Diving into building a pc!

Tigz79

Tigz79

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Hey folks so as title says ive decided to build my 1st rig, always went pre build before but since reading these forums ive been inspired to build my own tower and trying to save money at the same time lol, ive seen through these forums people having good success and thought what the hell al give it a try, its great recieving a pre built rig but i want a project over the nxt couple of weeks to get me into building so im looking for some built and compatibility options from you guys :) help me spend my £500 ish bonus from work lol the main rig is for gaming and playing dirt 2, codmw2, and other newer releases, i know i want the most upgradable rig for tweeking with in the future like just having a single gpu to start with but with enough spec to upgrade to 2 gpus in the future either sli or xfire, am open to either suggestion as ive used nvidia and ati before but they were in pre built rigs. also looking for a power supply to start with that will allow me to run 2 cards further down the line. im looking for a new motherboard that will allow me the most options when upgrading cpu power later on as well, like swapping over cpus that wont mean changing lots of other components if thats possible? thanks for any options you good guys in the know come up with, also looking to purchase the parts before xmas so im kept busy over ma xmas hols ..........

p.s. forgot to say i will be gaming at 1920x1080 plus got mouse/keyboard so just a spec for the rig pls
 
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Hey, if you can afford to stretch a bit, this would be ideal and ticks all your requirements

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If not then ways to save money would be
- ditch the aftermarket cpu cooler, though obv no OCing then
- drop the gfx card to a 4850, you lose the new DX11 suport but actual performanced in todays games wouldnt be too much behind
- get a smaller HDD
 
Thanks for the build idea m8, would all of these parts go together without any hassle, really will be a learning curve so need things to be as easy as possible lol, i take it all of these parts come with instructions like plug this here put that there lol, quite a daunting prospect but looking forward to it lol
 
95thrifles said:
No instructions no, but its really easy, things only go in one space, have a read of the guide at the top for help
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Thanks, i will do some reading so am ready lol also if i bought 2 of these gpu cards would it just be a matter of plug and play? the last card i had was a bfg 8800gtx, how does a single one of those compare to the newer card? thanks again......
 
it should be a sizable gap in performance, the 5770 is between 260gtx and 4870 (1Gb version)
 
All the motherboards I've bought have come with very comprehensive instructions for assembling the computer, is this not always the case?

Do you have any components that could be salvaged from the current machine? Case / optical drive / hard drive are the obvious ones, but if you've got an 8800gtx then overclocked 8800gtx sli is an option.
 
JonJ678 said:
All the motherboards I've bought have come with very comprehensive instructions for assembling the computer, is this not always the case?

Do you have any components that could be salvaged from the current machine? Case / optical drive / hard drive are the obvious ones, but if you've got an 8800gtx then overclocked 8800gtx sli is an option.
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The current pc has been given to a family member as theres is so out of date lol this will be my only rig in the house as we have a laptop for surfin :) the 8800gtx was a good card as i bought that system when the card was just out so was top draw performance wise, just wanted to see how it would have done compared to the new one in the build list just hoping the new card can run the newer games at 1920x1080, if not would 2 of them make a good hit performance wise?
 
From 95th rifle spec I would go to a 500gb Samsung F3 drive http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=hd-081-sa&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940 and the cooler to save some £. you could get the cooler later if you wanted to overclock your cpu then. i wouldn't complicate things at first anyhow.

use this to go to a 4890 card, (i wouldn't worry about dx11, 5xxx series cards for now). http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=gx-124-xf&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

don't forget you need an operating system, (do you have one you can install on a new machine in license?). go for this one otherwise http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=sw-127-ms&groupid=33&catid=1555&subcat= its not hard to install.

reading this article tells me that you going to need the 4890's power to play the sort of games you want to play sensibly. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/balanced-gaming-pc,review-31741-8.html
 
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Larok said:
Use this to go to a 4890 card, (I wouldn't worry about DX11, 5xxx series cards for now). http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=gx-124-xf&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

don't forget you need an operating system, (do you have one you can install on a new machine in license?). go for this one otherwise http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=sw-127-ms&groupid=33&catid=1555&subcat= its not hard to install.

reading this article tells me that you going to need the 4890's power to play the sort of games you want to play sensibly. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/balanced-gaming-pc,review-31741-8.html
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so to clear things up i should change the gpu and hard drive from the original spec sheet, i have no idea of performance from those 2 cards lol so just having to go on recommendations really :confused: which would be best for gaming at my res? i will prob run in xfire further down the line just need the best one to start with, going to order the parts tomoz so any other info would be appreciated, also i have a copy of windows 7 so sorted there :)
 
change the gpu yes, based on the testing here, (new link) http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/balanced-gaming-pc,review-31741.html

change the hard drive from a 1TB to a 500gb if you want to save some £

do without the aftermarket cooler, (the cpu comes with a stock one if it is sold as a retail pack rather than a OEM).

Your spec will be CPU limited in terms of future upgrades but as it stands now is well balanced. (see above article). Let the forum know when your building I'm sure people will like to help if needed.
 
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Ive never held tomshardware in much regard, even less so having just read that, all the mobo's from asus? what no one else makes any? hardly balanced
the 4890 does edge the 5770 atm, however the 5770 is only going to get better with more improved and tweaked drivers, added the extra future compatiblity via DX11 imo Id get a 5770, close call though, slightly less performance now but better future performance (probably)
 
Larok said:
I'd agree with 95th, although I'd get the performance now rather than later (maybe) option. Your call Tigz, make a post on the video card section if you want to get more info on the cards.
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Thanks for the help guys much appreciated, just completing ma basket now but the memory is out of stock, any other compatible alternatives i could use that are recommended? also would that psu be able to run 2 5770 gpus down the line with the rest of the system?
 
The PSU should be fine with two of those cards. Any memory from this section should be AOK DDR3 Dual-Channel - PC3-10666
 
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