New build, suggestions?

Naffy

Naffy

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I'm planning on building a computer in the next few months that I can scale up when I have the cash. Here's the spec so far, just wondering if anyone had any changes/suggestions before I start ordering parts.

Also I'll put what I intend to upgrade to when I have the money


CPU: i7-2600k
MOBO: ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution
RAM: G.Skill RipJaw 8gb, 1600mhz - upgrade to something 2100mhz
GPU: XFX HD 6870 Dual Fan 1gb CFX - upgrade either GTX 590 or AMD 6990
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 750gb SATA III - Will add an SSD
PSU: XFX 850w - upgrade to Corsair 1200w pro series
Case: Sharkoon Scorpio 2000 - upgrade to NZXT Phantom
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ (probably) - upgrade to Noctua NH-D14


P.S Hello everyone, this is my first post :)
 
A complete mess really, how so? The idea was get what I need then budget the rest, and replace it when I can afford to. The only thing I was on the fence about is just buying the 1200w PSU even though it would be overkill, and just getting the better case to begin with.

But anyway, the budget is around £950.

Oh and Jony27, I won't be in a position to buy everything at once. And there's no point in me posting my spec, I'm currently running a extremely low end computer from the 90's (seriously) ever since my old computer broke like 3 years ago.
 
Oh yeah sorry about that I forget to mention what it was for. I will mostly be using the computer for gaming, and to be honest an i5 would do just fine but I want an i7. Also this is supposed to be a "future proof" computer which is why I want both the i7 and the motherboard because unless I'm wrong it runs SLI/CFX at x16/x16 and I intend at some point to get 2 GTX 590's or AMD 6990's.

And yeah I realised there's very little point in upgrading the RAM, I intended to get some cheap 1333mhz RAM but I saw that G.Skill on offer on the site today and ordered it.
 
I know the i5 performs just as well as far as gaming, but I may also be doing some encoding in the future which I believe the i7 is better at? Also like I said I just want an i7, no real rational reason just because I'm an idiot.

Is x16x16 really no better? I thought it was something like 5-10% better performance, which I know wouldn't make that much difference but I figured if I was going to go all out on GPU's I might as well get the best performance I can. But if it makes no difference, what Motherboard would you suggest? P8P67 Pro/Deluxe maybe? (I really like ASUS).

And yeah like I said, I think I'll stick with 1600mhz on the RAM.

Oh, thanks for your help by the way :)
 
Jony27 said:
and 2xGTX590/HD6990 are waste of money and pointless, theyre loud and hot.
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I'm not intending on throwing 2 in anytime soon but I figured somewhere down the line when 1 of 'em isn't quite cutting it anymore it may be cheaper to go for a second than a newer card as far as price/performance goes. I guess I should have said that's more of a wait and see than set in stone.
 
fowler002 said:
if you can live without the x16/x16 then this, this or its bigger brother tho with the gigabytes you need to flash the bios update to get the gen3 update where's the asrock comes out of the box.

if you insist on asus go for the z68 versions(p8z68-v pro should do unless you need the features the dlx offers), the asus ones aren't future proof for pci-3.0 and will require a mb upgrade if you decide to upgrade to a pci-3.0 graphics card
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Nah, it doesn't have to be Asus I just like 'em. But that Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 is looking pretty good to me think I might go for that.
 
Fair enough I'll go for the Gigabyte. Or fork out the extra £50-ish for an Asus P8Z68-V PRO because I'm stupid like that. So, unless you've got anything else to add am I all sorted now?

Oh and as far as sound card I don't care so I'm going to use onboard.

-Hah, you posted the board already.

-Ooh, that's a good price I might have to go for that then.
 
Touche, I just figured if I'm not buying a seperate card I don't mind spending a bit extra on better onboard sound. But yeah, probably not worth it if we're being logical.
 
About £210* cheaper than inital build, £1,000 cheaper than the fully upgraded build (don't even ask).

*Already got 8gb of ram.
 
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Firstly thanks a lot guys, you've been a great deal of help I really appreciate it.

But I do have one last question... Should I really wait and try and buy it all at once, will it make much difference?
 
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