching up on the new technologies etc and here is what I decided on:
CPU:
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.5GHz
CPU Cooling:
Arctic Cooling Freezer i30
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H, Intel Z77
Memory:
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black LP, PC3-12800 (1600)
GPU:
2GB Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce 3X, 28nm, PCIe 3.0 (x16), 6008MHz GDDR5, GPU 980MHz, Boost 1058MHz, Cores 1344
Storage:
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache
&
128GB OCZ Vertex 4, 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s
Audio:
Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Soundcard
Case:
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred V3
PSU:
750W OCZ OCZ750FTY-UK Fatal1ty Series, 85% Eff
Monitor:
24" Dell U2412M IPS LED Monitor
Probably wack on a Blu-Ray Reader/Writer in there as well.
Monitor is a tough issue, would like my xbox and my PC naturally on the same desk - contemplating dual-monitoring it up with a u2410 not sure LED next LCD is a good/bad idea yet - more research required!
CPU was an easy choice, not seeing the need for a six-core just yet!
GPU was tougher, think im set with the 670 -I intend overclocking, rumours are that it can push a 680 once OC'd?
Let us know your thoughts...
