First Pc Build, help please!

polesp · 16 Mar 2011 at 17:14

Hey guys,

This is basically going to be my first build, I have kind of already chosen the parts I'd like to buy, however i need someone who is more educated in this section to comment of my rig set up? Does everything seem ok with it?

I know I havent chosen a graphics card yet, I have a 8800GS for the meanwhile until the 560TI goes down in price a bit, might even look into SLI them

Anyways any help or advice would be appreciated, and i thank you for your help!

polesp

PS: My max budget is about £700 excluding the graphics card
and sorry about using a scan based picture! i just happened to compile my list on there :S

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=98050&d=1300294387

Reaper 392 · 16 Mar 2011 at 17:43

what will you be using the computer for. as soon as we know that we can tell you what your going to need.

only thing wrong that i can see is that you havent selected a DVD drive. do you have one already, or did you just forget to put one in the basket?

polesp · 16 Mar 2011 at 17:46

Reaper 392 said:
what will you be using the computer for. as soon as we know that we can tell you what your going to need.

only thing wrong that i can see is that you havent selected a DVD drive. do you have one already, or did you just forget to put one in the basket?

oh mainly id be using it for gaming, but i still went for the i7 because i wanna be future proof etc, i am currently using auto cad and matlab more and more and currently planning on doing some video editing etc

yh about the drive Ive already got one, so it should work fine. will probably get a bluray drive soon

Reaper 392 · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:32

for gaming you might as well get the i5 2500K, because there is very little difference between that and the i7 2600K. certainly not a £75 difference. however, for the CAD/cam work and video editing i believe the i7 will show why its £75 more than the i5.

if you are planning on using a second graphics card in crossfire or SLI, then you will want a slightly better power supply than the one you have.

this one should do the trick: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-CS

*edit*
very poor translation from brain to keyboard there. sorted it now.

polesp · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:37

Reaper 392 said:
for gaming the i7 is going to be pretty much useless, but for the CAD/cam work and video editing i believe it will come in very handy.

if you are planning on using a second graphics card in crossfire or SLI, then you will want a slightly better power supply than the one you have.

this one should do the trick: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-013-CS

oh i checked on the coolermaster website with their calculator for 2 560ti even a 600 watts one would be enough, so i went for the 700 incase for safety :S

Reaper 392 · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:44

polesp said:
oh i checked on the coolermaster website with their calculator for 2 560ti even a 600 watts one would be enough, so i went for the 700 incase for safety :S

i was basing my power supply on what 5UB had reccomended me for another build, completely forgetting that the other build had completely different graphics cards :rolleyes:

just ignore what i said about the power supply before. 700W will be great.

polesp · 16 Mar 2011 at 18:54

Reaper 392 said:
i was basing my power supply on what 5UB had reccomended me for another build, completely forgetting that the other build had completely different graphics cards

just ignore what i said about the power supply before. 700W will be great.

oh lol , yh one of the reasons why i went 560ti instead of 480 sli is coz 480 are huge beats when it comes to power lool, thank you for ur help tho

jms198 · 16 Mar 2011 at 19:16

How many forums are you going to post this on? This is the third already (that I know about).

polesp · 16 Mar 2011 at 19:27

jms198 said:
How many forums are you going to post this on? This is the third already (that I know about).

is it bad trying to get as many opinions as possible?

linktoinsanity · 16 Mar 2011 at 21:15

Reaper 392 said:
for gaming the i7 is going to be pretty much useless, but for the CAD/cam work and video editing i believe it will come in very handy.

I wondered why you would type that, then I saw your sig.

The i7 won't be useless at gaming. A little overkill perhaps, but the word useless implies that it won't cope, which it will, very well.

I would take a look at an i5 2500K, I would say the 2500 would be fine but the cost between that and a 2500K isn't that great so you may as well go for the K varient.

You can also take a look at AMD's offerings, they are generally beaten in benchmarks by Intel's previous generation chips (let alone the current ones), but they do offer good value and in gaming you will be hardpressed to notice much difference. You can put the money you save on the CPU towards a better graphics card.

Reaper 392 · 16 Mar 2011 at 21:23

LinktoInsanity said:
I wondered why you would type that, then I saw your sig.

The i7 won't be useless at gaming. A little overkill perhaps, but the word useless implies that it won't cope, which it will, very well.

I would take a look at an i5 2600K, I would say the 2600 would be fine but the cost between that and a 2600K isn't that great so you may as well go for the K varient.

You can also take a look at AMD's offerings, they are generally beaten in benchmarks by Intel's previous generation chips (let alone the current ones), but they do offer good value and in gaming you will be hardpressed to notice much difference. You can put the money you save on the CPU towards a better graphics card.

when i said useless for gaming, i meant he might as well get the i5-2500K and save a bunch of cash. i didnt mean that the i7 2600K was really bad at gaming. the only reason i didnt go the intel route myself is because im a poor student.

sorry if i caused any confusion - that was a major brain to keyboard translation fail

*edit*
fixed the post now

polesp · 16 Mar 2011 at 21:54

LinktoInsanity said:
I wondered why you would type that, then I saw your sig.

The i7 won't be useless at gaming. A little overkill perhaps, but the word useless implies that it won't cope, which it will, very well.

I would take a look at an i5 2600K, I would say the 2600 would be fine but the cost between that and a 2600K isn't that great so you may as well go for the K varient.

You can also take a look at AMD's offerings, they are generally beaten in benchmarks by Intel's previous generation chips (let alone the current ones), but they do offer good value and in gaming you will be hardpressed to notice much difference. You can put the money you save on the CPU towards a better graphics card.

thank you for the advice amd is very good for performance per £ but i think its best to splash out a bit for the cpu case and motherboard! thats why i chose some expensive ones, the others will come and go, anyways i am looking for the huge overclocking potential the i7 2600k has in couple of years time so i wont have to buy a new pc if somethign new comes knocking on the door

btw i am a bit concerned about the cpu cooler, do u reckon its too big for my case?

linktoinsanity · 17 Mar 2011 at 10:55

polesp said:
thank you for the advice amd is very good for performance per £ but i think its best to splash out a bit for the cpu case and motherboard! thats why i chose some expensive ones, the others will come and go, anyways i am looking for the huge overclocking potential the i7 2600k has in couple of years time so i wont have to buy a new pc if somethign new comes knocking on the door

btw i am a bit concerned about the cpu cooler, do u reckon its too big for my case?

I'd still go i5 2500K if I were you. Save some cash and put it towards a better graphics card.

The cpu cooler should be fine. I'd also recommend looking at one of these though: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-003-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

With regards to reaper, fair enough I accept the bad translation answer.

polesp · 17 Mar 2011 at 12:58

Yh i will invest into a better graphics card, i am saving up to get a nice set up for that

btw would this memory be comatible with my motherboard?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-063-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

the 2133mhz seems compatible but i am unsure about the voltage part ? any help please?

Rexton · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:19

This will be fine, and it's designed with gaming in mind.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-222-OC

Also get a 2500k, getting a 2700k just for gaming is truly throwing money down the drain. It won't offer you anything noticeably extra for what you want it to do.

polesp · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:29

Rexton said:
This will be fine, and it's designed with gaming in mind.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-222-OC

Also get a 2500k, getting a 2700k just for gaming is truly throwing money down the drain. It won't offer you anything noticeably extra for what you want it to do.

a lot of people have told me that, but i am not sure now :S i want to be future proof as much as possible and i suppose £80 quid isnt much when it maeans the difference between using it a year longer or so :S

what are the differences? are they worth the extra 80£??

Luke_Bowman · 17 Mar 2011 at 16:06

Id recommend going wtih atleast a 700W psu

Rexton · 17 Mar 2011 at 17:53

polesp said:
a lot of people have told me that, but i am not sure now :S i want to be future proof as much as possible and i suppose £80 quid isnt much when it maeans the difference between using it a year longer or so :S

what are the differences? are they worth the extra 80£??

What do you mean? The only real difference between the 2600k and 2500k is that the 2600k offers hyper threading (and a slightly higher stock clock) which is of little extra use to gaming. They'll both over clock to 4.5-5ghz. So you're in no way future proofing your system for gaming, never mind for "a year longer or so".