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harbley

harbley

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Hello there in the next month i plan on building a Gaming pc for the first time and would like a little help and some nudges in the right direction this is how far i have got so far Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Case: Cooler Master Storm Sniper
CPU : Intel Core i7 2600K Unlocked (4 x 3.4 GHz) 8MB
CPU Heatsink : Corsair Hydro Series H80 (Advanced Liquid Cooling)
Memory:Corsair Vengeance 8GB XMS3 PC3-12800 1600MHz (2x4GB)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 3 GB - (PALIT) (PCI-E)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V (Intel Z68)
Sound Card: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio (PCI-E)
Power Supply: Cooler Master 1000W Silent Pro
Hard Drive #1:120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SandForce 2281, Read 525MB/s, Write 500MB/s, 50K IOPS
Hard Drive #2: 1.5 TB (1500 GB) SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 32MB
Optical Drive: Sony (SH-S223L) 24x DVD Re-Writer/Reader +/- RW- Black - Lightscribe (SATA)

Any thoughts and help would be greatly appreciated i plan on over clocking and am building this pc for battlefield 3 would like to be able to run it at very high settings. Thankyou
 
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a few money saving tips:
- if the only CPU intensive stuff you will be doing is gaming then get the i5 2500k.
there is no difference between the i5 2500k and i7 2600k for gaming. if you plan to do a lot of video encoding, CAD/CAM work, photoshop, etc, then the i7 2600k will be better
- go for an OCZ, corsair, antec or XFX PSU as these are the best brands of high end PSU's
- there is pretty much no difference between the 3GB GTX 580's and the 1.5GB GTX 580's. (there may be a noticeable difference while gaming on three monitors, but you only have one card, so you obviously arent doing that)
- RAM timings make pretty much no difference with sandybridge processors, so go for the cheaper corsair XMS3, or even the crucial sport stuff
- motherboard onboard sound is generally very good these days, so unless you are planning on doing a hell of a lot of music work, or are a total audiophile, then you can happily do without (unless theres a special function the soundcard does that you need)
 
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Thank you very much the both of you for the tips on the processor! what about the graphics card. as you can tell i have no experience at all
 
Will this affect the runnings of things like arma 2 ? as i play it all the time round my friends house would love to get in to it
 
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just looking at what you've specced yourself i'm guessing your budget is ~£1500 not including delivery.

i'm sure i can rely on stulid to spec you a raven and two 570's :)
 
Thankyou so much you have already saved me a nice chunk of money guys ! is liquid cooling really worth it i was looking at the cheaper option of Corsair Cooling A70? or would you say liquid cooling is the way to go I have about £250 to spend on a display any recommendations ?
 
And yes i do indeed £1500 a very generous gift from my mother for my 21'st birthday that is just for the computer i am buying the monitor keyboard and mouse etc separately.
 
List exactly what you want for £1500,

Base unit?
operating system?
monitor?
keyboard and mouse?
speakers?
 
stulid said:
You do it, I insist.
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i was saying that because i was literally about to get food when i posted and figured you'd get him a good spec before i'd come back (and that you wouldnt be interested about me going away for food, hence me not saying :rolleyes:). i'm here now though, so heres what i would buy as far as the tower goes.

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99 (£509.98)
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 2 RV02B Full Tower Case - Black £129.98
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £59.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARS) £59.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,444.56 (includes shipping : £14.75).

as for monitor and peripherals i'll leave that to stulid because i really dont know whats best to go for (the logitech MX518 is out of stock with no ETA :eek:)
 
Hey thats really, good, and I knew you wouldnt let him down, its actually surprisingly similar to whats in the basket at the mo, want to see it?
 
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