New Build, £2000 budget.

Looks good Mr.May but i think Reapers spec makes a lot more sense now I've thought about it. Quite a few people on here seem to think the i7 was overkill and that the i5 2500k is the way to go. Same goes for the RAM.
 
what do you think to the gpu set up's with the case ?

hows this edited spec witha hazro monitor :)

1mb per 1 horizontal pixel should run and game at that res no problems

and your still £350 in budget



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Mr. May said:
what do you think to the gpu set up's with the case?
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i'll always recommend that case over the HAF X on performance terms, but i would much rather the OP had a case he loved the looks of, which is why i went for his original choice of case. obviously if you prefer the look of the raven 3, or even the raven 2 then going for it is a no brainer

the RAM you have recommended will not fit under the thermalright silver arrow, and youve seen my opinion on the H80 vs silver arrow already

you've also seen a lot of peoples opinion on the i5 2500k vs i7 2600k

as for choice of cards the air flowing out the back is a good point, but im not sure if that will be countered by the sheer power of the MSI's cooler (or the side fan of the HAFX if you choose that case). if you do want a card where air exits out of the back i would choose the gainward good edition over the standard cooler

lastly, with a single monitor there is no need to go for so much memory on the card, its a massive waste of money. the 1.25 GB of the 570 or the 1.5GB of the 580 is plenty. there was someone a few months ago with a 3GB 580 and he found that pretty much no game was using more than 1.5GB VRAM at max settings

also, i seem to remember a lot of complaints about that monitor. probably best to ask in the monitors section
 
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check the revisesd spec the corsair ram is one of the shortest you can get

also at a high res like 2560x1440 you'll soon need all the ram you can get at 1080 yer i agree no need but above you do

also they are a little hit and miss but people only seem to post if there is a problem but i got one the WA version and love it the picture quality destorys anything else i've seen and looking at 1080 now just seems blocky and blurry
 
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Mr. May said:
check the revisesd spec the corsair ram is one of the shortest you can get

also at a high res like 2560x1440 you'll soon need all the ram you can get at 1080 yer i agree no need but above you do
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the ram is certainly better than in the old spec, but i really wouldnt recommend going with a 3rd 570, especially not that one because it is massively overpriced because of its unneccessary extra memory. you get diminishing returns when adding a 3rd graphics card too :(

if you really want a triple graphcs card setup then you will also need a motherboard that can do triple SLI at non bottlenecking speeds like the asrock Z68 extreme7

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i know theres a site that stulid uses a lot which does comparisons between a load of different resolutions with different cards. that would really help right now but i cant remember the damn thing
 
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coming from owning the above the games which need the extra gpu does support tri-sli and it scales very well iam talking from owning one set up with 1.2gb vram and at this res its alwasy maxed out and need more vram

and my gpu's run at 16x 8x 8x and it makes no diffrence there was and artical about it which shows there is hardly any diffrence between 8x and 16x

but even the BF3 Beta scales very well with tri sli i saw a big boost adding a 3rd gpu

if hes looking for the best graphics and perfomance and if hes got the money why not ?

EDIT have a look here i know its 470 review but it shows the scaling of 3 way sli and it is worth it on higher res's

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-470-2-3-way-sli-review/6


i can play any game 60 fps + with tri-sli till i hit the vram limit hence why i picked the 2.5gb version
 
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the ram is certainly better than in the old spec, but i really wouldnt recommend going with a 3rd 570, especially not that one because it is massively overpriced because of its unneccessary extra memory. you get diminishing returns when adding a 3rd graphics card too :(

if you really want a triple graphcs card setup then you will also need a motherboard that can do triple SLI at non bottlenecking speeds like the asrock Z68 extreme7

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i know theres a site that stulid uses a lot which does comparisons between a load of different resolutions with different cards. that would really help right now but i cant remember the damn thing
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this?
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_580/15.html
 
Had to go away from laptop for a bit.

I think the 3 card set-up is a bit much to be honest mate.
The two 580's make more sense and look like better cards for the money with what looks like better cooling.

Whats the difference in the RAM. Did you recommend better than reaper?
 
the ram has got really short heatsinks so will easily fit under the cpu cooler

what resolution are you considering to use ?

and also how long will you keep it before upgrading ?
 
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 DS SuperClocked 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £409.99

Times 2 instead of that Solid state drive. If it's going to used for "gaming mainly"
 
I have not read through the hole thread so hope i am not repeating!

I would personaly get 2 smaller ssd, maybe the 60gb agility 3's and run them in raid. ssd speed for me has the most visable performance increase in day to day use. I would install the os on them along with all your other programs.

Put steem on your other drives! which is definatly possible as it is what i have done.

just my 2cent.
 
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coleman said:
I have not read through the hole thread so hope i am not repeating!

I would personaly get 2 smaller ssd, maybe the 60gb agility 3's and run them in raid. ssd speed for me has the most visable performance increase in day to day use. I would install the os on them along with all your other programs.

Put steem on your other drives! which is definatly possible as it is what i have done.

just my 2cent.
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im sure ive seen the mods saying that SSDs in raid dont give as much of a performance increase as you would expect. also, with a £2000 PC you really want more than 64GB on your SSDs

if you really want the extra speed you should go for one of the OCZ revodrives as that will be faster than any raid array can get you
 
Taking everyones input into consideration, these are the specs at the moment:

MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £365.99 x2 £731.98
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - £249.98
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
£159.98
OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £145.99
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold) £104.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
Options applied to the above product:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £56.99
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £54.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98

Total : £1,847.47

I have gone back up to the i7. I know people have said its not exactly needed but I'm mainly building this to play BF3, and if it supports hyperthreading or might in the future then I've got the spare money on buget for the i7.

I have changed the case to the Raven 3. Even though I really do not like the design of the case (HAF X is much more my style) I do really like the way everything mounts inside the Raven, and the fans drawing air from the bottom of the case seems really good.

Upgraded the cpu to the 1000w as Mr.May suggested just to have the extra power there if I want to put more in later.

Kept the mobo, ram, graphics cards and cpu cooler you guys suggested.

What do you think now?
 
Dogtaguk said:
I have changed the case to the Raven 3. Even though I really do not like the design of the case (HAF X is much more my style) I do really like the way everything mounts inside the Raven, and the fans drawing air from the bottom of the case seems really good.
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if you prefer the looks of the HAFX then go for that. i'm of the opinion that if you're spending over £100 on a case you should love the looks of it more than anything else

rest of the build looks fine. as you said you dont need the i7 2600k but theres no harm in getting it (except for your wallet)
 
Reaper 392 said:
if you prefer the looks of the HAFX then go for that. i'm of the opinion that if you're spending over £100 on a case you should love the looks of it more than anything else

rest of the build looks fine. as you said you dont need the i7 2600k but theres no harm in getting it (except for your wallet)
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The case is the only thing Im really not decided on now.

Watched a load of reviews on both cases on Youtube and I'm still stuck. The Raven 3 looks to have better stock cooling but the HAF X has massive top fans and the case is huge compared to the Raven meaning more room for airflow inside. Stuck for choice!

As for the i7....My wallet can take the hit this time! Haha.
 
Dogtaguk said:
I have changed the case to the Raven 3. Even though I really do not like the design of the case (HAF X is much more my style) I do really like the way everything mounts inside the Raven, and the fans drawing air from the bottom of the case seems really good.

Upgraded the cpu to the 1000w as Mr.May suggested just to have the extra power there if I want to put more in later.

Kept the mobo, ram, graphics cards and cpu cooler you guys suggested.

What do you think now?
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I have the half x everything can be mounted without screws granted i think its fugly but it is a great case. If you like the look of it get it as tbh it has tons of great features, and the cooling is fantastic.Can be even better as tons of room for more fans but be warned its BIG.
 
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