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D3m

D3m

D3m

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Hi,

I am looking into a new build and from reading these forums from everyone elses tips I picked out what I feel will be a good system for me.
It will mainly be used for gaming but also watching films and photoshoping etc.
I have a 850psu and disk drives and hard drives so everything below is all I need.
What I want is a machine to run Planetside2 easily when its out as I tried the beta with my machine now which is using nvidia 460 with q6600 core and it was lagtastic so gave up after 5 mins :(

Have I got the right gear there or do I need any swaps? all input appreciated.
PS. my budget is £1000 which I marginally went over!


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £128.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £109.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G) £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £1,014.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Case is personal preference, full tower seems overkill with relatively few components but that's just me.

RAM could be a lot better, £85 for 16gb of 1333mhz RAM isn't great, see below.


YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £64.99
Total : £73.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).



cooler is good, board is good, GPU and CPU are good, SSD is debatable, could go for something like this, with the cashback and RAM saving it's about the same and it's a more popular choice.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £179.99
Total : £189.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
sw1ft said:
Case is personal preference, full tower seems overkill with relatively few components but that's just me.

RAM could be a lot better, £85 for 16gb of 1333mhz RAM isn't great, see below.


YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £64.99
Total : £73.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).



cooler is good, board is good, GPU and CPU are good, SSD is debatable, could go for something like this, with the cashback and RAM saving it's about the same and it's a more popular choice.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £179.99
Total : £189.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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I agree, case is a personal choice but having that massive case with those componants seems abit much. but its your money and if you want it to look as awesome as it can go for it!

below is a nice white case , can get an unwindowed version which comes with 2 fans for 6 quid less, or get this windowed version and buy some fans

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-046-BX

also

id pay £5 more and get the geil 16 gb ram.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-134-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

money you saved on case could then be spent on a better cpu cooler.
 
Thanks for all the replys guys theres some definite food for thought there. I want that case in particular because of the look and especially all the room inside for airflow and I think that gfx card is particularly long.

I have two screens the main one for games is a 22" samsung (cant remember the make but its a decent one, and the second is a 19" benq. I will probably retire the benq soon and get a 24" led monitor for my main screen.

Also that ram is actually £20 cheaper from a competitor so I can get it for £65!

My only other question is, would i need to overclock the cpu to play the latest and soon to be released games or would that setup cope fine on high settings without any tinkering?
Ive never overclocked before but im sure i could work it out with guidance from the good people on these forums.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case - White £109.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
2 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19 (£62.38)
Total : £1,014.30 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Bigger/better SSD and this memory is 1600mhz and works out cheap get two kits for 16GB than what's been suggested above but it does fill all four RAM slots. To use more than 16GB of RAM you need windows pro or ultimate anyway. 16GB is overkill for gaming, overclocking is very easy to do. The mobo will have an auto option, we can talk you through how to do it manually by upping the CPU ratio instead, come build day if you so wish.
 
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D3m said:
Thanks for all the replys guys theres some definite food for thought there. I want that case in particular because of the look and especially all the room inside for airflow and I think that gfx card is particularly long.

I have two screens the main one for games is a 22" samsung (cant remember the make but its a decent one, and the second is a 19" benq. I will probably retire the benq soon and get a 24" led monitor for my main screen.

Also that ram is actually £20 cheaper from a competitor so I can get it for £65!

My only other question is, would i need to overclock the cpu to play the latest and soon to be released games or would that setup cope fine on high settings without any tinkering?
Ive never overclocked before but im sure i could work it out with guidance from the good people on these forums.
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Will cope on ultra no problems from now and the foreseeable future. it has an automatic boost which takes it to 3.9ghz when needed. shant need more than that for what you will be running for a long time.

if you did want to overclock. with some decent cooling fans and a good heatsink i'd imagine you could prob overclock that to 4.5 / 4.6 ghz no probs. (i've only touched upon overclocking though so ill let someone else confirm this)
 
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