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mysticsniper

mysticsniper

mysticsniper

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So its been like 4 years since I put together a new system. Here is what I have in mind.

I already have everything else to hand. But just want to make sure that this all looks good and will work well together.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Obsidian Extreme Professional Gold Bundle £516.96
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £155.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £74.99
Total : £1,108.92




TIA :)
 
If you want an all in one water cooler, then that's the one to get.
You'd be better off with a big air cooler though.
Love the case.
What else is going in?
The AX1200 is massively overkill for almost everything.
You could save a few quid on the RAM, a lot of people gravitate towards the corsair kits, but it makes little real world difference what you buy.
This SSD is cheaper and faster
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-150-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394
 
 
That does give me food for thought.

I am sticking with the Corsair 800D Case, as I have always wanted that since it became available.

I have 2x Gigabyte 408 Soc cards to put in my new system, so a higher Wattage PSU is needed, plus it being part of that bundles makes it a bonus.

I'll have to look into the H100 more then, if its not that good. I don't want to go to Water, as I just dont fancy it. I would rather have Phase cooling instead, But that's more expensive.

I thought the Crucial SSD's are one of the more reliable brands, with excellent read and write speeds? But if the Sammy's are just as good, I might even pick 2 of them up for some Raid goodness ;)
 
 
 
Crucial M4's have been superceded around here by the Samsung SSD's, better quality flash memory and controller I think for faster writes.

I thought the Crucial SSD's are one of the more reliable brands, with excellent read and write speeds? But if the Sammy's are just as good, I might even pick 2 of them up for some Raid goodness
 
Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Obsidian 800D (6GB/s) Full Tower Case - Black £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £145.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1600C9DC) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
Total : £1,037.63 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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Now this does look good. I just need to look at some reviews of that PSU. In the past I have always gone with Antec or Corsair.
 
mysticsniper said:
I'll have to look into the H100 more then, if its not that good. I don't want to go to Water, as I just dont fancy it.
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The H100 isn't that bad but it's not great either, unless you plan to overclock to extreme levels it will perform much the same as the high end air coolers. My only gripe with it is noise, when the system is stressed it's far from quiet without replacing the fans which is the point of air cooling in the first place. Mine is in a drawer and i use a silver arrow air cooler instead, cools just as well and practically silent... there are even better air solutions than it out since i got it too.

I just wish air coolers were smaller, but you shouldn't have much problem with space considering the case you're after :)
 
I'm starting to browse some of these spec me threads as I am beginning to develop the urge to get a upgrade.

And the main thing which is standing out at me is how cheap RAM has seemed to become.
 
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