Final Spec Check - before i buy!!

Craterloads · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:05

Just about to purchase the following components from OCUK, please have a look over and let me know if all is ok or improvements that can be made.

Gaming (1920*1200) and all round general PC (no FPS)

Ive all ready got PSU, SSD and CPU - need the rest.

CPU - 2500K *Bought*
PSU - Corsair HX1000w *Bought*
SSD - 120gb Vertex 2 *Bought*
Motherboard - P8P67-M Pro £104 OCUK
Ram - Cosiar Vengence 8GB - £90 OCUK
GPU - GTX 480 SOC £215 with voucher OCUK - Undecided help needed here aka gtx 570 only £240 5850 only £100
Case - Undecided - Has to be small either lian li PC-V351, PC-V352 or PC-V354. Anyone with experience wth these?
Cooler - Thinking h50 or h70 - Overclocking to 4.8GHz ish
Keyboard and mouse also needed

Can get mobo and ram cheaper else where but with free shipping works out morealess the same

Fatboyuk2 · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:12

gtx 570 is a littel better and uses less power

i wood go for http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395 to help brink cost down

stulid · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:17

Fatboyuk2 said:
gtx 570 is a littel better and uses less power

Well a GTX570 is equal to a stock clocked GTX480, this gigabyte with the factory overclock is faster as this review shows,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-480-soc-review/1

just compare the gigabyte against the stock model in the performance graphs, and with the OP using a HX1000w PSU I don't think power usage will be a issue

Craterloads · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:20

stulid said:
Well a GTX570 is equal to a stock clocked GTX480, this gigabyte with the factory overclock is faster as this review shows,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-480-soc-review/1

just compare the gigabyte against the stock model in the performance graphs, and with the OP using a HX1000w PSU I don't think power usage will be a issue

But the you could just overclock the 570? Overclock for overclock plus vram difference and £25 extra for the 570, what would you recomend.

stulid · 1 Apr 2011 at 22:23

Craterloads said:
But the you could just overclock the 570? Overclock for overclock plus vram difference and £25 extra for the 570, what would you recomend.

The GTX480, more Vram, the overclock is warrantied from the factory, custom cooler so the old stories of noisy GTX480's don't apply, cheaper.

its just full of win.

olivier renault · 2 Apr 2011 at 01:59

Yeah, the GTX 480, although a dual HD5850 crossfire would give you near the GTX 580 for 1/2 the price. However, it is crossfire.

In the same vein, the GTX 560 SOC, iirc £200. Overclocked from factory, and it's got the cooling and heatsinks to match the OC.

FOr the cooler, keep an eye on the Antec Kuhler.

Craterloads · 2 Apr 2011 at 02:46

Gone with the GTX 480 and Antec Kuhler H20 620