First Build!!

fowler002 · 21 Dec 2011 at 22:12

Ethereal2011 said:
Thanks fowler002, missing the CPU but let you off

doh I knew I missed something

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £82.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 912 Case - Black £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £893.34 (includes shipping : £11.25).

cmdouble code to make it £873

Ethereal2011 · 21 Dec 2011 at 22:21

Does the PSU have enough juice (If I go with the coolmaster "kit") for the set up with overclocking the CPU to 4.40(ish) along with the secondary power supply needed for the GPU?

fowler002 · 21 Dec 2011 at 22:24

Ethereal2011 said:
Does the PSU have enough juice (If I go with the coolmaster "kit") for the set up with overclocking the CPU to 4.40(ish) along with the secondary power supply needed for the GPU?

no I just speced it for the fun of it

but seriously it should be fine for a single 6970 with the cpu oced etc, unless of course someone who knows more about psu with the power draws on the 'rails' etc can say otherwise.

Ethereal2011 · 21 Dec 2011 at 22:49

I would like to thank everyone for their help! Going to go with fowler002's suggestions, with the exception of the GPU, gonna stick with the Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II TOP 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card for now, but going to go with the cool master kit and m/b etc he recommended! Unless someone sees something that doesn't look right I shall purchase this within the hour

fowler002 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:20

well if you don't want to so ati/amd and want to stick to nvidia, here's a spanner in the works

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £82.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £869.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

use the code ag15 to get 15% off so like £18 off so is ~£852

you can drop the antec kuhler 620 down to the gelid tranquilo and save £21, just went with the kuhler 620 as it goes with the antec case and psu.

if you want to go with the coolermaster then instead of the 1gb vram 560ti go with the 2gb vram msi I speced above

Ethereal2011 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:23

Water cooling scares the crap outta me lol, some pretty bad reviews for Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

fowler002 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:26

its a closed loop, all comes pre-assembled and what not. you don't have to do any tubing, filling maintainance(topping up etc).

Ethereal2011 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:35

Think I i will just roll with the pic below, if I look into it to much I will end up spending to much

Will give it another 30 minutes before buying, still not 100% sure about the PSU, no harm in waiting for a 2nd/3rd opinion :rolleyes:

( I am emo paranoid about everything

)

fowler002 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:38

Ethereal2011 said:
Think I i will just roll with the pic below, if I look into it to much I will end up spending to much

Will give it another 30 minutes before buying, still not 100% sure about the PSU, no harm in waiting for a 2nd/3rd opinion ( I am emo paranoid about everything )

missing a graphics card

if you're worried about the psu just go the antec route and go gelid tranquilo rather than the kuhler 620.

Ethereal2011 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:43

I might cheat on the GPU, I work for Cisco and know a guy whos knows a guy... nuff said

I like the power on the Anter PSU, but the reviews are awful, I don't want it going nuts and killing something lol.

fowler002 · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:54

Ethereal2011 said:
I might cheat on the GPU, I work for Cisco and know a guy whos knows a guy... nuff said

I like the power on the Anter PSU, but the reviews are awful, I don't want it going nuts and killing something lol.

are you sure you're looking at the correct psu? the truepower new modular is seasonic made.

Ethereal2011 · 22 Dec 2011 at 00:00

You linked Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply you on about something else? Or have I had to much beer

Ethereal2011 · 22 Dec 2011 at 00:11

fowler002 said:
well if you don't want to so ati/amd and want to stick to nvidia, here's a spanner in the works

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £82.99
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £869.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

use the code ag15 to get 15% off so like £18 off so is ~£852

you can drop the antec kuhler 620 down to the gelid tranquilo and save £21, just went with the kuhler 620 as it goes with the antec case and psu.

if you want to go with the coolermaster then instead of the 1gb vram 560ti go with the 2gb vram msi I speced above

Going for this now, see now I am spending more money..... you should work in a shop, would make a killing on commission

Ethereal2011 · 22 Dec 2011 at 00:21

And now it is bought

Thanks all

fowler002 · 22 Dec 2011 at 00:38

Ethereal2011 said:
You linked Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply you on about something else? Or have I had to much beer

nope thats the one I'm talking about, from what I've read its made by seasonic just rebadged as antec(the corsair also have models made by seasonic, the xfx psus are seasonic made etc).