How does my build look? gaming/university graphics work

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:35

Hey, I'm building a gaming/graphic work PC and I was wondering if I could get some pointers? I have this build currently, I need to know if it's all compatible and what changes need to be made regarding that. Also if there is anything particularly bad/overpriced there could I get some alternatives? Is there anything missing?

Thanks

The Build:

Case:
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Red

Processor:
Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail

Ram:
GeIL Enhance Corsa 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (GEC316GB1600C9QC)

Graphics Card:
MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Primary HD
Corsair Force GT 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F60GBGT-BK)

secondary HD:
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001)

Soundcard:
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCI-E Soundcard - OEM (30SB135000000)

Cpu cooling:
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3)

Power supply:
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK)

DVD drive:
OCuk 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Monitor:
BenQ GW2750HM 27" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black

Peripherals:
Steelseries S&S Gaming Mouse Pad (63001)
OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU)
Speedlink Vellu Gel Mousepad - Black
Aerocool Strike-X Freedom Wireless Gaming Mouse

Jumper118 · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:41

motherboard is missing

tamzzy · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:44

sandybridge-e with a 7750 o.0 am i missing something here?
what's your budget?
need os/kb/mouse/speakers?

ConnorJoshua · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:49

If you want to use this for gaming aswell, than that graphics card will not do you very good at high res. Maybe drop the cpu down to a i7 and bump up the graphics card?

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:52

Whoops must had deleted that from the list!

What would you suggest in the motherboard department?

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:57

I can keep the Processor and increase my graphics if I need to (within a resonable range), What graphics card would you suggest?

tamzzy · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:58

what's your budget?

ConnorJoshua · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:59

I would suggest something like a 7850 or higher, or a gtx 660ti or higher. No point dropping below them

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:00

I can go up to about £1,200 at a push. But I'd prefer to stay under £1,100.

The CPU I have is cheaper than the i7s this week so it's better to keep that.

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:01

This?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-038-KF

edit: Disregard that.

tamzzy · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:02

bladius said:
I can go up to about £1,200 at a push. But I'd prefer to stay under £1,100.

The CPU I have is cheaper than the i7s this week so it's better to keep that.

you havent looked at the mobo prices for the sb-e, have you? lol

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:06

tamzzy said:
you havent looked at the mobo prices for the sb-e, have you? lol

So what am I look at? This?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-034-EA

Rooster212 · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:06

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £167.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket /LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2) £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,061.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Edit: 3820 vs 3770K, and the 3770K is overclockable. Comparison here.

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:10

Rooster212 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £167.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket /LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3/FM1/FM2) £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £59.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,061.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Thank you very much!
Would it be okay to switch to my original case with these parts?

tamzzy · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:11

bladius said:
So what am I look at? This?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-034-EA

no these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=5&subid=2174&sortby=priceAsc

anyway, here's my take on your budget:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7950 DirectCU II TOP V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus VE276N 27" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £191.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £25.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,194.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Orcvader · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:27

Would it not be best to go for an Nvidia card for CUDA if he's doing graphics work as well?

What software are you using OP?

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:31

tamzzy said:
no these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=5&subid=2174&sortby=priceAsc

anyway, here's my take on your budget:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7950 DirectCU II TOP V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus VE276N 27" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £191.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £25.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,194.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Thank you, I think I'll take this build.

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:32

Orcvader said:
Would it not be best to go for an Nvidia card for CUDA if he's doing graphics work as well?

What software are you using OP?

Photoshop, illustrator, artrage, maya, ect

It's a games design course.

tamzzy · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:34

Orcvader said:
Would it not be best to go for an Nvidia card for CUDA if he's doing graphics work as well?

What software are you using OP?

ya, i assumed that as op specced a 7750 that his video software doesnt use cuda. but i may be wrong.

bladius said:
Thank you, I think I'll take this build.

as above, just make sure your video editing software doesnt take advantage of cuda. in which case getting an nvidia card would be better

bladius said:
Photoshop, illustrator, artrage, maya, ect

It's a games design course.

you'd benefit from getting an nvidia card then.

YOUR BASKET
1 x POV-TGT GeForce GTX 670 Charged 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Asus VE276N 27" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £191.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £25.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,194.92 (includes shipping : £20.10).

bladius · 13 Nov 2012 at 19:37

tamzzy said:
you'd benefit from getting an nvidia card then.

Any specifics? Around the same value?

Edit: saw previous post