Check my spec please..

barnestah

barnestah

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Hi could you just cast your eye's over this and tell me if there is anything-
1, Not good.
2, bad.
3, Or could do better for the same price.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM [BX80623I52500K]

Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBH80-G0EAY0KZ

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II TOP 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 /

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK)

I have a decent case, mouse, keyboard, Monitor, CD/DVD etc.
And will be running 1 x 200gig /hdd 1 x 500/hdd 1 x 60gig SSD

Thanks...
 
 
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Did you want the option of SLI/Crossfire? as neither of the cheaper Z68 boards support SLI and most mainly do Crossfire at a worse 16X/4X bandwidth rather than 8X/8X.


This spec will do SLI/Crossfire (2X GFX cards)


YOUR BASKET
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX RED Limited Edition 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1RK2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £652.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Take note of the 2GB GTX560ti:)
 
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It's primarily for gaming. I wanted 16gig as I am currently trying to run Project Cars pre-beta and its a bit off a memory hog to say the least.

I Like the the modular idea thanks.

I was under the impression that board ran SLI should I need it?
Yes it has a 120mm fan mount. Its a thermaltake chaser mk1.
 
barnestah said:
I was under the impression that board ran SLI should I need it?
Yes it has a 120mm fan mount. Its a thermaltake chaser mk1.
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Afraid not, that ASUS you suggested, the Gigabyte I suggested only do Crossfire and thats at a worse 16X/4X, the one in my spec above is the cheapest one that does SLI/Crossfire at the better/equal 8X/8X so both cards get the same bandwidth.
 
Also No offence to the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard As I know it very good. It just looks Naff, I know that's a little shallow but I would rather not have to look at that board in my nice case.
 
Thats cool, some people do like to have a "style" "theme" going on.

How about Black/Grey?

YOUR BASKET
1 x zotac geforce gtx 560ti 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £199.99
1 x intel core i5-2500k 3.30ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - oem £169.99
1 x gigabyte z68xp-ud3p intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £129.98
1 x bequiet pure power l8 730w '80 plus bronze' modular power supply - with 120mm silent wing fan built in £79.99
1 x antec kúhler h2o 620 cpu watercooler (socket intel lga 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / amd am2 / am3 / am2+ / am3+) £54.98
2 x kingston hyperx genesis grey 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (khx1600c9d3x2k2/8gx) £38.39 (£76.78)
total : £723.72 (includes shipping : £10.00).




• sli/crossfire support - http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_z68xp_ud3p_review,1.html
• Modular PSU with plenty of power for a second GTX560ti.
• 2GB Vram on this Zotac card.
 
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In your honest opinion is cross-fire or sli actually any good tho?

I have often contemplated it but a new card always comes out that not only means it's un-necessary and not financially viable as from what Ive read you never get the full speed from the other card any way?
 
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barnestah said:
I have often contemplated it but a new card always comes out that not only means it's un-necessary but not financially viable as from what Ive read you never get the full speed from the other card any way?
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I do prefer single powerful GFX setups than multi card setups, this is because if the driver support is'nt right then the two cards dont work any better than one.

So you are having to rely of the ATI/Nvidia driver team to bring out support, require a more powerful PSU, but theres also the cheapness of getting a cheap second hand card later on and fitting it to get a good performance boost rather than swapping out one card for the latest single GFX option.

When the drivers and game work correctly then two cheaper GFX cards do work rather well and the latest ATI/Nvidia cards scale very well using SLI/Crossfire these days than they did in the older days.
 
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