Components for my first build... what do you think?

Cypriot Loucas · 7 Jan 2013 at 14:37

Hi guys,
My name is Loucas and I'm going to be building my first gaming pc. I have a budget of a bit over £2000, I have £2500 but I would rather stay closer to £2000
I have already made a start and have chosen components that I think I would like and that I think would make it future proof.
I will mainly be using it for gaming as well as the usual day to day stuff but I will also be doing 3D work in 3DSMax.
Also I'm not interested in overclocking.

I'm thinking of getting:
Razer DeathAdder 2013
Razer Vespula
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth 2013
Intel Core I7 3930K (BX80619I73930K)
ASUS P9X79 PRO (90-MIBH40-G0EAY00Z)
EVGA GeForce GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB w/Backplate (04G-P4-3685-KR)
Corsair 32GB (4x8GB) Vengeance Low Profile DD3 Quad Channel 1600MHz (CML32GX3M4A1600C10)
Crucial 128 GB Internal SSD Serial ATA-600 (CT128M4SSD2)
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Internal hard drive (ST2000DM001)
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011
Corsair HX1050 Modular PC Case Power Supply PSU (CMPSU-1050HXX)
Cooler Master HAF X (NV-942-KKN1)
LG Internal Blu-ray Disc Rewriter (BH10LS38.AUAR)

I know that some things might be a little overkill but I’m also trying to future proof this as much as possible to be able to run future games on close to full graphics at high resolution as well as keep the computer fast for my other work, still, if you have any suggestions on changes don’t hesitate to let me know.

1. A question about ram: what is more important? channels or speed? so which would be better? quad channel at 1600HMz or duel channel at 2133MHz?

2. Will this graphics card fit this power supply?
3. Will this fan fit over this ram?
4. Will this fan fit on this motherboard?
5. Will I need any extra parts to fit this fan to this motherboard?
6. Will this ram fit in this motherboard?
7. Will this processor fit in this motherboard?

8. Is this graphics card the right one I should get?
9. Is this processor the right one I should get?
10. Is this fan the right one I should get?
11. Is this motherboard the right one I should get?
12. Is this power supply the right one I should get?
13. Is this ram the right one I should get?

14. In general, will all of the components fit together?
15. Will all of the components work together?
16. Will all of the components fit into the case?
17. Have I missed anything? is there anything else I need?
18. Is there anything you think I should know about any of the components?
19. Will it be an all round great pc, great for gaming as well as other things and be future proof so that it should last a while?

Sorry for all of the questions but I'm spending a lot of money and I want to double check that everything will be ok.
Thanks

snips86x · 7 Jan 2013 at 14:49

The CPU is overkill for gaming, you'd be better off with a 3570k. Get a good board & cooler and you'll get an overclock to 4.5ghz+

Go for 16gb DDR3 @1600, anything more makes little/no difference, dual channel would be more than enough, 32gb is major overkill & waste of money.

680 is nice, are you using 3D vision, cuda or PhysX, other would recommend you got for a 7950/7970 with the amount of money you are spending.

You could also, if you get the balance right, get a RevoDrive3 in there too, providing the mobo has a spare slot. Also, get a bigger SSD, 256 Samsung 830/840.

Also, PSU may be a litte overkill, look at a Seasonic 750, gold version is available at £124.

You could save yourself some extra cash too!

honosuseri · 7 Jan 2013 at 15:07

Massive overspend fella really.

For gaming 8GB of RAM is ample, so easy to add more if you want to.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £249.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Mouse and Osmium Mechanical Keyboard - with 3 FREE RETAIL BOXED GAMES £164.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £139.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £116.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £78.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £1,721.00 (includes shipping : £16.85).

Even some of those parts are pricey but the core spec is good. You can change the case and monitor, peripherals etc as you see fit. You have a good budget so you will see plenty of specs come your way

snips86x · 7 Jan 2013 at 15:08

honosuseri said:
Massive overspend fella really.

For gaming 8GB of RAM is ample, so easy to add more if you want to.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £249.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Mouse and Osmium Mechanical Keyboard - with 3 FREE RETAIL BOXED GAMES £164.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £139.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £116.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £78.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £1,721.00 (includes shipping : £16.85).

Even some of those parts are pricey but the core spec is good. You can change the case and monitor, peripherals etc as you see fit. You have a good budget so you will see plenty of specs come your way

lol, chuck in a Revo

Sorry , can't spec at work. Don't have basket add-on or Chrome

Cypriot Loucas · 7 Jan 2013 at 15:15

Sorry, forgot to mention that i will be doing 3D work in 3DSMax and that im not interested in overclocking. Sorry. If this changes anything just edit your post. Thanks.

honosuseri · 7 Jan 2013 at 15:16

snips86x said:
lol, chuck in a Revo

Sorry , can't spec at work. Don't have basket add-on or Chrome

No thanks!

I've spent a fair bit on the case but that will last for a donkeys age. Mobo has wifi and bluetooth (plus some other lil gifts thrown in), it can dual card GPUs and the modular PSU can power a second card if he wanted to add one later.

Mechanical keyboards are very nice, by getting this bundle he gets even more free games to play along with the quality titles given with the 7950

Cypriot Loucas · 7 Jan 2013 at 16:00

Hey, thanks for the suggestions so far but i do want to get an i7cpu with 6 cores and a 4GB gpu as it will help with the 3D work and I'm trying to make this as future proof for gaming at high resolution as possible.

snips86x · 7 Jan 2013 at 17:34

Any good?

EDIT: had to make some changes as the CPU I'd chosen was not hex-core. This obviously took the price up, so I had to cut back on the case & M/KB.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £449.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x EVGA X79 SLI Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 ATX Motherboard ** Chrismas SPECIAL PRICE ** £124.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £116.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £78.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £51.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,914.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).

There is the AMD route:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £179.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £116.99
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £109.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £78.98
2 x Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLT2CP4G3D1869DT2TXOBCEU) (Orange & Blue Activity LEDs) **WORLD FIRST** £69.95 (£139.90)
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £51.98
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Gigabyte M6800 1600DPI Gaming Mouse £8.99
Total : £1,693.44 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Cypriot Loucas · 8 Jan 2013 at 11:16

I think i prefer the intel to be honest. Even though the price is a bit more the reviews i have read say that the I7 3930K is good value for money.

As for the ASUS P9X79 PRO i have read that it will be a good choice if i want it to keep up with new boards that will be coming out.

With the EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4GB i though that it is the most similar card to the newest cards out now but at a much cheaper price.

and for the Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 im not sure if this is overkill as i wont be overclocking but i still want a fan so that the cpu can stay cooler and therefore have a longer lifespan. (not to mention that it covers some of the ram only allowing for low profile ram)

please let me know what you think.

Thanks

Bacon? · 8 Jan 2013 at 13:25

Snips seems to have this wierd idea that AMD chips can compete with Intel chips in the gaming department

Theres a reason no one else specs them.... Or at least no one that understands price - performance.