New Gaming System

Gregry254 · 12 Sep 2011 at 11:38

The only things I would add to Ak!ta's build, if you are determined to spend more money is perhaps a bigger SSD and HDD if you need it?

If you are intending to OC then perhaps a bigger CPU cooler?

Or for £200 you could even get a custom water cooling loop but without having experience/confidence I would steer clear of that idea.

SubFocus · 12 Sep 2011 at 12:12

Will i run into problems using xfire? I do like the idea. Would i be ok changing the case on your spec Akita, i like my fancy LEDS

olivier renault · 12 Sep 2011 at 13:36

There are plenty of good cases available, for cheaper.

Xfire is OK, as long as you have a decent PSU, which it is.

You can postpone overclocking till later, a 2500K is plenty fast at stock.

With a cheaper case, that leaves enough for a maybe a 128GB SSD.

SubFocus · 12 Sep 2011 at 16:11

Hey All,

I've gone Akitas spec, but with the following changes:

Asus GeForce GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** - £389.99

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black - £109.99

This should be ok right?

CrixxzeH · 12 Sep 2011 at 16:18

chigley said:
There's definitely money to be saved when you build yourself!
Plus you get ultimate customisation because you pick everything yourself

So true, putting the gaming pc together yourself would be way cheaper and a lot more fun.

greeee · 12 Sep 2011 at 16:19

Edit - Someone delete this post >< was a mistake

greeee · 12 Sep 2011 at 16:20

SubFocus said:
Hey All,

I've gone Akitas spec, but with the following changes:

Asus GeForce GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** - £389.99

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black - £109.99

This should be ok right?

Nice case, Nice card. You could go ultimate and get the Antec 1200? ;D
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-165-AN
Although it is an extra £40 ish

Edit - I've only heard rumours but couldn't you overclock a 480 to run the same as a 580? Well near enough? Not a huge nVidia know it all so don't quote me on that. But I'm sure I've seen reviews saying you can clock a 480 to similar standards?

Could be a cheaper method around it.

Jony27 · 12 Sep 2011 at 16:30

greeee said:
Nice case, Nice card. You could go ultimate and get the Antec 1200? ;D
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-165-AN
Although it is an extra £40 ish

Edit - I've only heard rumours but couldn't you overclock a 480 to run the same as a 580? Well near enough? Not a huge nVidia know it all so don't quote me on that. But I'm sure I've seen reviews saying you can clock a 480 to similar standards?

Could be a cheaper method around it.

at that price point id rather have the Silverstone Raven 2 RV02W-EW or the White 600T

SubFocus · 12 Sep 2011 at 16:34

Ok Greee

I've got for the 1200.

How do you guys post your basket with the pictures and links etc included?

fowler002 · 12 Sep 2011 at 17:58

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-OP needs a fan tho

fowler002 · 12 Sep 2011 at 18:03

SubFocus said:
Hey All,

I've gone Akitas spec, but with the following changes:

Asus GeForce GTX 580 Matrix Platinum 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** - £389.99

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black - £109.99

This should be ok right?

fancy and all but as said you'd get more performance from 2x 6950s for the same price point. but seems you were set on the 580 from the off.

if you haven't ordered yet then you may want to consider going for a sub £150 card for the time being with the next gen of cards due out over the nex 3-6months.

btw what res monitor will you be using?

SubFocus · 12 Sep 2011 at 18:51

Hey Fowler

It's just a few people have mentioned issues with XFire and i don't wanna to be stuck a few months down the line

I currently have a Hanns G HL231 / 23 inch / Widescreen / LED Monitor.

Cheers

olivier renault · 12 Sep 2011 at 19:06

Next gen cards should spank current gen. Just a heads up spending that much on a card. Dunno about the particulars though (price, ...).

Mickeyx7 · 12 Sep 2011 at 19:09

I agree with going for a cheaper case. Cooler Master CM 690 II Lite Dominator @ £67 is very popular and I gather easy to work inside. Gives you a few more quid to spend on your GPU.

--- Z --- · 12 Sep 2011 at 20:49

personally i dont skimp on the case as it is something your going to look at ALL the time, its right there infron of you, well and the monitor, mouse and keyboard ofc.

White 600T for me when i order and decide what i want

SubFocus · 12 Sep 2011 at 21:29

Ok ordering now

Thanks guys! Hopefully won't end up dead assembling myself

SubFocus · 12 Sep 2011 at 21:53

Ok!

I chose this case so i could throw a keyboard in there as my current one sucks.

The case i chose was:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-228-CM

Excited!

olivier renault · 13 Sep 2011 at 19:21

tsk tsk tsk... <fanboy!>

Ak!ta · 13 Sep 2011 at 19:22

SubFocus said:
Ok!

I chose this case so i could throw a keyboard in there as my current one sucks.

The case i chose was:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-228-CM

Excited!

Oh Dear.... :eek:

SubFocus · 13 Sep 2011 at 19:23

Lol, thanks for your help though Ollie, you rock

Could you check over my final spec and let me know what you think, you seem quite knowledgable