Final spec for PC

red_special_86 · 30 Jan 2013 at 19:33

Hey guys, a couple of months ago I posted a thread looking wanting some specs for a PC, with a budget of £1200. After some thinking (and some advice from friends), I'm finally buying my pc. I just want a double check and see if I chose the right kit. Or if I need to make any changes.

The PC will be mainly used for 3D work (maya, photoshop) and gaming.

So heres the spec.

GPU - Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5
CPU - Intel i7 3770K
SSD - Mach Extreme Technology 128GB
HDD - Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB
PSU - Corsair GS700 700 watt
RAM - TeamGroup 16GB (2x8GB) 1600Mhz
M/Board - Gigabyte Z77-DH3
CPU Cooler - Corsair Hydro H80i
CASE - NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case

TOTAL - 1090.24

Any advice would be great.

Ethermaster · 30 Jan 2013 at 19:35

Would your programs don't benefit from running cuda and physx that are provided by a Nividia GPU solution?

snips86x · 30 Jan 2013 at 19:48

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £62.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011 / 1366 / 1155 / 1156 / 775 / AM2 / AM3) £59.99
1 x Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,209.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

red_special_86 · 30 Jan 2013 at 20:48

Ethermaster said:
Would your programs don't benefit from running cuda and physx that are provided by a Nividia GPU solution?

You are correct.

But 600 series can be dodgy with maya. But after many discussions with friends and other forums, there isn't much difference.

To be honest, the GPU has been a difficult decision to make.

But I have been looking at the EVGA GTX 670 FTW.

lee32uk · 30 Jan 2013 at 21:23

If you don't need CUDA then a 7950 would be a great choice.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £73.38
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £69.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,135.74 (includes shipping : £13.75).

red_special_86 · 31 Jan 2013 at 21:02

Thanks guys!! ;-)

Do you think the 7970 would be better than the 7950? Or would it be overkill for the parts I've selected?