New PC spec suggestions

[Saul]

Hi all,

Just wondering if you guys could check over the specs for a gaming machine I'll be building for a friend of mine. Mainly just checking that I've chosen the right things for the price range!

YOUR BASKET
Motherboard: 1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
CPU: 1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
CPU cooler: 1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 Intel Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011) £32.99
Memory: 1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
Graphics card: 1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £169.99
PSU: 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £56.99
SSD: 1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £99.98
HDD: 1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99

Monitor: 1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £161.99
Case: 1 x Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £109.98
Case fans: 6 x Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM £9.98 (£59.88)
Keyboard: 1 x Cherry G80-3000 Mechanical Keyboard £64.99

Total : £1,123.21




Thanks in advance all!

 

[LukieBoy007]

Very nice spec you've chose there.
It might of been intentional, but there isn't a DVD drive?

 

[stulid]

Six cases fans is silly.

That £60 could get a much better case as the Antec1200 is an ancient design with poor cable management and some "tacked" on features (read USB3) to try and make it appear more modern.

This Bitfenix is current £114 for the weekend (normally £129.99) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-076-BX&groupid=2362&catid=1850&subcat=

 

[Saul]

Very nice spec you've chose there.
It might of been intentional, but there isn't a DVD drive?

The lack of a DVD drive is intentional

Six cases fans is silly.

That £60 could get a much better case as the Antec1200 is an ancient design with poor cable management and some "tacked" on features (read USB3) to try and make it appear more modern.

This Bitfenix is current £114 for the weekend (normally £129.99) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-076-BX&groupid=2362&catid=1850&subcat=

Looking at bit-tech's case benchmarks for cooling, the Antec 1200 trumps the Bitfenix, and we're impartial to the design differences. Thanks for the feedback though

 

[wesimmo]

Six cases fans is silly.

That £60 could get a much better case as the Antec1200 is an ancient design with poor cable management and some "tacked" on features (read USB3) to try and make it appear more modern.

This Bitfenix is current £114 for the weekend (normally £129.99) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-076-BX&groupid=2362&catid=1850&subcat=

If the Antec 1200 is anything like the 900 with regard to cable management, i'd reconsider the "looks" factor, i got the 900 just over a month ago and deeply regret it now, to the point i'm going to try and sell it already.

 

[stulid]

Looking at bit-tech's case benchmarks for cooling, the Antec 1200 trumps the Bitfenix, and we're impartial to the design differences. Thanks for the feedback though

It may trump it, but the Shinobi XL isn't awful.

Im just worried that you will get the Antec1200 and realize that the cable management isn't great, the way the SSD is botched into the floor section is also untidy (you screw the SSD in from underneath).

It really is a design around 5 years old now.

 

[LukieBoy007]

After looking into it some more, I'd definitely reconsider the case choice if I were you.

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i5-3570k 3.40ghz (ivybridge) socket lga1155 processor (77w) - retail £167.99
1 x dell ultrasharp u2312hm 23" widescreen led monitor - midnight grey £161.99
1 x gigabyte geforce gtx 660 windforce 2x 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £161.99
1 x bitfenix shinobi xl full tower gaming windowed case - black £114.98
1 x samsung 120gb ssd 840 sata 6gb/s basic - (mz-7td120bw) £89.99
1 x gigabyte z77-d3h intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £89.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) hdd £73.99
1 x cherry g80-3000 mechanical keyboard £64.99
1 x corsair builder series cx 600w modular '80 plus bronze' power supply (cp-9020060-uk) £56.99
1 x patriot intel extreme masters 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (pvi38g160c9k) £35.99
1 x alpenföhn matterhorn pure edition cpu cooler (socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / am2 / am2+ / am3 / fm1 / fm2) £29.99
total : £1,072.99 (includes shipping : £20.10).



• the retail cpu has a longer warranty and includes a stock cooler and nice packaging all for a few quid more.
• the gfx card is on offer this weekend and still quick,

gtx660 vs 7850 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/660?vs=549

• the cooler i reckon will fit with the ram (if unsure then change the ram to proper low-profile stuff) if they are placed in slots 2+4, or use a closed loop water cooler.

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/alpenfoehn_matterhorn_pure_cpu_cooler_review,6.html


You will notice I haven't wasted £60 on fans.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x corsair vengeance c70 midi tower gaming case - gunmetal black £109.99
total : £109.99 (includes shipping : free).



http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/corsair/vengeance_c70/1.html

 

[Randomface74]

- try to stretch to a 256GB SSD
- 1200 case is tacky. I suggest this instead http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-123-AN
- If you get the P193, get a couple of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-026-AN
- keyboard alternative http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-008-QP

 

[dacads]

God please don't spend that amount of money and go with a CX series PSU.

Do yourself a favour

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-058-OC

 

[Leprechaun312]

YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i5-3570k 3.40ghz (ivybridge) socket lga1155 processor (77w) - retail £167.99
1 x dell ultrasharp u2312hm 23" widescreen led monitor - midnight grey £161.99
1 x gigabyte geforce gtx 660 windforce 2x 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £161.99
1 x bitfenix shinobi xl full tower gaming windowed case - black £114.98
1 x samsung 120gb ssd 840 sata 6gb/s basic - (mz-7td120bw) £89.99
1 x gigabyte z77-d3h intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £89.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) hdd £73.99
1 x cherry g80-3000 mechanical keyboard £64.99
1 x corsair builder series cx 600w modular '80 plus bronze' power supply (cp-9020060-uk) £56.99
1 x patriot intel extreme masters 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (pvi38g160c9k) £35.99
1 x alpenföhn matterhorn pure edition cpu cooler (socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / am2 / am2+ / am3 / fm1 / fm2) £29.99
total : £1,072.99 (includes shipping : £20.10).



• the retail cpu has a longer warranty and includes a stock cooler and nice packaging all for a few quid more.
• the gfx card is on offer this weekend and still quick,

gtx660 vs 7850 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/660?vs=549

• the cooler i reckon will fit with the ram (if unsure then change the ram to proper low-profile stuff) if they are placed in slots 2+4, or use a closed loop water cooler.

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/alpenfoehn_matterhorn_pure_cpu_cooler_review,6.html


You will notice I haven't wasted £60 on fans.

+1 and loling at the hatred of the 6 case fans

 

[Saul]

Thanks guys.

I replaced the case with the Corsair Vengeance C70 (and reduced the number of fans from 6->3) and the graphics card with Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X.

Also I upgraded the SSD to a 256GB Vertex 4.


Thanks for the help guys, it's all ordered now!

 

[stulid]

Good.

The main issue was the case and number of fans, you've changed that so...sweet.