Critise my build

KHAN

KHAN

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This build has been through various changes along the way, i've researched almost every component and would like some feedback ;) In case your wondering no I am not a Corsair fanboy but it seemed to come together that way. It's a WaterCooled ready case, I'm aware I need extra WC'ing for the GFX card i'm going to get a quote on a custom loop so just ignore that.

OcUK V12 Watercooled Case - Corsair 800D

Gigabyte G1 Sniper 2 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155)

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Corsair Professional Series HX1050 Professional Series 1050W Modular Power Supply

Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

Corsair Force GT 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit

Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST - Retail (Black)

Corsair Vengeance K60 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

Corsair Vengeance M90 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse

EK FC580 GTX+ Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi

Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset

(2,450)
 
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I'm guessing, one OS, one games.

I would drop the ram cooler. unnecessary, it's triple channel (will it work with dual slots?), the memory is low voltage already, and will it fit the vengeance anyway?

Can't say much about the rest. I would check the block for the GPU and make 100% sure it is designed to fit that card. The PSU looks good for SLI (although don't know the power requirements for water), but this is quite a lot of money.
 
fowler002 said:
if you're going for the most expensive parts you can find then

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-262-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=
Click to expand...

I never picked the parts because of cost, hell I could afford to have 2x590's but I dont want to be dumb, BUT I do want the parts to be good for the next 4 years! The SSDrives are pricey but not a big difference from the previous models and according to benchmarks they blow the old ones out the water. One for O/S, the other for games and the 3TB drive for storage.

I choose the Sniper because it has quality on-board sound so I wont need a PCI card and it has the Killer Network which i've been eager to try.

I'd say the biggest 'asthetic' purchases are the Keyboard Mouse and Headset. (ok and the ram cooler, because it looks good)

The Watercooling, that's something that i've wanted to do for ages and ages, it's a good opportunity for me to get my 'feet wet' and if I can get the i7 2600k to 5ghz i'll be happy.

Going to be using it for Gaming mostly, but I do everything on the PC and am on it constantly when i'm not at work so the cost is low considering my use.

I did check the website for the block and it does seem to be covered.
 
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