Check my build please?

Speedz

Speedz

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Finally made my mind up on what i want now. Is everything in here compatible? With all of this ordered, will i need to buy anything else to fit it or put it together? (ssd brackets etc)

i7 2600k
MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr
MSI Z68a-GD65-G3 Motherboard
Noctua NH-D14
Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB HDD
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD
Corsair Enthusiast 850w Modular PSU
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Black
Samsung 22x DVDrw sata ReWriter
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Paste
Windows 7 64 bit

Gonna wait till maybe next week and see if Overclockers weekly sales will be good to me haha

Much appreciated for any support :)
 
what are you planning on using it for?
if its just gaming + general use then drop the processor to the i5 2500k as there is no difference between it and the i7 2600k for gaming.
if your doing lots of video editing, CAD/CAM work, major photoshop work, etc then the i7 2600k is the one to go for.

i would also change to the crucial M4 SSD. its faster in most places, and more reliable too
 
All fine, well apart from the case but there's no accounting for taste :p

You could probably trim a few quid off if you wanted to, but there's nothing there that's incompatible.
 
Awesome :D
The pc is going to be used for gaming as well as frequent video editing, photoshop work so that is why I picked the i7 over the i5 haha

Um, in the future sometime, yes i probably will sli, but not 100% sure

Also i've seen someone else suggest the Crucial SSD over the OCZ. Could you tell me how the Crucial is faster than the OCZ as the speeds on the OCZ seem to be better on paper? Is all different when actually performing or?
 
Speedz said:
Awesome :D
The pc is going to be used for gaming as well as frequent video editing, photoshop work so that is why I picked the i7 over the i5 haha

Um, in the future sometime, yes i probably will sli, but not 100% sure

Also i've seen someone else suggest the Crucial SSD over the OCZ. Could you tell me how the Crucial is faster than the OCZ as the speeds on the OCZ seem to be better on paper? Is all different when actually performing or?
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there was a thread where the main SSDs were all benchamrked, and the crucial turned out to be slightly faster in the areas you want it to be.

overall your build is great, but i'd make a couple of small changes:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £374.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £109.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - Black £109.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £52.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Arctic White 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £45.59
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,492.96 (includes shipping : £13.75).

however, feel free to change the RAM back to the kingston stuff if you want a black/grey theme going. i only chose it because it was cheaper
 
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i7 2600k
MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr
MSI Z68a-GD65-G3 Motherboard
Noctua NH-D14
Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1TB HDD
Crucial M4 SSD 128GB
Corsair Enthusiast 850w Modular PSU
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Black
Samsung 22x DVDrw sata ReWriter
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Paste
Windows 7 64 bit
 
ah, and just realised the M4 doesn't come with a bracket so will add in one of those now. should i get any particular one, or just the Ocuk professional one?
 
Only suggestion for that is if you Do plan on SLI'ing in the future, id go for a 1000w power supply. only really if you are sli'ing and even so it isnt really needed but that extra power does help.

Also yes, if its just gaming get the i5 but if its for editing videos the i7
 
If i was to sli in the future, i would get the new PSU when i got the extra graphics card as i haven't made my mind up 100% on whether i will sli in the future, will have to see
 
Speedz said:
If i was to sli in the future, i would get the new PSU when i got the extra graphics card as i haven't made my mind up 100% on whether i will sli in the future, will have to see
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You dont need anything else, also I dont think you need the thermal paste as im sure the cooler comes with a tube of stuff.

Also 850w is enough for SLI GTX580's
 
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