New rig, any thoughts before I purchase?

cogrady84

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Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK)
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK)
LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail)
SilverStone FT02R-W case (already purchased and in use)

Going for the pro board for the additional features, NH-D14 because of reviews, RipjawsX because the vengeance may be too high for the cooler, and the vengeance LP doesn't have as good timings, Force GT because the vertex 3 max iops isnt available here...

I guess its fairly obvious im going to be an overclocking hopeful...

Any thoughts guys? Anything you would do differently?

Thanks!
 
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what features are you wanting on the P8Z68-V pro that you cant get on the ordinary P8Z68-V?

also, done a bit of money saving. everything have replaced will perform the same, or incredibly close to what you have chosen, but is cheaper. other than the motherboard. thats more expensive because of the ivybridge and PCIe Gen3 support

do you need a mechanical HDD?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £164.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
1 x LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £78.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
Total : £785.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).


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just to expand on what i said above:
- graphics card has a better cooler than the gigabyte
- processor cooler performs exactly the same as the NH-D14. in reviews ive seen comparing the two it will be ~1C either way
- RAM timings make almost no difference on sandybridge processors (i'll see if i can dig out the review that showed this)
- motherboard is 100% ready for ivybridge, and when you upgrade to ivybridge you;ll also have PCIe gen3 lanes
- SSD hasnt got the BSOD problems that the OCZ drives have, and apparently is faster in real world use (this is what ive heard on OcUK anyway)
 
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You wouldn't need 850W for a single 560ti surely?

Obviously it would be neccessary to buy one now if you were to be getting a second in the future :)
 
DefiantAsh said:
You wouldn't need 850W for a single 560ti surely?

Obviously it would be neccessary to buy one now if you were to be getting a second in the future :)
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thanks for pointing that out. originally i thought he had a 570 in his basket, then realised he had the 560Ti and changed my build (see edit note). i completely forgot to change the PSU from the one that was originally there to cope with the option of a second 570 in the future. post now fixed
 
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Reaper 392 said:
what features are you wanting on the P8Z68-V pro that you cant get on the ordinary P8Z68-V?

also, done a bit of money saving. everything have replaced will perform the same, or incredibly close to what you have chosen, but is cheaper. other than the motherboard. thats more expensive because of the ivybridge and PCIe Gen3 support

do you need a mechanical HDD?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £164.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
1 x LG BH10LS30 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £78.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
Total : £785.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).


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just to expand on what i said above:
- graphics card has a better cooler than the gigabyte
- processor cooler performs exactly the same as the NH-D14. in reviews ive seen comparing the two it will be ~1C either way
- RAM timings make almost no difference on sandybridge processors (i'll see if i can dig out the review that showed this)
- motherboard is 100% ready for ivybridge, and when you upgrade to ivybridge you;ll also have PCIe gen3 lanes
- SSD hasnt got the BSOD problems that the OCZ drives have, and apparently is faster in real world use (this is what ive heard on OcUK anyway)
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I've had a couple of bad experiences with MSI, so tend to shy away from them a bit these days... so not sure on the gpu/mobo, I guess thats purely personal preference. I really don't want to buy an old tech SSD, just in case they fix the firmware problems in the near future, and the pro asus board comes with a marvel 6gb controller which I might see an improvement on, over the jmicron in the non-pro. the Corsair PSU and Noctua cooler get absolutely rave reviews and I like corsairs customer service plus the 850 is for if I ever decide to go SLI. I'd prefer g.skill over the kingston hyperx, never had good experiences with kingston. I already have that exact mechanical HDD, and adding the CPU into your quote brings it to around £60 less than mine, which is negligible I think.

I appreciate the time you've put into it, but its not much of a price difference to sway me away from the brands i've grown to trust and support, unless theres some gaping major hole i've missed...
 
You've got me thinking about switching to the MSI gpu though, how much better is the cooling? is it significant?

The mobo you linked is out of stock and I need saturday delivery :S
Also the SSD is pre-order
and the cooler
 
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as has been said in other threads, unless you're going to be encoding video or using other programs that utilise the hyper threading you're better off with i2500k saving £80.

for graphics card I'd say 6950 2gb, what monitor do you have? get 1 now and a 2nd in the future tho for that you'd want a 850w psu as you put in you original post.
 
Disproportionate spending.

You've listed a 2600K instead of a 2500K - games in particular do not make use of the extra cores of the 2600K, so this is money wasted.

Take that saving, and spend it on the graphics card instead. I'd say a 570 instead of 560Ti.

Your PSU choice was overkill, but if you make the GPU change I suggest then it's fine.
 
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