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stev1212

stev1212

stev1212

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What do you guys think? Good enough to run the most demanding games at MAX settings? :)

- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM
- OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
- Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM
- OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)
- Club3D HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLTCP4G3D1608DT2TXRGCEU)
- Asus P8Z68 DELUXE GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- OcUK H²Flo Liquid Single Fan CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3)
- Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
 
Yes it is. You'll get no benefit from the 2700K over the 2500K for games.

You should get an SSD, because it'll have a massive difference on load times. If you're spending that kind of money you should be looking at a 120GB or bigger.

You might want to wait a few weeks for Ivy Bridge, it'll be a wee bit faster but around the same price.

You don't need an 850W PSU. You'd be better off with a decent 500W PSU or 650W if you want to leave room for expansion.
 
I will wait for Ivy-bridge :) But SSD's are so expensive! :( I would love to have a SSD with the OS on it and a magnetic drive for all my data.
 
Cut back on anything to get the SSD. Cut back on the graphics card for example... assuming you're running at 1080p then the 7970 is overkill for it.

Until the weekend I had a 100GB SSD, it was enough for my OS and a couple of games, the rest I could keep on a mechanical drive and move around with Game Save Manager. It makes a massive difference.
 
The reason i want the 7970 is for future proofing reasons. I cant see any games in the next 2 years bringing it to it's knees. I worry that if i get a lesser card in 1 years time il be buying another GPU to keep up the pace. I could always buy the SSD when WIN8 comes out? Seems reasonable to me? :)
 
Well, I'm sure you'll be happy with the rig regardless. However once you've used an SSD you'll never look back.

You will be saving enough for a 60GB SSD by dropping from the 2700K to the 3570K.
 
Also sorry to be a pain but... Surely as new games are released developers will program them to use the 2700K more effectively than the 2500k?
 
Nah, games aren't picking up multithreaded processors well. It's taken them years to start to utilise 2 cores, anything above that is very marginal gains, the 8 'cores' in a hyperthreaded quad core don't benefit in games, and I don't see it changing soon.
 
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1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.00
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £87.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x OcUK H²Flo Liquid Single Fan CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) £43.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £33.59
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £20.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,011.06 (includes shipping : £10.50).



How about this?
 
As said before, get an SSD. The difference they make in everything you'll do on your PC is amazing. From loading iTunes to loading a map, the speed is incredible

As for the CPU, if you're going to wait for IB you're going to be waiting a long time aren't you? I hear they aren't going to be released for another few months or even longer. If not id get a 2500k and OC it to 4.5

The GPU at 1080, will probably be overkill but it'll last forever and you could just CF it if you need the extra power

PSU, I wouldn't cut down to 650W, esp as you're running a 7970 and if you want to OC your CPU
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.00
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £87.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.98
1 x OcUK H²Flo Liquid Single Fan CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) £43.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £33.59
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail £20.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,011.06 (includes shipping : £10.50).



How about this?
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Very nice! god i love this forum already haha. My only gripe with that build would be the GPU id like something with some more power behind it. Maybe a 7950? But a part of me thinks if im gonna get a 7900 series card it might as well be the best i can get at the time!

Also sorry to be a pain guys! But i do appreciate your help!
 
roughavoc said:
As said before, get an SSD. The difference they make in everything you'll do on your PC is amazing. From loading iTunes to loading a map, the speed is incredible

As for the CPU, if you're going to wait for IB you're going to be waiting a long time aren't you? I hear they aren't going to be released for another few months or even longer. If not id get a 2500k and OC it to 4.5

The GPU at 1080, will probably be overkill but it'll last forever and you could just CF it if you need the extra power

PSU, I wouldn't cut down to 650W, esp as you're running a 7970 and if you want to OC your CPU
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Exactly the reason i want it! peace of mind for years! Wont have to worry about it becoming obsolete in 1 years time :)
 
stev1212 said:
Very nice! god i love this forum already haha. My only gripe with that build would be the GPU id like something with some more power behind it. Maybe a 7950? But a part of me thinks if im gonna get a 7900 series card it might as well be the best i can get at the time!

Also sorry to be a pain guys! But i do appreciate your help!
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1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £499.99
Total : £511.39 (includes shipping : £9.50).



For an extra £300, you could have this.:D
Do you have a budget?
 
roughavoc said:
PSU, I wouldn't cut down to 650W, esp as you're running a 7970 and if you want to OC your CPU
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You'd be fine with a 650W PSU overclocking.

I'm running a Thuban 1090t, overclocked and overvolted. It's a 130W part, but the 2500K is a 95W part. I'm running a 580 GTX, again overvolted and overclocked, and again drawing much more power than your setup could/would. I have it on a 650W Seasonic X Type. Ok it is a top end PSU... but even still I can't get it to draw 600W from the wall running stress tests on both GPU and CPU (efficiency means that's only 525W approx. AMD Thubans are notoriously power hungry when overclocked, so if I don't need more than 650W then this certainly doesn't.

What it does need though is a good 600W, not a bad 600W PSU. A single rail with 50A on the 12V would be ideal. I'm not sure what the Coolermaster Idleman has picked actually has, the OcUK description says 40A and 50A on the 12V.... clearly only one can be right!
 
The Halk said:
You'd be fine with a 650W PSU overclocking.

I'm running a Thuban 1090t, overclocked and overvolted. It's a 130W part, but the 2500K is a 95W part. I'm running a 580 GTX, again overvolted and overclocked, and again drawing much more power than your setup could/would. I have it o...
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But for future proofing? surely a good 800W PSU would allow him easily to CF later on without the need to buy a new PSU?
 
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