New build within next week or so

Darr2cool78

Darr2cool78

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Made a post some months back about the prospect of a new build, after deliberation I decided to hold off to Jan 2012 to see what turns the market took. Got SWTOR and on my laptop it runs at a "sweet" 20fps on everything LOW lol wana play BF3 and stuff to so time to start thinking about what I’m gona put together here!

So far I’ve got...

  • MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
  • Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
  • Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £128.99
  • Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £44.99
  • Samsung SH-S222AB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99

Sub Total : £681.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £138.67
Total : £832.04


could use a hand from the pros in choosing the following

  • 8gb of some ram (must be 2x4 to allow a jump to 16)
  • power supply (will never need SLI power but may add some extra harddrives etc so some leeway would be nice)
  • motherboard (want z68, again no need for SLI)
  • good 24" monitor
  • cpu cooler that can get me to around 4ghz (possible with stock cooler?)
Also to note I am aware of the savings that can be made with choosing the i5 instead but I’ve decided on an i7 none the less.

When choosing the gfx card I was under the impression that as I won’t be running anything higher than 1080p or multiple monitors while gaming the 1.5gb of vram is more than enough, is this correct?

budget is around £1200 all in, 1250 tops (just for the parts outlined forget keyboards and stuff)! I wont be ordering anything till xmas day or after so really this is just to get the parts speced and a ballpark price! Any help is greatly apreciated :)

Merry xmas all! :p
 
the Iiyama has good reviews, but being as your spending that much on the rest of the kit it might be worth considering a Dell or Hazro etc.

4ghz is doabale on the default cooler, spec'd the gelid as its quieter and will keep the temps down, could always go for one of the corsair h60/80's if you like the look of them.

Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £154.99 (£129.16)

MSI Z68A-G43-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £94.98 (£79.15)

XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.98 (£64.15)

Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/8GX) £39.95 (£33.29)

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99 (£21.66)

Sub Total : £327.41
Shipping : £11.75
VAT : £67.83
Total : £406.99
 
When you say youve got, have you already bought? Or have you just decided on those parts? Im not sure, if its the latter then you may want to look at the Antec case/PSU deal to save 15%, and if so, then Id go for the 100 over the 300, PSU wise the Antec TruePower modular 650W would be a good bet, rest as above really
 
Thanks for the help mp260767, i have added some of your suggestions to my list, much appreciated :)

95thrifles said:
When you say youve got, have you already bought? Or have you just decided on those parts? Im not sure, if its the latter then you may want to look at the Antec case/PSU deal to save 15%, and if so, then Id go for the 100 over the 300, PSU wise the Antec TruePower modular 650W would be a good bet, rest as above really
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Sorry I phrased that badly, just meant i had got them on my list lol were is that case/psu bundle, I can’t seem to find it on the site?
 
What uses is this rig for, just gaming?

If you not using it for apps that utilize Hyperthreading, you may as well get a 2500K and put the £80-100 saved to another use.

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case for a £1200 system seems a bit mean. :)
 
the antec case and psu isn't a bundle, ocuk are doing the offer that if you buy any antec case and psu at the same time you get 15% off http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18353998

unless you're using hyperthreading then I would say save the £100 and get the i2500k


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £257.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99 (£59.98)
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,244.46 (includes shipping : £22.20).



16gb ram over kill but at this price you can't argue

you don't really need 750w psu but its on offer this week and costs around the same as the 650w so may as well
 
Sasahara said:
What uses is this rig for, just gaming?

If you not using it for apps that utilize Hyperthreading, you may as well get a 2500K and put the £80-100 saved to another use.
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yeh I no but i may do some video encoding later down the line, wana keep options open as this upgrade will do me untill around 2015, not for gaming of course but by then il have my xbox 720 ;)

Sasahara said:
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case for a £1200 system seems a bit mean. :)
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well it depends, i can see where your coming from but i personaly dont give a monkeys what it looks like as i've never been into the neon wires and stuff :D so as long as performance remains the same the cheaper the case the better, and the antec will provide ample cooling :)

altho in saying that if i found myself to be rich oneday I would have the baddest ass case around but that is not the "case" :mad: get it...case (try to lol) :p
 
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