New Build comments pls

[rooster_x]

Hi all,

I've not built a new PC for a few years and I've never water cooled so I'm looking for confirmation that the water cooler will work with the case and that the money I'm spending is put to the best possible use.

Currently the build cost is about £1700, which I would consider increasing if the gains were worth it. I already have some bits and pieces - BRay drive and SATA storage.

The PC will be used for games and editing (PS~CS).

As I said, this is the first water cooled PC I will build and I want it to 'look nice' and be a quite as possible.

Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

XSPC RayStorm Twin D5 AX360 WaterCooling Kit ** WITH FREE WOW EXPANSION **

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail

Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M2A1866C9)

Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2)

NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black

XSPC Memory WaterBlock (4 Slot)

OCZ 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor - (OCZACSSDBRKT2)

Thanks for reading.

 

[triggerthat]

Have you considered sticking with a high end air cooler? Water-cooling doesn't offer a great bang for buck, plus the novelty wears off soon and the money saved might be better put towards another card if you're serious about gaming.

As for the i7, given your usage, you won't necessarily see the extra performance, and sticking with an i5 (with a overclock) will be just as good.

What PSU do you have? I'd be more inclined going for something like this (assuming you have the PSU power to power 2 GFX, if not then stick with one):

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
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 £105.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £59.99
Total : £1,190.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[rooster_x]

Hi thanks for the reply.

I currently have a Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) but I'd like to build from scratch and give the existing system to my nephew who's just getting into PC gaming (trying to get him away from the PS3).

How loud is that cooler? - as the PC will be sat on the desk next to me in a hot attic room.

I don't tend to 'tinker' a lot with my builds - I like to build and get about 3 years out of it before I start again ~ thats why I went for the i7 just as a future proof thing.