Check My Spec

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:37

Hey all,

I have been chomping at the bit to start building a new PC and have just been waiting on products to be released.

I am now at the stage to present my rig to OcUK for critical analysis

Main Concerns:

SSD/HDD: At the moment it is a WD 1TB Caviar Black. I want the system to be relativly quiet and the WD CB seem to give of quite some noise. Would I be better having the Caviar blue?
I will have the OS and my main game on the SSD, the rest will be on the HDD
Graphics Card: My plan is the buy a graphics card now and then buy the 28nm cards when they are released. However, when BF3 is released I want to be able to play that maxed out. Do you thin the EVGA DS 560Ti will be able to handle this?

To Note:

I am going for the 2600K instead of the 2500K as I will be doing quite a bit of other work apart from gaming, such a rendering etc... So no need to suggest the 2500K.

Thanks for any responses,

Evoss

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:37

Can't see the pic :confused:

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:44

You have triple channel ram in a system that uses dual channel ram.

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:50

stulid said:
You have triple channel ram in a system that uses dual channel ram.

Ah yes, updated.

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:54

Nothing wrong with it as far as i can see.

You will probably get some people tell you to get a air cooler instead, but meh.

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:55

stulid said:
Nothing wrong with it as far as i can see.

You will probably get some people tell you to get a air cooler instead, but meh.

What do you think with that hard drive? Stay with WD Caviar Black or goto a Caviar Blue/Green for less noise.

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:58

Evoss said:
What do you think with that hard drive? Stay with WD Caviar Black or goto a Caviar Blue/Green for less noise.

Change the caviar black. Mine is orrid. Makes soooo much noise. glad I moved to SSD's

Don't think the 560Ti will handle it on full settings, but it will be a nice stop-gap card until 28nm

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:59

As above.

Samsung F3 are suppose to be quiet.

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:01

+1 for F3

EDIT: I have my WD caviar in my system with both SSD's. It only makes noise when you use it. EG, if you just use it for storage, in which case it's fine to have, as long as you don't use it 24/7 which will drive you mad.

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:06

Looked at some F3 reviews, a lot of them say it is quite loud.

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:09

Evoss said:
Looked at some F3 reviews, a lot of them say it is quite loud.

As I said, it will only be loud when in use. I use my SSD's nearly all the time so barely hear my HDD

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:12

The only noise my F3 makes is when it needs to be spun up there is a Click noise as its engaged, the SSD does most things.

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:15

stulid said:
The only noise my F3 makes is when it needs to be spun up there is a Click noise as its engaged, the SSD does most things.

IT'S THAT ****ING CLICKING THAT DRIVES ME ****ING MAD!!!!!!!

/RAGE

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:21

I wont be having loads on the SSD, so a lot will be done on the HDD. I dont want clicking that drives me mad when Im confined to a Uni hall xD

How good/quiet is the WD Caviar Blue?

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:24

Evoss said:
I wont be having loads on the SSD, so a lot will be done on the HDD. I dont want clicking that drives me mad when Im confined to a Uni hall xD

How good/quiet is the WD Caviar Blue?

nowhere near as clicky as the CB. Howver, HDD's in general are ****ty pieces of clicky crap.

SSD's F.T.W

stulid · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:27

The F3 clicks just once, but then if i dont access the D: drive (which the F3 is) for a while, the drive is spun down and the head is parked, its the accessing of the drive which causes it to spin back up, theres a slight pause to as it is spun up.

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:32

Cleeecooo said:
nowhere near as clicky as the CB. Howver, HDD's in general are ****ty pieces of clicky crap.

SSD's F.T.W

When you say CB do you mean Caviar Black or Blue ?

Cleeecooo · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:38

stulid said:
The F3 clicks just once, but then if i dont access the D: drive (which the F3 is) for a while, the drive is spun down and the head is parked, its the accessing of the drive which causes it to spin back up, theres a slight pause to as it is spun up.

Same with cav black, but it is really noisy whenever it is in operation

Evoss said:
When you say CB do you mean Caviar Black or Blue ?

lol, good point. I meant blue that time

R088ieS86 · 4 Aug 2011 at 12:58

I saw your thread on the motherboard so I'm pretty sure this maybe a wasted post. (do i keep on typing...??)

However, I would seriously consider changing your motherboard choice.

Have a look at the Z68 boards which support PCI-E 3.0 lanes. that way when the new CPUs and 28nm cards come out you can full utilise them!

Asrock Fatal1ty Z68 Pro Gen 3 - £204.98

you save £155 which could go on a better graphics card or just in your back pocket!

Just my thoughts.

Evoss · 4 Aug 2011 at 13:05

R088ieS86 said:
I saw your thread on the motherboard so I'm pretty sure this maybe a wasted post. (do i keep on typing...??)

However, I would seriously consider changing your motherboard choice.

Have a look at the Z68 boards which support PCI-E 3.0 lanes. that way when the new CPUs and 28nm cards come out you can full utilise them!

Asrock Fatal1ty Z68 Pro Gen 3 - £204.98

you save £155 which could go on a better graphics card or just in your back pocket!

Just my thoughts.

Are the 28nm cards using PCI-E 3.0? I haven't really looked into them. If I get the Gigabyte, will I be able to use the 28nm cards?