Final Revision - New Build

Deity · 13 May 2012 at 11:57

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £365.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £279.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £43.99
1 x 34 Piece PC Tool Kit £24.98
1 x Belkin 8-Socket SurgeMaster Maximum Series with Telephone Protection - 4 Metres (F9M820uk4M) £21.43
1 x Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller - PC / Xbox 360 (52A-00005) £18.98
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED WHITE 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £1,491.73 (includes shipping : £11.25).

CPU Fan is a Cooler Master 612S (had to buy from another retailer since OCUK was out of stock :/), Case is Corsair Carbide 500R and my optical drive is an Asus model. (these have already been purchased)

The monitor will be bought when I have some extra money so I can buy it in conjunction with Nvidia Glasses.

SLI/Overclocking - Possibly/Yes
Major Uses - Gaming, Programming, Surfing

Thanks for the help so far guys and if anyone has any other input I'd love to hear it.

Deity · 13 May 2012 at 12:05

stulid said:
That will be ok.

The RAM was picked because its colour matches?

Haha, yeah. And it's low profile for the HSF and I've read a few reviews on it which were pretty good.

ps; I read your excellent review on that motherboard - have you tried the P8Z77-V Pro? If so, which would you recommend out of both of them?

Deity · 13 May 2012 at 12:19

Leeroy123 said:
I use that motherboard mate, its quality. But like many boards once in Sli it will run x8 x8. Not that thats a big deal, a few fps maybe drops thats all.

Awesome. Cheers bud.

Deity · 13 May 2012 at 13:50

Sharplucas said:
I suggest the you consider the Gigabyte windforce 7970 Since there around the same price but the 7970 has more Vram and is a Bit better!

I'm pretty much set on the 670 since I will be getting Nvidia 3D Vision, and I prefer their drivers. Thanks for the input though!

Deity · 13 May 2012 at 20:03

Quick question guys - Will 750w be enough if I ever decide to SLi 670s?

Deity · 13 May 2012 at 20:10

stulid said:
Yes,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-670-2-and-3way-sli-review/4

Guru3D test system is also a more power hungry socket 1366 setup, so your Ivybridge system will consume less.

Stulid, you are awesome. Thank you for the help man, I really appreciate it. If I need any other help is it ok if I PM you? (I believe it's the trust function right?)

Deity · 16 May 2012 at 22:19

Hi guys,

I'm almost about to order yet I'm stuck on which GTX670 I should order. It's between the ASUS and the Gigabyte model, any help?

I most likely won't be overclocking the graphics card so I'm not exactly fussed on which has the better overclock potential, but it would be nice to have that option if I do decide to eventually do it.

Deity · 16 May 2012 at 22:56

Decided to go ahead with the Gigabyte GTX 670, thank you all for the help so far guys (esp; stulid), Hope this build goes well ^^

Deity · 18 May 2012 at 15:21

Hey guys, I'm currently building the PC at the moment and I'm trying to mount the Crucial M4 SSD but the screws that came with the Corsair Carbide 500R don't fit. What can I do :s?

Deity · 18 May 2012 at 15:28

mp260767 said:
dont fit, not long enough or the thread to small/big ?

can sit it in the bottom of the case if needs be or cable tie it in place etc

The screw can fit but it doesn't if that makes sense :s, Half of it sticks out of the HDD bay.

Deity · 18 May 2012 at 17:23

Sorry for so many questions in one day but I've just noticed my USB 3.0 socket on the motherboard has a bent pin and I have absolutely no idea what that means. Does it mean I can't have USB 3.0?

ps: I fixed the SSD.

Deity · 18 May 2012 at 17:25

stulid said:
Use something to bend the pin straight.

Any suggestions? I'm really sorry for all the questions, this is my first build >.<

Deity · 18 May 2012 at 17:39

Apologies for the poor iPhone picture quality.

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 14:00

Manged to fix the bent pin but now I have another problem (-_-). Nothing is showing up on my monitor when I'm turning it on. No splash/BIOs screen at all.

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 14:34

stulid said:
Do you have both power cables in the GFX card?

Have you connected the monitor to the card?

Yeah I have both power cables connected to the card and I have tried to connect the HDMI to the video card but it ended up with the same results.

I've reinstalled the HSF and double checked the CPU. Tried it with 1 RAM stick, it all ends with the same results

The lights on the motherboard are on, fans etc yet I can't for the life of me figure out why it won't POST.

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 14:45

stulid said:
Remove the GFX card and connect to the motherboard.

Did it, same results.

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 14:57

stulid said:
Have you got the 8pin ATX plugged in near the CPU socket?

Try a clearcMOS

Yeah I have the 8pin connected to the pins/socket near the CPU.

edit: Okay, I've moved it to the 2nd and 3rd pin - now it won't even turn on :s

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 16:41

stulid said:
To clearCMOS you need to power off, move the jumper/short the jumper or remove the battery, replace, power ON.

Did it. Still not working, going to try breadboard it but if that doesn't work then I guess I'm going to have to RMA the mobo/cpu.

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 17:35

Ok, just finished breadboarding and I've just noticed the DRAM light is solid red - does this mean the RAM is faulty? I've tried both sticks, even just 1 of them each time.

Deity · 19 May 2012 at 18:03

stulid said:
What board did you buy?

ASUS P8Z77-V PRO