How's my rig setup looking?

Slipday1 · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:09

I've put this together today for my new rig what are people's thoughts any changes?

Motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-375-GI
CPU:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-391-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1672
RAM:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-331-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817
GPU:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI
GPU2:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-098-GI
PSU:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-011-XF#
SSD:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-153-SA
CPU water cooling:*http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-040-OE&tool=3

This will be my 4th computer built I have OS 64bit at the moment ask if you want any more info.

IncognitoX · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:14

Hi

What would you like the PC to handle?

Photoshop, Gaming, 3D Modelling?

It would be handy for the admins to create a thread template for specs.

Budget:
Needs:
Already Have:
Experience:

zakblood · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:19

whats your total max budget you would like spend and also waiting on above questions before a reply / spec

Slipday1 · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:30

Budget: 1.5k - 2k
Needs: photoshop gaming mostly and I do stream my gaming on twitch.tv and edit and upload the clips to YouTube.
Already Have: a good computer but want this one built from scratch
Experience: not much but am a good learner.

Should have put this in sorry

triggerthat · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:38

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £76.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
Total : £1,216.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

areksnumbr1sxylady · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:44

triggerthat said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £76.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
Total : £1,216.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Might as well crossfire 7970.

triggerthat · 14 Dec 2012 at 14:46

Lazder said:
Might as well crossfire 7970.

Could do but 7970 falls out of the bang for buck range. 7970 is marginally faster than the 7950 while being over £60+ more.

Slipday1 · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:48

triggerthat said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £76.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
Total : £1,216.51 (includes shipping : £10.50).

You don't think the water cooling would be good? Also why not the 2000+MHz ram?

Thanks for the help

triggerthat · 14 Dec 2012 at 15:55

High end CPU coolers (like the one I've specified) offer fantastic performance (bang-for-buck). Watercooling doesn't offer the same value.

As for fast memory, they are insignificant and don't offer a worthwhile difference given the extra price.

Slipday1 · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:11

triggerthat said:
High end CPU coolers (like the one I've specified) offer fantastic performance (bang-for-buck). Watercooling doesn't offer the same value.

As for fast memory, they are insignificant and don't offer a worthwhile difference given the extra price.

Ah okay awesome I think I wanted the water cooling for the look mostly I'm on my phone ATM so might have to look at the price difference and see if its worth it for the look

As for the ram thanks for the help will the ram you linked still allow me to stream high end?

Thanks

triggerthat · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:23

I cannot speak for streaming, but here are the requirements.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=309480

I cannot imagine the i7 struggling, especially when overclocked.

Of course you can go the extra distance (i7-3930K) but is a very expensive option. They do in fact recommend fast memory (for ultra performance), but these aren't backed up with figures.

illuz · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:56

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £347.99 (£695.98)
1 x Iiyama ProLite G2773HS 120Hz 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black £329.99
1 x Samsung 512GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC512D/EU) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Keyboard £84.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Red £79.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Black Edition Gaming Mouse £54.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £49.99
1 x Official Overclockers UK Elite Gaming Mug ** FORUM MEMBER EDITION ** £4.99
Total : £1,989.97 (includes shipping : £20.10).

OR

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £449.99
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £347.99 (£695.98)
1 x Iiyama ProLite G2773HS 120Hz 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black £329.99
1 x Gigabyte X79 G1 Assassin 2 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £309.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £49.99
Total : £2,065.02 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Either one of those is a serious gaming rig oooozing with potential for editting and encoding videos and both will last you a long time, the 3930k will last years with ease.

Slipday1 · 14 Dec 2012 at 16:56

triggerthat said:
I cannot speak for streaming, but here are the requirements.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=309480

I cannot imagine the i7 struggling, especially when overclocked.

Of course you can go the extra distance (i7-3930K) but is a very expensive option. They do in fact recommend fast memory (for ultra performance), but these aren't backed up with figures.

Yeah I'm sure the i7 will do fine as for the ram I might just pay a bit more to be safe can you recommend any or is the one I picked okay.

Also I've decided I don't mind getting the water cooling can you recommend a good one that has good bang for buck?

Thanks a bunch for the help buddy.

Slipday1 · 15 Dec 2012 at 02:32

Anyone?

olivier renault · 15 Dec 2012 at 12:02

If you just want decent overclocking (25% or there about), I'd stick to air cooling, It'll do the job fine with minimum hassle (apart maybe from installation

).

As for which water unit, I'd say the H80i, but it's super expensive. Or you could have a play with this :

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Labs - Corsair H60 Performance Intel Liquid Cooling Solution (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Thermalright Chill Factor 3 Tube (4g) Thermal Paste £4.99
1 x No Fan Required £0
1 x Noiseblocker NB-eLoop Fan B12-2 - 120mm £13.99
Total : £68.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Still bloody expensive for performance (which will get you to the sweet spot 25% OC).

I think the RAM will be fine. The Samsung is quite nice, and overclocks better.

I'm really not big on Crossfire / SLI. And you can always come back to that later if needed.