New rig...

NovicePCBuyer

NovicePCBuyer

NovicePCBuyer

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Hi,

I posted a thread a little while back about building a new rig, but work and life got in the way and I never got round to ordering it. Back then it was a 3770K system built in a Bitfenix Prodigy. But since then, I've kinda gone off that size case, and would rather go for standard midi-tower (maybe one that is noise reducing...)

I don't want to overclock. Emphasis is on stability and fairly quiet.

I was thinking of a GTX 670, but for my needs, that's a bit overkill, so thinking of dropping that down to a 660 to save some cash.

What I'm after...

Intel 3770K CPU (+ quiet, decent heatsink)
16GB DDR
256GB SSD
2-3GB HDD
GTX 660
Blu-ray drive (one that comes with actual playback software)
Midi-Tower
+ the other bits to make it a complete PC (PSU etc.)

Budget: £1000-£1100, around there. Under budget, obviously welcome :D What's my basket? Cheers!!
 
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Yeah, I need everything. PSU included.

So it's worth going for Haswell over the 3770K now then? Are the Haswell mobos good? I heard there were small issues with the first round of Haswell mobos?
 
Quick question regarding the DDR. The mobo says it supports "1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (1866/2133/2200/2400/2600/2800Mhz OC)". Does that mean I must overclock (CPU? Just the DDR?) to get the DDR to run at those speeds?
 
I like that BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case, so I'll go for that I think.

Not really into overclocking, so not sure I want to overclock the gfx card (I assume it voids the warranty too?). So not sure which card to go for bearing that in mind... I've tended to be an nVidia person... hmm...
 
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