Building a rig for the first time.

Trekkie · 26 Nov 2011 at 23:59

The monitor is going to be a 1080p LED backlit.

Thanks Joe, ill give those a look

stulid · 27 Nov 2011 at 00:00

A single GTX560ti wont find that a struggle, get the 2GB card and see how it performs.

Trekkie · 27 Nov 2011 at 00:02

stulid said:
A single GTX560ti wont find that a struggle, get the 2GB card and see how it performs.

Okay cheers

Doing that will also help me avoid the "why do you need two?" question from the missus

Nickyyy · 27 Nov 2011 at 00:06

I'd purchase a nice 2GB 560. there was a thread not too long ago comparing the 1 and 2 GB, staggering difference between the two.

And of course the CPU, if you are only gaming the i5 2500k will be the exact same speed as the 2600k.

Trekkie · 28 Nov 2011 at 23:40

thanks guys

just one more thing. About the motherboard, like i said, i have a basic knowledge and i know my way round a computer. but could i do better for around the same amount of money?

stulid · 28 Nov 2011 at 23:42

Said it before, say it again, get a Z68 board.

This is better for £5 less - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-188-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 - but come xmas time who knows?

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:00

stulid said:
Said it before, say it again, get a Z68 board.

This is better for £5 less - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-188-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 - but come xmas time who knows?

is the bard quality any better?

stulid · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:02

It is, and its more feature filled.

It also has PCI-E3.0 support with ivybridge to both PCI-E 16X length slots.

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:13

stulid said:
It is, and its more feature filled.

It also has PCI-E3.0 support with ivybridge to both PCI-E 16X length slots.

ah yes

i see it also has OC Gene 2, that would help me a lot i think (if it is any good)

thanks man

stulid · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:15

OCGenie is a "one touch" overclocking button, takes a i5 2500K (3.3GHz stock) to 4.2GHz.

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:18

Okay, iv updated my list, what do you think?

Case:
Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case

Motherboard:
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68

C.P.U.
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz

C.P.U. Cooler:
ANTEC Kühler H₂O 920 Liquid CPU Cooler

Power suply:
OCZ ZX Series ZX1000W-UN 1000W ATX PSU

R.A.M.
KINGSTON HyperX T1 DDR3 Desktop Memory - 8GB DIMM RAM

Graphics card 1:
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express

Hard Drive 1;
HITACHI Deskstar Internal 3.5" SATA Hard Drive - 1TB

Optical drive:
LG BH10LS30 Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Rewriter

Wireless network card:
Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter

Fan Controler:
AeroCool V12XT 4-Channel LCD Touch Panel Fan Controller

stulid · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:20

As its a gaming rig, perhaps you should get the i5 2500K and up the GFX card?

The PSU is a bit much also.

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:33

stulid said:
As its a gaming rig, perhaps you should get the i5 2500K and up the GFX card?

The PSU is a bit much also.

yeah £80 is a big price for an extra 5 FPS.

and with the money saved from that and the PSU downgrade to 850 watt i could get a gtx 570 ti 2gb

fowler002 · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:35

570ti 2gb? is that an as unannounced card?

its 570 2.5gb(no ti in the name) and not worth it as you may as well pay the little extra and get the £350 580

stulid · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:37

Trekkie said:
yeah £80 is a big price for an extra 5 FPS.

and with the money saved from that and the PSU downgrade to 850 watt i could get a gtx 570 ti 2gb

You could, a GTX570 2.5GB card will destroy games, even the standard 1.25Gb version does. Even the GTX560tI 2GB you mention is a good improvement over the 1GB version.

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:44

i see

how do i tell what wattage i need?

stulid · 29 Nov 2011 at 00:45

SLI GTX580 = 850W+

SLI GTX570 = quality 750W

SLI GTX560ti = 650W

Single GTX570 = 600-650W

Single GTX560ti = 500-550W

Thats basically how I judge it.

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 01:01

Okay so here's what i have now:

Case:
Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case

Motherboard
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68

C.P.U.
Intel Core i5-2500K

C.P.U. Cooler
ANTEC Kühler H₂O 920 Liquid CPU Cooler

Power suply"
OCZ ZX Series 850W ATX PSU

R.A.M.
KINGSTON HyperX T1 DDR3 Desktop Memory - 8GB DIMM RAM

Graphics card 1:
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2560MB GDDR5

Hard Drive 1;
HITACHI Deskstar Internal 3.5" SATA Hard Drive - 1TB

Optical drive:
LG BH10LS30 Super Multi Blu-ray Disc Rewriter

Wireless network card:
Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter

Fan Controler:
AeroCool V12XT 4-Channel LCD Touch Panel Fan Controller

What do you think? will it blend?

stulid · 29 Nov 2011 at 01:03

It blends.

If you get a Blu-Ray drive, get a retail one so you get like a copy of PowerDVD.

Trekkie · 29 Nov 2011 at 01:05

Nice

thanks for your help mate

Joining this forum and talking to you was a hell of a lot of help

cheers