advice making new computer

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 02:45

hi i am currently making my first pc and have come up with this so far but still have £200 left over and looking for tips on where to invest it

motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68
cpu fan:Noctua NH-D14
ssd: OCZ 120GB Vertex 3 SSD 2.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Read 550MB/s Write 500MB/s 85,000 IOPS
hdd:Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache
gpu: Asus GTX 560 Ti Battlefield 3 Edition 1GB GDDR5
cpu: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Box Processor
case: Coolermaster HAF X Case
psu: Coolermaster Silent Pro 1000W Modular PSU
ram: 16gb G-Skill DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:04

I have the moniter speakers arctic silver axtra fans etc but never posted to stop the post being too long etc

I have not ordered the computer yet as i was waiting for suggestions for upgrades before buying it

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:08

Hehe maybe you are right as for keyboard i bought a Logitech G19 Keyboard with Colour LCD Display along with Sharkoon FireGlider 7 Button Laser Gaming Mouse - 3600DPI with Adjustable weights for the mouse

I may look into the water cooling but know next to nothing about so what water cooling systems are top noth and last for a long.

Eg my friend bought one before and the pumps needed replacing every few months wich i do not want

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:12

ahh that may be a good idea with the power supply i little about the wattage etc so went for the meanest thing around

The 2gb may be worth changing to also but doesn't it make it perform slower when more gig added?

btw these are just things i heard while doing some recearch for the parts so i appoligise if info is totally wrong

Usually 1600x 1200 on resolution also

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:22

total budget is £1600 but i need absolutely everything for the computer mice keyboard thermal paste speakers screen preferably tv etc etc

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:25

well just because my current tv only has 720p and i also have xbox to play

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:31

have now switched to http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-202-CM

and http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-086-GI

i hear bad things about the gts 580 mainly that gtx 570 is only slightly worse

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:38

Well i went for the haf simply for airflow as i hear the fans are very good as i intent to go for a 4.8 ghz overclock that my friend will do for me meaning i will need a lot of cooling nice computer though ill definately use that as a starting point a just switch 1-2 things to my liking

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:41

i think both computers are good though obviously beejjacobs has more performance but mroe money also etc so definately some good comps

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 03:44

pref 5.1

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 04:04

totally amazing comps well thank you for your help guys you really got me a better system for the same price and i mix matched the comps you both made into one ;P

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 18:16

just wondering if gtx 560 ti's 1.25 gb would out perform the 3gb 7970 though
and if the power supply would still be the same or need upgrading to 850w if they are better

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 18:22

just wondering if 2 560ti 448 cores would outperform the 7970 3gb like you suggested

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 18:56

ok fair enough i am just being picky as i have no idea what i am doing

but now thread is closed as i ended up buying the 7970 as you suggest just 1 min ago

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:08

final choices were

cpu:2500k
case: haf x full tower
cpu fan:noctua d14
motherboard:Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P Z68
speakers:Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers - 75W RMS
additional case fans: x BitFenix Spectre Pro 230mm Blue LED1 x BitFenix Spectre Pro 140mm Blue LED Case Fan
disk drive:LiteOn iHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive
monitor:LG D2342P-PN LCD TFT 3D Ready 23" HDMI Monitor
ram:Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered
gpu:Sapphire HD 7970 3GB GDDR5
ssd:OCZ 60GB Vertex 3 SSD
hdd:Samsung 320GB SpinPoint F4 Hard Drive
psu:Corsair TX 850W V2 PSU

psu went for 850w so i can overclock my ram cpu and gpu and still ahve a little room to add things in the future

and as for ssd i just wanted to get that one for the 5 second win 7 bootup time

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:10

yes definately much more in there for the same price as there was last night when i posted

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:12

hopeing to upgrade next in maybe 2 years time minimum well thats what i tell myself anyway but i know i wont be able to resist those gpu's in crossfire in 2 months time lol

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:16

I got the putting it together sorted i got the guy down the road who owns a computer shop coming to put it together and overclock it all for £40

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:24

i am from birmingham icould possibly do it myself with building it but overclocking i definately do not feel comfortable with 1 tiny voltage error and the cpu gpu ram etc is fried

noenum pax · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:26

i could have gone uni but decided not to because of the huge price increases