Around £1500 for a build! Help me spend it!

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So guys and girls i have around £1500 to spend on a new system.

I don't need a monitor, mouse and mouse mat.

The idea is very powerful but quiet, but also as cheap as possible. If i don't need it, i don't want it.

Main purpose for the system will be max settings gaming.

Water cooling would be nice, if possible.

Cheers.
 
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Looking at:

Corsair Obsidian 650D

Corsair HX 850W

Intel Core i5-2500

Noctua NH-D14-2011

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz

Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB

LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive

Asus Xonar D2X 7.1

4gb GTX 680 (Not SLI)

Roccat Isku

Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1

Thoughts?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
Total : £1,312.27 (includes shipping : £13.75).



added keyboard and os (you didnt say if you needed it or not, so i assume you do ;p)
didnt spec a sli-able motherboard. so psu specced as such. room in the budget to change if needed (extra 60 quid ish)
colour matched to blue since you have a windowed case
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
Total : £1,312.27 (includes shipping : £13.75).



added keyboard and os (you didnt say if you needed it or not, so i assume you do ;p)
didnt spec a sli-able motherboard. so psu specced as such. room in the budget to change if needed (extra 60 quid ish)
colour matched to blue since you have a windowed case
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Sorry yeah i need a O/S and i don't want SLI.

Would much prefer a 4gb GTX 680 to make it 2 year future proof if possible.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £359.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £74.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
Total : £1,467.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).



changed to 7970, added soundcard and headset as per your spec
 
tamzzy said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £359.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £74.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
Total : £1,467.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).



changed to 7970, added soundcard and headset as per your spec
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That is looking pretty sweet!! Appreciate the effort you have put into it. Would that rating PSU be ok for that rig? I have every intention of overclocking it.

And what about the performance of the 7970 v 680, overclocked 7970 has comparable performance, but once you OC the 680 it just burns away.

Appreciate your help.
 
the whole system overclocked would probably hit 400w, 450w absolute max i estimate. and that's only when you are stressing the system at 100% gpu and cpu load (which is rare irl outside of prime95 and progs specifically meant to stress the system)
if you want to be extra safe, get the antec 620w instead. but 520 is fine.
comparison of an oc 7970 vs and oc gtx670:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618?vs=555
(i know it says 7970 ghz edition and gtx 680, but the performance is similar to what an oc vanilla 7970 and oc gtx670 can do)
an oc gtx680 would be about 5% faster than the oc gtx670

updated the psu:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £359.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W High Performance Modular Power Supply - White £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £74.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
Total : £1,479.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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tamzzy said:
the whole system overclocked would probably hit 400w, 450w absolute max i estimate. and that's only when you are stressing the system at 100% gpu and cpu load (which is rare irl outside of prime95 and progs specifically meant to stress the system)
if you want to be extra safe, get the antec 620w instead. but 520 is fine.
comparison of an oc 7970 vs and oc gtx670:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618?vs=555
(i know it says 7970 ghz edition and gtx 680, but the performance is similar to what an oc vanilla 7970 and oc gtx670 can do)
an oc gtx680 would be about 5% faster than the oc gtx670

updated the psu:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £359.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G) £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W High Performance Modular Power Supply - White £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £74.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
Total : £1,479.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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29 for Nvidia and 37 for ATI from your comparison link. Interesting.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring £455.99
(£379.99) £455.99
(£379.99)
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
(£89.99) £107.99
(£89.99)
Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £78.98
(£65.82) £78.98
(£65.82)
Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9B) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
(£48.32) £57.98
(£48.32)
Sub Total : £1,283.19
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £259.39
Total : £1,556.33

I've updated the basket with a few items of personal choice. If you dont mind, could you please have a look over it.

Thanks.

EDIT: Missied cooler for CPU. Damn it!
 
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Revised my list:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
D14
Corsair Obsidian 650D
MSI Z77A-GD65
Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD
Corsair Professional Series AX650
Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1
Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4Gb DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive

Graphics card isn't on the list as i'm still unsure.
 
d14 is good, but for the price, the phanteks or the silver arrow sb-e are way better
rather get the sammy 830 or crucial m4 or intel 330 rather than the force gt
treehugger hdd are rarely any good. and you have the lag time when they have to spin up before it can access data.
that ram is overkill aka waste of money spending so much on the ram
 
The 670 is much better value for money than the 680, the performance difference is very little, with the money saved with the 670 you could get another SSD for example. What resolution are you playing at? Because you won't need 4Gb Vram for a single 1920x1080 screen.
 
tamzzy said:
d14 is good, but for the price, the phanteks or the silver arrow sb-e are way better
rather get the sammy 830 or crucial m4 or intel 330 rather than the force gt
treehugger hdd are rarely any good. and you have the lag time when they have to spin up before it can access data.
that ram is overkill aka waste of money spending so much on the ram
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Yeah i've been doing some further digging.

The Phanteks beats the Noctua by a couple of degrees, so i've added that.

I've also checked the anandtech review comparison tool and it shows the Samsung 830 128gb as being the best, so i've gone with that.

The hard drive i'm having a hard time choosing, i want a 6gb SATA3, but the Seagates have got terrible reviews around the web. Samsung Spinpoint would be lovely, but there not 6gb.

Would a none treehugger WD drive be a better choice?


Here is the revised list:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Corsair Obsidian 650D
MSI Z77A-GD65
Samsung 128GB SSD 830
Corsair Professional Series AX650
Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1
Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard
Unknown storage drive (must be 6gb SATA3)
8GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline Ridgeback
Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS DVD drive

Minus a graphics card.

Whats the headphones and keyboard like? Anyone have any experience with them?
 
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