New Gaming Rig

[TheDarkKnight]

Hi new to the forum.

Im thinking of building a gaming pc, sometime in April (end of financial year) I will be getting a big bonus payout, so I want some of that money to be invested on a new pc.

Here is what I had in mind, anything I should change?

 

[stulid]

Hi and welcome.

Two things stand out,

1) The RAM height with the Noctua cooler.
2) Get a Retail Blu-Ray drive so you get playback software.

But come April time you will have the release of Ivybridge CPU's with Z77 boards and Nvidia 6 series GFX cards.

Also for gaming a i5 2500K and Z68 setup overclocked is all you need

Why not come back when you are ready to order and get specced then?

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Just to show you something,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £539.99
2 x XFX HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £437.99 (£875.98)
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £129.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Razer BlackWidow Expert Mechanical Gaming Keyboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £77.99
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £33.98
Total : £2,729.42 (includes shipping : £22.20).




Massively cheaper, will be fast especially when the CPU is overclocked past 4.5Ghz

Save the change for future upgrades.

 

[sehcure]

For a gaming PC that's totally overpowered.

Anything above 2500k is only useful for hyperthreading and crunching tasks such as mass VMs/video editing.

Anything about 8GB RAM is pretty much pointless - I will have a few instances of RIFT (Wow-like MMO), chrome with 10 tabs, Skype, Zune, etc and I'll hit 5-6 GB maximum. Anything else is only for tasks that you won't be using.

You have two SSDs?

Tri-7970s..well..Even two is overkill.



Unsure if this is a troll thread.

 

[TheDarkKnight]

Well my bonus is quite a lot, my budget is £4500, but If I dont need to spend that much, then I wont.

I just want a really good PC, which will play MW3, BF3, SKYRIM, on highest settings with very good fps.

 

[olivier renault]

I'd wait at least for the new 680 if possible (couple of weeks?). It should shake things up. The 7970 is overpriced and could use some competition. Same for IvyBridge, although the improvement over SandyBridge won't be that clear cut.

I wouldn't bother with Tri-SLI / Tri-Fire, unless you are looking at triple monitors. Even SLI would be OTT, you might as well start with a single card and go from there.

More hardware = more things that can go wrong, more reliance over drivers support and compatibility, more money, more power, more heat to take care of, ect... There is no real need to go for what you are planning for gaming. You could still take a i7 Sany / Ivy, that won't break the bank and will handle anything you throw at it. 6-core Sandy-E is massive overkill, unless you also want to tinker, benchmark, and do all that enthusiast stuff which can be a pain in the neck. If you just want a fast gaming / general rig, stick with a Z68 / Z77.

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

As above at the time there will be new components available.

I think I would do the following with that part of your bonus:

YOUR BASKET
2 x XFX HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £437.99 (£875.98)
3 x Samsung S27A750D 27" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £419.99 (£1,259.97)
1 x Lian Li PC-V2120X Aluminium Full Tower Case - All Black £367.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £265.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £239.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-1200AXUK) £218.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £113.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x SteelSeries 6G v2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (64226) £74.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99 (£71.98)
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £33.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
Total : £4,029.23 (includes shipping : £32.90).





120Hz eyefinity? Maybe put another 7970 in for good measure

 

[Surveyor]

As above at the time there will be new components available.

I think I would do the following with that part of your bonus:

YOUR BASKET
2 x XFX HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £437.99 (£875.98)
3 x Samsung S27A750D 27" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Monitor - Glossy Black £419.99 (£1,259.97)
1 x Lian Li PC-V2120X Aluminium Full Tower Case - All Black £367.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £265.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £239.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX1200 High Performance 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-1200AXUK) £218.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £113.99
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x SteelSeries 6G v2 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (64226) £74.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £60.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99 (£71.98)
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £33.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
Total : £4,029.23 (includes shipping : £32.90).



120Hz eyefinity? Maybe put another 7970 in for good measure

How would you connect the 3 monitors in your spec. to a HD 7970 and get 120Hz on all 3?

2 via displayport would be fine but how would you connect the third?

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

How would you connect the 3 monitors in your spec. to a HD 7970 and get 120Hz on all 3?

2 via displayport would be fine but how would you connect the third?

Lol tbh I just assumed the Samsungs would have DVI! I assume there isn't a display port splitter? Can't be bothered to look on y phone at the mo but there should be imo!