First build

Azwethinkweis · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:27

I'm building my first gaming pc and would like some thoughts on the spec i chose.

MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £349.99
AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz - £139.99
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AMD 990FX - £131.66
Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit - £124.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - £76.66
Akasa Venom 750w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply - £66.66
Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler - £37.49

A couple of qustions, first would i be likely to encounter issues with the ram with regards to the CPU cooler or would i need lower proflie chips?

Second would the PSU have any problems with this? it will need to be upgraded eventually as in time id like to upgrade the RAM, add a BlueRay drive and get a second graphics card but they can wait for now.

RJC · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:29

Hello and welcome to the forum

I assume the main use of the pc is for gaming?

What is your budget?

keithfa26 · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:32

Switch cpu too a i5 2500k or 3570k U would also need to change to mobo for that but im on my phone so cant make a list

but if your using it for gaming and have a decent budget 1 tip everyone will tell you bin the Amd cpu there scrap compared to intel in gaming.

RJC · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:33

Done a rebuild:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £82.99
2 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99 (71.98)
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £921.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

keithfa26 · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:35

RJC said:
Done a rebuild:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £82.99
2 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99 (71.98)
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £921.52 (includes shipping : £10.50).

+1

keithfa26 · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:35

Also consider switching the hd 7970 for a gtx 670

Azwethinkweis · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:39

Budget would be about £1100

RJC · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:41

Do you require a case, operating and a SSD?

Azwethinkweis · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:44

Iwas thinking Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - Black/Orange and standard Windows 7.

I havent thought about SSD but any thought would be appreciated.

Azwethinkweis · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:50

So it would be £1400 budget starting from scratch.

RJC · 11 Aug 2012 at 21:52

Slight change:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - Black/Orange £109.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £94.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £82.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Orange (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
2 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £35.99 (71.98)
Total : £1,261.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Azwethinkweis · 11 Aug 2012 at 22:17

Awesome. Thanks!

Would i be wise to buy network and sound cards or would the onboard be sufficient? Im not editing audio files or anything and i believe im just going ott.

CEUOTC · 11 Aug 2012 at 22:19

Onboard will be more than enough.

Regards.

C.

RJC · 11 Aug 2012 at 22:23

Onboard will be fine, forgot tho add one of these to the build:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-LG

Azwethinkweis · 11 Aug 2012 at 23:40

Thank you all fopr the advice. End build looks like this.

Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £279.99
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - £149.99
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - £108.32
Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - White - £99.16
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - £79.16
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - £74.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit -£69.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - £69.16
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - £55.82
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £29.99 x2
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Phanteks 140mm Fan PH-F140TS_WT £14.16 (for the empty back slot on the case)
(prices ex. VAT)

tamzzy · 12 Aug 2012 at 08:33

i wouldnt get "green" drives, most have the lag when you access em (cuz they need to spin up from their slow spinning state) and their max rpm is also slow (5400-5900 vs 7200 for a vanilla drive)