New £1300 build check request

[d3sign3r]

Hi Overclockers

I am hoping to draw on the expertise of people from the OCUK forum in checking my new build setup. There is always that niggling worry at the back of my mind that I have missed a vital component or something is not going to fit.

Here is the setup:

Processor:
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge)

Mobo:
Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155)

GPU:
MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB

Memory:
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

Cooler:
Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler

SSD: x2 Fast (striped) Raid
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive

Drives: x2 Fast (striped) Raid
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache – OEM

Monitor:
Iiyama ProLite E2773HDS 27"

Case:
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case
- 1 x 2.5" Drive Bay

DVD:
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

Wireless:
OcUK Value 300Mbps

Compound
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

Power:
OcUK Battle 650W Dual Rail High Efficiency Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply
- 2 x 6+2 pin PCIe connectors for GPU
- 4 X SATA connectors for SSD and Seagate drives

Keyboard and Mouse
Already have these

Concerns:
1: The size of the Venom fan. I think the width of case and height of ram are ok.
2: The 2 x SSD 2.5", i think there is room in the case for 1ssd with the mobo and 2ssd in a 3.5" bay. Do they need to be together, would 2 fit on top of each other in that 2.5 bay?

If anyone could see any other obvious problems or concerns I would really appreciate it. Nothing worse than having a system arrive to find you got something wrong or something missing and have to wait!

Thanks

 

[d3sign3r]

Thanks for the relpies there is some good stuff to think about there.

I am a graphic designer, I will be working on this computer. I do a lot of work with the Adobe CS suite, particularly Photoshop and Illustrator. (never much video work).

I thought the i7 would give that extra power over the i5 when working with large files. As a secondary use I would like to have a reasonable gaming system.

I intend to overclock as much as possible. I thought the Z68 is just a P68 with onboard graphics. Since I have a GPU in the list I didnt see an advantage, I will take another look.

I have two 500g backup drives.

 

[d3sign3r]

NO disguised swearing!

I have changed to fowlers: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68mobo, and the more expensive power supply and upgraded the screen to a Hazro (damn they look incredible quality).

The build has gone from £1300 to £1500, please stop giving me advise!

 

[d3sign3r]

Appologies for the swearing, it was a joke and only a mild swear word, but rules are rules.

Although some very good suggestions for price reduction. Once I go up in price I find it very difficult to come down.

95thrifles. I really dont wanna drop that second SSD. Two SSDs give me a Raid speed of up to around 900MB/sec on raid Sata 6gb. That means a double in the real time performance of: Startup, opening design programs, saving files, windows and application scratch files, etc. As I am a designer I spend a lot of time with multiple CS5 programs opening saving large files etc.

Good idea with the Ram to 16gb, but I can leave that for an upgrade down the road.

Cats: When I say gaming I mean that I have COD Black ops, Battlefield 2, Crysis warhead, witcher 2 and a few other games like that in my sites.

Mr May: I would love to go for the 6950 but I have already gone up £100 and 5 models to get to the GTX560ti, and I dont really want to go over £1500. Thanks for raising the issue, I checked the msi website and noticed the GPU does support the 2560x1600 thankfully. I dont need ultra settings, perhaps I can run at 2560x1600 on medium or high, or bring down the resolution to run ultra settings.

I am sure any settings with that setup will far surpass my current 9500GT

 

[d3sign3r]

Thanks for the mobo tips fowler I will take a look at them.

I was just wondering... I have chosen the MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB
I hope that will be ok run some games at 2560x1600 with medium settings or reduce resolution for ultra.

Do you think it would be better to beg borrow or steel another £51 for a Radeon HD6950 2 gig.

Or stick with the GTX 560Ti and when I can save another £179.99 or the prices come down add another GTX 560Ti for the SLI ?

 

[d3sign3r]

Gonna keep the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3. Looks like a great board with future proof for PCIe 3.0 and the IvyBridge.

Gonna go with Mr Mays suggestion of the 6950: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2GB. Good overclocking potential and I really like the idea that you can flash the bios to a 6970.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

 

[d3sign3r]

Lol, thanks fowler for costing me another £20.
Can you believe I started with a 550ti, and ended with a 6970!
Anyway, ordered now thankfully, another few days and it would have ended up £2000