Help sort my FPS build please

OliverDavis said:
Just realised, Nivida 3D Certified monitors have been specc'd with a ATI/AMD card, does it still work?
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TBO I will never use the 3D... Only chose that monitor because of the reviews and its 120Hz

Build updated... Thanks all.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £379.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version C - with new Firmware) £19.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (£29.96)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,896.43 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
OliverDavis said:
Read first post, He wants the ability to add a second card in the future, and if he needs Wifi it will probably come out of the old PC :)
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You want to calm down fella. :(

Yes i missed the part about xfire. ;)
But he specced a wifi board and there is no mention of having it in his old system. And i don`t like to assume. :p
 
carper80 said:
TBO I will never use the 3D... Only chose that monitor because of the reviews and its 120Hz

Build updated... Thanks all.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £379.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version C - with new Firmware) £19.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (£29.96)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,896.43 (includes shipping : £22.20).

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Add another 2 Gentle Typhoons as the H100 will/can use 4 for Push/Pull config :)
 
Idleman said:
You want to calm down fella. :(

Yes i missed the part about xfire. ;)
But he specced a wifi board and there is no mention of having it in his old system. And i don`t like to assume. :p
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Sorry if I seemed aggressive. I am at work so don't have much time to drop a line in sometimes.

Atleast replying on the forums makes it seem like im doing work as im typing a lot. Though most of the time it is due to actual work lol.
 
Mei said:
this build is way too corsair for me, im bailing lol
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LOL. Not intentional I assure you.

Added the fans.... That's nearly 150 on just CPU fans/cooler vs Mai suggestion of £65. Not trying to save cash, however don't want to waste them either.

Shall i stick with the corsair cooler?

Updated...

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £379.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version C - with new Firmware) £19.99
4 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (£59.92)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,926.38 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
carper80 said:
LOL. Not intentional I assure you.

Added the fans.... That's nearly 150 on just CPU fans/cooler vs Mai suggestion of £65. Not trying to save cash, however don't want to waste them either.

Shall i stick with the corsair cooler?

Updated...

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £379.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version C - with new Firmware) £19.99
4 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.98 (£59.92)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,926.38 (includes shipping : £22.20).

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With the H100 cooler and those Scythe Fans you could get 4.5Ghz from that CPU fairly easy. I have the H80 and I can get 4.8Ghz from my AMD Cpu (a little warm though...). Using his cooler you could get 3.9/4.0Ghz with slightly higher temperatures. Plus overclocking is easy. Loads of guides on here and can get you to 4.5Ghz in 15mins, then a few hours of stress testing while you watch a movie on TV and your sorted.

Trust me, cooling is worth it, especially when it comes to noise/performance. You will get greater performance by far by overclocking.

I'd say that last spec you just done should be final :)
 
I know for 4 fans £60 is expensive, but they are worth it. I can post a vid later of my single corsair fans noise blowing through nothing compared to 2 Gentle Typhoons pushing through a Rad, you will be glad. Plus the Gentle Typhoons move more air and dont lose much performance when paired with a Rad!
 
I would go for a decent air cooler, Phanteks, Alpenfohn, Noctua. You can always change the fans if you feel they are not quiet enough.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £379.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £139.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Professional Gaming Headset £114.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1600C9DC) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM (Version C - with new Firmware) £19.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,835.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Thanks all for you time and help.

Order has been placed, and I will start a build thread when it all arrives.

Fingers crossed it goes well having never ventured down this road before.(especially the OC part of it).

Cheers. :)
 
carper80 said:
Thanks all for you time and help.

Order has been placed, and I will start a build thread when it all arrives.

Fingers crossed it goes well having never ventured down this road before.(especially the OC part of it).

Cheers. :)
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Will be keeping an eye out for it :)

What parts did you order? and don't rush when doing it. It's easy to put together, but trust me, read all the instructions, 90% of bent CPU pins are due to not reading instructions, as it seems straight forward... Also make sure you get your Ram in the right slots :)
 
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