help (first time building a RIG)

ThestigGT999

ThestigGT999

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I already have the
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

750W power supply


Samsung Super-WriteMaster


I will be getting

Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card x2


AMD PHENOM II X6 1055T PROCESSOR



Kingston HyperX Genesis 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 (will change if necessary)

320GB 2,5" WD Scorpio WD3200BEVT SATA 5400rpm 8MB

Plus 120mm fan

need help choosing a MOBO ? (under £100)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1903
Will the Power supply be enough?

any thing else I need?

P.S I am a PC noob

I am choosing AMD over intel due to price
 
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A) What PSU is it? (Brand)

B) Why a laptop HDD?

C) Why low end crossfire cards?

The RAM is triple channel and you will need dual channel unless you go X58 (Which you wont)

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £93.59
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
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 Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £562.30 (includes shipping : £10.50).



A better build with the ability of overclocking.


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (015-P3-1480-KR) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
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 Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £644.70 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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Good PSU :)

Link below shows the comparison between the 2 sets of gpu's:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/302?vs=309

I used the 480 GTX in the past and had crossfire 5850 gpus, I was lucky and did not have issues with crossfire giving me grief.

The 480 is a fairly power hungry GPU, In my old system I pulled 430w with the crossfire 5850 and upto 615w with the 480 in the same system (worse case)
 
So basically you are needing something like this,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
2 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99 (£195.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £577.14 (includes shipping : £10.00).




• Cheapest Z68 board that does Crossfire/SLI and has Lucid Virtu+Quicksync.
• 2X4GB RAM as the CPU's use a dual channel RAM controller.
 
stulid said:
So basically you are needing something like this,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
2 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99 (£195.98)
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £577.14 (includes shipping : £10.00).




• Cheapest Z68 board that does Crossfire/SLI and has Lucid Virtu+Quicksync.
• 2X4GB RAM as the CPU's use a dual channel RAM controller.
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going with Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz £94

thanks for the help
 
Hi, i've done two Intel specs for you, a higher priced and a lower priced one I've also added you a AMD spec if you really wanted to go AMD.

At the moment I would strongly recommend you stay away from AMD in terms of processors as the performance they are getting is around two generation's behind Intel and the priced difference is negligible.

Lower Priced:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £93.59
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £458.38 (includes shipping : £16.60).




Higher Priced:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
2 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
Total : £594.76 (includes shipping : £16.60).



Optional AMD:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £447.73 (includes shipping : £16.60).



Hopefully this gives you some options.

Edit: I have just realised that you were going to be using 2x 6850's and not one so ill swap the card on all of my specs to

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
Total : £226.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).

 
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Ohlawll said:
Hi, i've done two Intel specs for you, a higher priced and a lower priced one I've also added you a AMD spec if you really wanted to go AMD.

At the moment I would strongly recommend you stay away from AMD in terms of processors as the performance they are getting is around two generation's behind Intel and the priced difference is negligible.

Lower Priced:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £93.59
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Gigabyte H61M-S2PV Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £458.38 (includes shipping : £16.60).




Higher Priced:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
2 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
Total : £594.76 (includes shipping : £16.60).



Optional AMD:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Asus HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LX AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £447.73 (includes shipping : £16.60).



Hopefully this gives you some options.
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None of the intel boards you have suggested do symmetrical Crossfire.

I've already pointed out one of the two cheapest boards that do.

P.S, even your AMD board selection is wrong.
 
ThestigGT999 said:
going with Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz £94

thanks for the help
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Ok, cool, remember you cant overclock the CPU, but the board is ready for Ivybridge and future "K" CPU's that can be easily overclocked via the multiplier.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
2 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £97.99 (£195.98)
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £93.59
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
Total : £494.74 (includes shipping : £10.00).




The only other £100 Z68 board that does 8X/8X Crossfire/SLI is this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-342-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

But it doesn't have any onboard display connectors and so it doesnt have Lucid Virtu+Quicksync.
 
stulid said:
None of the intel boards you have suggested do symmetrical Crossfire.

I've already pointed out one of the two cheapest boards that do.

P.S, even your AMD board selection is wrong.
Click to expand...


Ah yes you are right, I forgot that he was going to be using two x 6850. So instead i'll change the GPU to the 560ti 2gb

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
Total : £226.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).

 
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