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RubberDuck12

RubberDuck12

RubberDuck12

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Coolermaster silencio 550 usb 3.0
i5-2500k
G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4Gb) DDR3 PC-12800 Ram
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H
Samsung 830 64gb ssd
Corsair TX750W


So i'm after:
Gpu
Hd (2tb)
Cooler (air)
And i think i might need to extra fans for the case (front intake)

Feel free to recommend/correct any mistakes thanks.

PS. this will be my first build
 
Do you own some of the parts already?

The CM550 case will only allow heatsinks upto 154mm tall and that RAM is tall with those heatspreaders. So with an air cooler you might well need to install them in the DIMM slots furthest away from the CPU socket.

Hard to make recommendations without a budget but I'll post something anyway

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £189.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-255-SE) £62.40
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £293.74 (includes shipping : £9.50).



The Macho is 150mm tall. The GPU is closely related to the 7950, if you OC it you can net the same if not better performance than a stock 7950. 2TB HDD is B grade which makes it cheaper
 
Yes i more or less have the parts, the motherboard was a grade 'b' so got it a bit cheaper. I am on a tight budget and most of these parts are second hand hence i don't have the freedom of getting what i really want over need.

You say the ram might be a bit high, would it be a problem placing in the further slots?

Also i'm not looking to o/c as yet, so would a lower profile cooler be ok?

Why go for the the Z77-D3H?

I mean to just browse, light video edit and medium gaming.
 
RubberDuck12 said:
Why go for the the Z77-D3H?
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It is the best budget Z77 board for single GFX card setups.

• DualBIOS
• 3 year UK based warranty
• Overclocks well (assuming a good CPU/cooling)
• Theres a stack of reviews at various websites that rate it highly.
 
If you are on a tight budget, and depending on what your definition of 'medium gaming' is, maybe consider dropping the GPU down to a 7850, 650Ti boost, or a 7790 and save ~ £40. While that 7870 Hono linked to is a very good card it maybe a bit overkill for your needs.
 
RubberDuck12 said:
Yes i more or less have the parts, the motherboard was a grade 'b' so got it a bit cheaper. I am on a tight budget and most of these parts are second hand hence i don't have the freedom of getting what i really want over need.

You say the ram might be a bit high, would it be a problem placing in the further slots?

Also i'm not looking to o/c as yet, so would a lower profile cooler be ok?

Why go for the the Z77-D3H?

I mean to just browse, light video edit and medium gaming.
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The mobo you have isn't exactly bad, if you got it cheap then fair enough.

Providing you bought the Retail CPU then you will get the stock heatsink to use for now. I just wanted to point out the height restriction on your case for heatsinks. You still haven't said what you want to spend. You clearly don't mind B grade items so that HDD is about as good as you'll get for the price. For cheaper gaming GPUs.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650Ti OC Boost Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
Total : £293.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).



If you go for the Nvidia 650 it MUST be a Ti Boosted one, the standard 650 is pants. The 7850 is a good popular midrange GPU and these do overclock well
 
stulid said:
It is the best budget Z77 board for single GFX card setups.

• DualBIOS
• 3 year UK based warranty
• Overclocks well (assuming a good CPU/cooling)
• Theres a stack of reviews at various websites that rate it highly.
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But doesn't the Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H have the same features as the above?

I read some where that the only difference was via audio.
 
RubberDuck12 said:
But doesn't the Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H have the same features as the above?

I read some where that the only difference was via audio.
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I am sure the D3SH is lacking Vcore control or some other overclocking option in the BIOS that stops it from getting CPU's to the same frequencies as the D3H.
 
honosuseri said:
The mobo you have isn't exactly bad, if you got it cheap then fair enough.

Providing you bought the Retail CPU then you will get the stock heatsink to use for now. I just wanted to point out the height restriction on your case for heatsinks. You still haven't said what you want to spend. You clearly don't mind B grade items so that HDD is about as good as you'll get for the price. For cheaper gaming GPUs.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650Ti OC Boost Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
Total : £293.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).



If you go for the Nvidia 650 it MUST be a Ti Boosted one, the standard 650 is pants. The 7850 is a good popular midrange GPU and these do overclock well
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I was thinking more like a GTX 660.
 
660's are OK. That and a 7850, there isn't that much difference if you prefer NVidia. The 7850 overclocks better, but all in all, same class of card. The 660 will work better out of the blocks, the 7850 needs a bit of TLC to get the most out of it. Depends on games, check benchmarks of games you like, some games still bias towards one manufacturer or the other. Either case, I'd spend a few quids on a good model (like the DirectCU).
 
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olivier renault said:
660's are OK. That and a 7850, there isn't that much difference if you prefer NVidia. The 7850 overclocks better, but all in all, same class of card. The 660 will work better out of the blocks, the 7850 needs a bit of TLC to get the most out of it. Depends on games, check benchmarks of games you like, some games still bias towards one manufacturer or the other. Either case, I'd spend a few quids on a good model (like the DirectCU).
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I'm also leaning toward Nvidia because they are 'supposed' to be more quieter than the Radeon/ati/amd or whatever you call them.
 
I would personally recommend this 660. Same price as the 7850 currently.

Here is a comparison against the HD7850 (both at stock)

There is quite a large performance difference in some areas, though I believe the AMD drivers have been updated to offer better performance in Battlefield 3.

The card will also be better for applications which can take advantage of CUDA and games which take advantage of PhysX. NVIDIA cards also offer more grunt for things like Folding@Home.

Both the HD7850 and the GTX660 will overclock, however in almost every case the HD7850 will overclock further and when comparing a max-out OC'd 7850 against a max-out OC'd 660, the 7850 would come out on-top in most areas. (the 7850 for example will in some cases get up from 860MHz to 1100MHz [28% increase] on the core. The 660 from 980MHz to 1150MHz [17% increase] on the core - mine is on 1137MHz, but I think it will do 1160 or so before I hit a brick wall.)

It depends on your willingness to overclock and whether or not you have any desire for CUDA, PhysX or folding performance. :)

If you don't have any intention to attempt overclocking and may use some of the aforementioned features, go with the GTX660.

If you fully intend on overclocking, or would like to look into it, go with the HD7850.

If you intend to overclock, but like the sound of the NVIDIA featureset, you would have to weigh up what you value more.

For me the 660 won. But thats just me :)

I paid £159 for mine on offer a year or so ago.
 
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