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Sneblot

Sneblot

Sneblot

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Ok so I have started to notice my current rig has begun to struggle a little after the 6 years I have had it for. So I thought as I now have a full time job allowing me to save up to get a new one I might as well start having a look at what I can get to make my next rig only start showing its age another 6 years on. So here is my build as it stands:-

YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 £320.98 (£641.96)
- 2 x EK 670 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £73.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £259.99
1 x MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** With FREE GeIL Black Dragon 8GB Kit ** £159.98
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Gun Metal £159.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £132.98
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1866C9) £79.99
0 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £56.99
1 x Alphacool Laing D5 Vario Pump 655 - NO TOP £56.99
1 x EK-D5 X-TOP CSQ - Acetal £25.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack £25.99 (£51.98)
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Blueberry Blue Coolant 1L £14.99
3 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £14.40 (£43.20)
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Single Pack £13.99
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Serial £13.98
2 x EK-FC Link GeForce £9.49 (£18.98)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Clear £6.98
12 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 13mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Black £3.89 (£46.68)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 90° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 45° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
Total : £2,118.26 (includes shipping : FREE).




I want to use 240 and 360 Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta rads plus EK-BAY SINGLE Reservoir in Acetal Black with filling Port and 170ml Volume which I sadly can not find on this site but I won't link to them.

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Forgot a few things.
 
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lol, no problem.
You get 8gb of ram free with the mobo, so you may want to lose the corsair stuff :)

May be a good idea to ask in the watercooling forum for advice on that side of things.
 
I was under the impression that Corsair did better ram, though saying that i have DDR2 Black Dragons in my current rig and I haven't had a problem with them.

YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 £320.98 (£641.96)
- 2 x EK 670 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £73.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** With FREE GeIL Black Dragon 8GB Kit ** £159.98
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Gun Metal £159.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 760w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £56.99
1 x Alphacool Laing D5 Vario Pump 655 - NO TOP £56.99
1 x EK-D5 X-TOP CSQ - Acetal £25.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack £25.99 (£51.98)
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Blueberry Blue Coolant 1L £14.99
3 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £14.40 (£43.20)
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Single Pack £13.99
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Serial £13.98
2 x EK-FC Link GeForce £9.49 (£18.98)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Clear £6.98
12 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 13mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Black £3.89 (£46.68)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 90° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 45° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
Total : £2,040.28 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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The only really good reason I can see to spend £80 on that Platinum RAM would be for looks - especially if you're doing the WC thing as you are.

Otherwise, I'd be happy with the 1600mhz Geil stuff with the mobo.

If I was buying for outright performance (that I may never notice ;)) at a relatively respectable price, it'd be Samsung Green although it won't shine in the looks dept :) But then it's so lo-pro that people will ask where your ram is when you show your rig :p
 
Thanks for all the help. Can't wait to get the money together and build this monster.

Updated with 1200 w crazy priced PSU
YOUR BASKET
2 x OcUK Tech Lab H2O Custom GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 £320.98 (£641.96)
- 2 x EK 670 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £73.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** With FREE GeIL Black Dragon 8GB Kit ** £159.98
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Gun Metal £159.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £129.98
1 x Alphacool Laing D5 Vario Pump 655 - NO TOP £56.99
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £56.99
2 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Dual Pack £25.99 (£51.98)
1 x EK-D5 X-TOP CSQ - Acetal £25.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Blueberry Blue Coolant 1L £14.99
3 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £14.40 (£43.20)
1 x Corsair SP120 Performance Series High Pressure - Single Pack £13.99
1 x EK-FC Bridge DUAL Serial £13.98
2 x EK-FC Link GeForce £9.49 (£18.98)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Clear £6.98
12 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 13mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Black £3.89 (£46.68)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 45° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 90° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
Total : £2,045.27 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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Bacon? said:
Im sorry but whats the point of buying a 1200W PSU when it will be very inefficient :confused:
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Also it will cover any upgrade or update I want to make for some time if not until the thing dies. Plus its about the same price as the 850w's I have been looking at.

Though quick question will a psu like the 1200w been full draw from the wall all the time or only when my rig is on load, as I can imagine that my power bills will be significantly less with an 850w then a 1200w if it will be on full draw 100% of the time.
 
Sneblot said:
Though quick question will a psu like the 1200w been full draw from the wall all the time or only when my rig is on load, as I can imagine that my power bills will be significantly less with an 850w then a 1200w if it will be on full draw 100% of the time.
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You'll only be using the power required for whatever your PC is doing at the time.
 
Bacon? said:
A power supply only draws what it needs. But since most of the time the power you draw will be significantly less than than 1200W it will run inefficiently.
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Right I get your point now. I suppose I'd be better off with an 850w or even possibly push for a 750w. Though I don't think that a 750w would leave me with a lot of headroom.
 
Bacon? said:
But since most of the time the power you draw will be significantly less than than 1200W it will run inefficiently.
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With any sort of reasonable load it's as efficient as any other 80 PLUS Gold certified PSU.

At very low loads then it'll be less efficient but then that would apply to an 850W PSU as well.
 
Sneblot said:
Is there any way I can work out (with any degree of accuracy) a systems full load before I buy the parts?
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Online PSU calculators aren't very accurate and generally just over state the required PSU needed, the only accurate way is to use a watt meter at the wall socket with the system attached and stress the PC with a suitable program that does both the CPU and GFX card.

Or you could look at something like this - http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-670-2-and-3way-sli-review/4 - and try to guess where you would be, but the tests system used by Guru3D is different.
 
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I know that the test setup is different but it is running the older generation of i7's and if I'm correct ivy bridge generation run at a lot lower power draw. If I am wrong then please someone correct me.
 
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