900'ish spec

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CrixxzeH

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hello guys going to be ordering this following rig in the next week and, I was wondering if you guys at Overclockers could throw any suggestions, or tell me if i'm missing anything, e.g not enough power, missing cables.

I knoe the prices on some of the items are on weekly etc, but the overall price will be £900. the rig that I have put together and is as follows

http://s12.postimage.org/4kc9daxbx/riglad.jpg

I am also going to need a monitor suggestion , I shall be ordering a Monitor which will be on a seperate budget of £150-160, primarily 23'', this would be a great help too me!

Cheers Overclockers, nice one!
 
Just to show what can be done for the budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £68.99
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £42.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £1,062.79 (includes shipping : FREE).



Rather than buy the gaming mat, why not put that cash into the mobo as this one comes with the mat ;) It's SLI capable, has some nice "geeky" extras like onboard power button. PSU is modular and enough juice for two 670s. RAM is FAST and cheap whilst on offer. 612S is a good quiet cooler, easy snap on brackets for fitting two fans (many heatsinks only supply fittings for one). DVD is cheaper and can be flashed to an iHAS 524 to unlock extra features.

There is THIS IPS panel if that appeals to you
 
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thanks for the replys guys...

RJC, thanks that was a great point, Retail will be added so that I have 3 Yr warrenty not 1.

I would like to KEEP the logitech g400/plantronics 7.1 peripherals that I sugested in original spec, if can.

I thought the cooler was fine, but could save a thew £ there tbh, after nothing fancy, just has to do a good job.

'honosuseri' the spec was alrighty, ssd a little pricey, I could drop to a 60gb SSD also, since will just be used for OS.

As for the SamsungS23B550V Monitor, would this be good for gaming? e.g ghosting, picture quality etc?

Edit: This is what the rig looks like now W/o Monitor, http://s8.postimage.org/cc3va65bp/riglad1.jpg
Note; I have purposely tried saving money.
 
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Ok i'm £2.79 over sue me lol

You really haven't looked at my spec properly at all which is very disappointing. You have ignored a lot of the changes I made.

The SSD you picked is sata II so is much slower than the reliable SataIII SSD I used. You can get 2TB of storage and plenty of cache if you pay £7 more as I've shown. The optical drive I used was just as good and cheaper. If you want the 1600mhz RAM kit, fair enough
 
You really
really
really need to compare yours with Hono's build. in fact just add whatever hono has their to your basket and press buy

Hono's spec is of far greater quality than the original build up top, better mobo, better ssd, retail i5, PSU on hono's spec should allow room for sli in future should you want to do it. so will the mobo he has picked.

2133mhz ram, if faster will fit into yourbudget then why not? if not just drop it to the kingston.

P.S it would be far better to fork out a little extra now to ensure it is future proof.
 
dunn2010 said:
You really
really
really need to compare yours with Hono's build. in fact just add whatever hono has their to your basket and press buy

Hono's spec is of far greater quality than the original build up top, better mobo, better ssd, retail i5, PSU on hono's spec should allow room for sli in future should you want to do it. so will the mobo he has picked.

2133mhz ram, if faster will fit into yourbudget then why not? if not just drop it to the kingston.

P.S it would be far better to fork out a little extra now to ensure it is future proof.
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The revised spec isn't much better. I don't understand buying the Z77X-D3H and buying the gaming mat seperate.....just use the UD3H mobo I used :/

If he really wanted the G400 mouse then the kingston RAM would free up the cash to get it over the Ikari

P.S Thanks for the support :)
 
Indeed, g400 out of stock atm though.

He could also just buy a cheap mouse and keyboard for now and get better ones in future. Im currently using like a £14 mouse + keyboard combo for gaming at home. works fine for me. im going to get better mouse for crimbo.
 
honosuseri said:
Ok i'm £2.79 over sue me lol

You really haven't looked at my spec properly at all which is very disappointing. You have ignored a lot of the changes I made.

The SSD you picked is sata II so is much slower than the reliable SataIII SSD I used. You can get 2TB of storage and plenty of cache if you pay £7 more as I've shown. The optical drive I used was just as good and cheaper. If you want the 1600mhz RAM kit, fair enough
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Im going to be using the following spec, but since your suggestuion I'm going to cut the 120gb for the samsung version of the 64gb,since I'l just be using for OS. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-145-SA&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2102.

I'm too am going to get the higher Ram kit you suggested even thoughts its TWICE as deer. I am too considering the 2tb, however thinking that it may be a little more then needed.
 
I've just noticed the Z9 case has shot up £10 or so :( The Geil EVO RAM isn't twice as dear :/

60GB won't really be enough I think you will find. You want your games installed on there as well to benefit from the improved loading times.

I went to your max budget. If you tell me what you honestly want to spend then I can rework the spec again.
 
honosuseri said:
I've just noticed the Z9 case has shot up £10 or so :( The Geil EVO RAM isn't twice as dear :/

60GB won't really be enough I think you will find. You want your games installed on there as well to benefit from the improved loading times.

I went to your max budget. If you tell me what you honestly want to spend then I can rework the spec again.
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£850-£900 Max on the Base-unit, no OS.
budget has to inc; logitech g400/plantronics 7.1/ OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard/ Mousemat.
 
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3.85 over

if you use free shipping

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £69.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £61.99
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £42.98
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £34.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £918.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).




final price was £903.85 and shipping is 12.50 yet showing as £918 hmmmm
 
Your basket, as you required.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £61.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £54.98
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £42.98
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £16.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £897.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).



But for an extra few quid I would get this hdd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £68.99
Total : £77.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

 
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Idleman said:
Your basket, as you required.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £61.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £54.98
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £42.98
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
1 x Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £16.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £897.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).



But for an extra few quid I would get this hdd.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £68.99
Total : £77.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

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Verry nice mate, thanks idleman and dunn2010.. both are great specs.
I've decided from the following suggestions made from thew stunning people, the rig im going to be purchasing is as follows
http://s12.postimage.org/43yoa3azh/rigleeeed1337.jpg

  • 8gb RAM @ 2133Mhz
  • Quality modular psu, colour fits better too.
  • Decent/Better sized HDD, with decent cache times.. thanks to Honosuseri.
  • Cheaper SSD, still 120GB, sata III> Sata II
  • Retail CPU w/3 yr Guarentee, instad of 1.

Even though i'll be saving £19 alltogether on the HDD,GPU and RAM because of Weekly offers, I have made sure I can afford this spec even when the deals are off.

last thing, sorry to be a pain :/..could you guys tell me if I would encounter any compatibility issues with the components? and, again thanks a lot for the support fellow Overclockers.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £68.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G) £64.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x Plantronics GameCom 780 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset £42.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £16.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
Total : £898.85 (includes shipping : FREE).



Still SLI capable ;)
 
i take it your ordering this sometime either tomorrow or after tomorrow then with you mentioning still being able to afford it after weekly deals?

if i was you id wait for the weekly deals and see whats available then. you never know what amazing componant might be on sale tomorrow.
 
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