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Buildop

Buildop

Buildop

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Hi all,

This is my current build, any advice would be much appreciated:

Power Supply Unit
Corsair Memory 600W Builder Series CX V2 ATX PSU
OPEN TO CHANGE (Budget - Would like to spend no more than £40 ideally)

Case
Antec 300 Three Hundred Case
OPEN TO CHANGE (Budget - Would like to spend no more than £30 ideally)

Motherboard
AsRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard (Socket 1155, Intel Z77, Up to 32GB DDR3, ATX, 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s, Supports NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX, Premium Gold Caps)
OPEN TO CHANGE (Budget - Would like to spend no more than £115 ideally)

Processor
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
FIXED

RAM
Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
OPEN TO CHANGE (Budget - Would like to spend no more than £85 ideally)

DVDR
Basic requirement - Ideally spend no more than £15

Graphics Card
None - Will be using Intel ivy bridge HD 4000 graphics for now, and upgrade to a graphics card at a later stage.

Harddrive
Seagate 1TB Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB 7200RPM Hard Drive
£64.99
OPEN TO CHANGE (Budget - Would like to spend no more than £70 ideally)

I would really appreciate your valuable advice and suggestions alternatives (where stated above). Thanks.
 
Sorry it's hard to tell, do you already have this spec (as you say current) and are looking to upgrade it, or is this the spec for a new build?
 
And also what is the system going to be used for? You say the 3770k is fixed, but without knowing what you use the system for you could be wasting money there that could be spent improving the system elsewhere.

What's the overall budget for the build?
 
Thanks for your response, sorry I should have made it clearer, this is a brand new build.

I hope the information below answers your questions

Approximate Purchase Date: Assembly should be completed by Mid August
Budget Range: £600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Numerical and computational analysis, engineering software (CAD, FEA, etc), Work, light gaming, expected to be running most of the time.
Are you buying a monitor: No, using my current monitors and hd tv via hdmi connection.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, Windows 7 64 bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ******/**** (UK based)
Location: UK
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Not initially, but maybe in the future
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Additional Comments: It is really important that the system can manage numerical computations, efficiently. Currently for example I have an 8 GB RAM PC and there is not enough memory to run some analysis. For my analysis, I can select the number of CPU cores and amount of RAM to allocate, the more CPU cores/speed and the more RAM, the faster the analysis gets done.

The reason I choose the i7 is that I can make use of the hyperthreading technology when running my numerical analysis work.

Thanks
 
£600 for an i7 3770k build with capability to overclock and run SLI/xFire in the future is pretty tricky really, I mean the chip alone is nearly half the budget so if your build comes in at that price i'd go for it.

I've tried putting a spec together, best is around £700.

I'd look at getting a 750w PSU if you're going to be looking at SLI/Xfire in the future, other than that and maybe an SSD I can't see much else for the money.
 
The best I could work around your build was this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £259.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £64.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G) £41.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £605.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).



but I agree on a 750W PSU just in case you want to SLi in the future.

Hope this helps!

Edit: I just read the previous replies.
As for overclocking, you can always buy an aftermarket CPU cooler later on.
You may need to push +- 30 quid to get a better PSU though.
 
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sw1ft, what would be you build list for £700? I would be really interested to see it, thanks.

Syncez, thanks for your awesome build list, which PSU would you recommend?

Thanks again.
 
Buildop, are you willing to stretch to the £700 build? If so, what will be your price range stating the min and max values of course. That might provide us with a better gauge of your potential build.
 
Thanks Syncez,

Originally, my budget was £600... based based on your comments, I might have to stretch it out a little and compromise on some other things (non-PC related).

Therefore my budget min-max would be £600+/1 £10 - £700 +/-£10. I hope that helps.

Thank s again.
 
 
 
Ah nice one stulid. I forgot i accidentally cleared off the RAM on the basket (not awake).
That build does look much better. Though I wouldnt go for that PSU if he would like to SLi later on.
 
sw1ft said:
2x7850s would also mean being able to lose the 'X' from the mobo and saving 30ish quid
Click to expand...

Then Crossfire would only be running at 16X/4X instead of the better (symmetrical) 8X/8X, plus no SLI support on the lesser boards.
 
Thanks everyone, Syncez and Stulid, any reason why you both choose the Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard over the Asrock extreme 4?

I look forward to your further input, thanks.
 
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