New Build Advice

Beafers · 27 Jun 2011 at 19:35

Has been awhile since i built a pc from scratch this is my thoughts so far, used for video and games. Some advice on compatabilty etc would be appreciated; thank you in advance.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor [BX80623I72600K]

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

2 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8) [CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8]

2 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** [11162-15-20G]

Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850 High Performance 850W Modular Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) [CMPSU-850AXUK]

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) [VTX3-25SAT3-120G]

95thrifles · 27 Jun 2011 at 19:41

Itll certainly eat video, but Id personally get a single gfx card, such as the 6970, rather than 2 5850s

munz · 27 Jun 2011 at 20:19

yup bit of better upgrade path going for newer/better single gfx,

going for 2 cheaper/slower/oder cards means they will have less resale value when you want to upgrade,

but with 1x6970 you can add another down the line for an upgrade if your mobo/power supply support this or sell it on and get a new single gfx card.

Beafers · 27 Jun 2011 at 22:57

Thank you for the advice anymore welcome

Reaper 392 · 28 Jun 2011 at 02:02

just a couple of questions before i check to see if i can save you some money

when you say video, do you mean video editing, or just watching videos?
what is the budget for the entire PC?
will you need an OS, keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc, or is it just the tower?
i see you havent chosen a case, hard drive or optical drive. are you planning on nicking them from a previous build, or do you want new ones?

Beafers · 28 Jun 2011 at 12:44

Already have Os, case (nzxt phantom), monitor, storage drives etc.
cooling air
Hard drive ssd as stated.
video occasional encoding more viewing tv/video
background apps running for speech to text and phone answering (other disabled apps and equipment to be added later)
budget no more than £1200
dont want to upgrade again for a long time hence higher end kit

Thank you for your interest and advice so far

Reaper 392 · 28 Jun 2011 at 12:56

since your not going to be doing a lot of video encoding, then something like this will probably be better:

YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £279.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £161.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX120G) £134.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £130.00
1 x XFX 750W Black Edition Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £21.98
Total : £1,187.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).

just a quick question, do your DVD drives and storage drives use IDE (massive ribbon cable) or SATA (small flat cable) to connect to the motherboard

if they use IDE then it will probably be best to pick up a cheap IDE PCIe card. dont go for one that uses a PCI card if possible as this will seriously limit the airflow of the graphics card it is near