New build - comments please!

Poolybit

Poolybit

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I'm in the process of specing up a new rig to replace my very aging C2D machine from about 6 years ago, so far I have come up with the following (budget around the £1000 - £1400 mark, but as low as possible whilst ensuring longevity):

7970 (Will run 3 monitors but only productivity purposes, gaming will only be on one screen)
250GB samsung 840 series SSD (got standard storage in my old rig)
Corsair carbide 300r
BeQuiet e9 580w modular psu
32gb DDR3 1866mhz Corsair Vengeance
Ivybridge i7 3770k w/ Coolermaster Hyper 212
Asus P8Z77-V PRO Z77

I'm leaning towards the 1155 rather than 2011 as I don't tend to upgrade my PCs, I just replace (as I'm doing now) when it starts to struggle, so the future proofing isn't a massive thing for me as they were probably have a whole new socket by the time I come to upgrade! Going for 1155 seems to keep the costs down a bit..

I'm (quite) a bit out of the loop and the above is the result of me reading up and checking over the other recent 'spec me' threads. PC will be mainly used for development and the occasional gaming so this is mainly just to ensure that the machine will be good enough to cope for the next 5/6 years!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £311.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x Antec GX 700 Rugged Gaming Case £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
Total : £1,237.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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Ninja'd this from a thread just below yours, should give a nice starting point.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Ninja'd this from a thread just below yours, should give a nice starting point.
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Unfortunately all the prices are wildly out of date.. So its a lot more now.. Shame, bad move..

@OP: Looks good though the psu could be better, I suggest an xfx.

The RAM may also collide with the cooler.
 
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £331.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £269.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £185.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x Zalman Z5 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/775//1155/1156/1366) £38.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,243.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).



all in stock and also up to date with prices

would have also liked to put in a XFX psu, but there never in stock any more tbh, always out of stock unless the higher ones
 
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Thanks for the comments all, happy to change the PSU to an XFX 850w if that is more recommended than the BeQuiet (for the £20 it'd cost). Any comments on the 1155 vs 2011 decision? Motherboard selection seemed to be limited once moving to the 2011 socket and costs went up quite a lot too! If sticking with the 1155, should the Asus P8Z77-V be suitable or is there something better out there for a higher cost? I don't mind paying more if it is significantly better!

Thanks again

/edit With regards to Doomedspeed's comment with regards to ram clashing with the cooler suggested in my first post, is the Corsair Hydro H40 flexible enough to make that not such an issue? I've seen a few people recommending it but can't really tell from the stock images how it fits / sits in the case compared to a standard HSF combo!
 
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zakblood said:
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £331.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £269.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST) £185.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £79.99
1 x Zalman Z5 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £52.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H40 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1/775//1155/1156/1366) £38.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,243.86 (includes shipping : £10.00).



all in stock and also up to date with prices

would have also liked to put in a XFX psu, but there never in stock any more tbh, always out of stock unless the higher ones
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Thats better,

case is a personal choice.. Personally i'd get the 300R.

The H40 is nothing special, simular priced air coolers offer better performance. My choice would be the £25 True Spirit 120.
 
Poolybit said:
I'm in the process of specing up a new rig to replace my very aging C2D machine from about 6 years ago, so far I have come up with the following (budget around the £1000 - £1400 mark, but as low as possible whilst ensuring longevity):

7970 (Will run 3 monitors but only productivity purposes, gaming will only be on one screen)
250GB samsung 840 series SSD (got standard storage in my old rig)
Corsair carbide 300r
BeQuiet e9 580w modular psu
32gb DDR3 1866mhz Corsair Vengeance
Ivybridge i7 3770k w/ Coolermaster Hyper 212
Asus P8Z77-V PRO Z77

I'm leaning towards the 1155 rather than 2011 as I don't tend to upgrade my PCs, I just replace (as I'm doing now) when it starts to struggle, so the future proofing isn't a massive thing for me as they were probably have a whole new socket by the time I come to upgrade! Going for 1155 seems to keep the costs down a bit..

I'm (quite) a bit out of the loop and the above is the result of me reading up and checking over the other recent 'spec me' threads. PC will be mainly used for development and the occasional gaming so this is mainly just to ensure that the machine will be good enough to cope for the next 5/6 years!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!
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I can PROMISE you, you will never use 32gb of memory. Unless you are doing something absolutely ridiculous.
 
Slight thread revival but..I might not have high utilisation most of the time but there are times when I will currently push or get close to the 16gb amount (development machine w/ vms). That is currently and as I intend to keep the machine for a longer than average life (~5-6 years), who knows what the future will bring! I can't imagine memory use dropping that's for sure! Either way, I have now purchased my machine (with the 32gb!) so thanks for the help everyone.
 
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