New system advice

pauloa80 · 24 Apr 2011 at 15:19

HI
im looking to build a new system i will mostly be using it for 3d max, CS4 and other graphics applications and occational games.

i already have a case a Coolmaster Stacker STC-01

• Motherboard - Intel Hunter Cove DH55HC H55 Socket 1156 DVI VGA HDMI Out 8 Channel Audio ATX
• Processor - Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz Socket LGA1156 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
• Memory - Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 unbuffered
• HDD Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue
• Graphics Card - PowerColor HD 5770 PCS+ 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
• Power Supply - OCZ Stealth Xstream II 500W PSU - 3x SATA 1x PCI-E

could anyone off advice if this would be ok, or if i should improve anywhere. budget is 600-800.

thanks for all the advice

Surveyor · 24 Apr 2011 at 15:33

I'm sure someone will be along shortly with a Sandybridge build

titan13131 · 24 Apr 2011 at 15:36

1156 is an old socket, you want sandy bridge (socket 1155). Get a 2500k if your over clocking and a P67 motherboard. The 5830 can be had for the same price as a 5770

J-FRO · 24 Apr 2011 at 16:23

If you're using quite a lot of graphics applications/video rendering etc you could go for an i7 sandybridge system. Would give you the best performance for that sort of things.

something like:

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £249.98
(£208.32) £249.98
(£208.32)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £76.99
(£64.16) £76.99
(£64.16)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £55.98
(£46.65) £55.98
(£46.65)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £28.79
(£23.99) £28.79
(£23.99)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £567.24
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £113.45
Total : £680.69

Obviously with your budget you could also stick a SSD in there as well or upgrade from 4GB RAM to 8GB.

Also all depends on whetehr you're going to OC it as well. If you are, these MSI boards are apparently really simple to do it with. Not sure if that CPU comes with a stock cooler or not so I added one on. (always get confuzzled between retail and OEM).

Might also want to change HDD to 1TB for another £15 or so.

pauloa80 · 24 Apr 2011 at 16:26

would all that go with the case i already own???

J-FRO · 24 Apr 2011 at 16:52

It should fit, but as it says here:

use of a very large ATX mainboard that covers that hole will render the X-Flow fan mounting redundant

Not sure how big that mobo will be in relation to the case specifically, so I can't say if it'll affect your X-flow fan. But that case is pretty old anyway, may I ask why you're reluctant to upgrade? Is it so wifey doesn't know you've bought new PC parts?

pauloa80 · 26 Apr 2011 at 12:26

i read somewhere there was some issues with the sandy bridge is this true>

sk82jack · 26 Apr 2011 at 12:49

pauloa80 said:
i read somewhere there was some issues with the sandy bridge is this true>

No, not any more. There was issues with the P67 motherboards at first but that has all been fixed with the B3 revisions. Just make sure the board you get is a B3 revision and it's all good.

+1 for J-FRO's build but with the 8GB he linked

pauloa80 · 29 May 2011 at 10:16

Hi guys, is the above system spec till good or have there been some improvements??

thanks again

sk82jack · 29 May 2011 at 11:53

Everything he specced is still good, probably opt for a better cooler - Corsair A50 or Gelid Tranquillo imo. Here's a spec which is an alternative including a Z68 board for quicksync, which accelerates video transcoding (if you don't need that go with the board J-FRO specced as it's £90 now), double the RAM, double the hard drive space.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £254.99

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £124.99

Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £79.99

Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £59.99

Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply £49.99

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £27.98

Total : £762.91 (includes shipping : £12.50)