Need a little guidance [Gaming Rig]

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Hi all, i'm building a gaming rig and after looking through these forums for a couple of days i've picked out the majority of what i want but i'd just like another opinion.

Mobo: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
CPU: i5-3570k
SSD: Crucial 128gb M4
RAM: Corsair 2x4GB Vengeance 1600 LP
Case: Fractal R3 Mid-Tower Usb 3.0
GFX: GTX 670 / 680 or HD 7870 ?


All opinion welcome, I also need a PSU and a CPU cooler. I've been looking at;

OCZ Technology PSU, ModXStream Pro, 700W.

Noctua NH-D14 but is such a high end cooler required?

Lastly, what about case fans and a gfx cooler? are these needed?
 
Well how about something along the lines of this for "bang per buck" ?

I think you will want an HDD in your system as you know as you start installing games some can take upto 30Gb each, I would stick my fav games on the SSD and the rest on the HDD myself.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £317.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £981.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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Thanks for the reply Ethermaster, I just have a few questions.

Is the GTX 670 necessary or would a cheaper card be sufficient?
Is the ram you picked better than the corsair vengeance i picked out?
BitFenix case over the R3 case, is there a reason for this?

Cheers
 
I was specing you as high as you can go for as cheap as you can go :) the RAM I selected is abit cheaper and you could go with the corsair LP RAM if you so wanted to do so, its the end-users choice at the end of the day :)

The reason I picked the GTX670 is simple ... Its a cracking good card, why yes you could also go cheaper as this is a "pure" gaming machine depening on the games you play and at what Res, you should aways pick the best card you.

the BitFenix case is just cheap but you do have room in your budget to move :) the case is the thing you will be looking at most so its completely personal choice of what you like and don't :)

Hope that helps,
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £179.99
1 x Asrock Z77 Extreme6 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £37.99
1 x Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/775/1155/1156/1366) £26.99
Total : £976.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



Spec'd that in a similar thread.....reasons were posted there. You need to pay the P&P. You don't need the OS so you could spend more on the GPU if you wanted. Those 7850s OC well and you could add another one later if you so wished.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18405453
 
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That AsRock Mobo is a cracking mobo but doesn't do a lot more then the Gigabyte one I spec'ed earlier, as for the question of which would be better 2x 7850's is Crossfire or a single GTX670 I will let anandtech answer that one :)

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/549?vs=598

The single GTX670 will eat an 7850 but when in Crossfire it will be very close, but just a word of warning! sometimes setting up Crossfire to work correctly can be a bit of a pain with driver updates and so on.

I personally would just get the best single card I could, unless your happy to play about :)

A single 7850 hits an avg FPS of 32.1 with BF3 set to 1920x1200 on ultra settings and x4 MSAA were as the GTX670 hits 62.9
 
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The reference cards like the one I picked are all the same really just different warranties, but the OC'ed version like the ASUS GTX670 DirectCUII TOP are pre OC'ed with better coolers fitted and there for are a bit better then the standard cards, but you should be able to OC a reference card almost as good it will just run hotter!

Each brand on the aftermarket non reference cards have their own slightly features to IE the Gigabyte GTX670 Windforce uses an 8+6 pin PCI-E cables so more voltage can be pushed though the GPU in order to get higher OC's, were as the reference only uses 2 6pin PCI-E power cables.
 
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