noobies first time gaming/workstation build

ulysees

ulysees

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hey all im new here (1st post) and a complete noob at pc building but decided to bite the bullet and to build my first setup for gaming and to double up as a workstation. Just wanted to get some peoples input on the setup ive chosen so far have only just bought the case and dvd drive but will be buying all the parts between now and january
so far have chosen


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2682-KR) £389.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £215.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
3 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £161.99 (£485.97)
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £129.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - White £129.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £126.98 (£253.96)
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £92.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £82.80
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9) £79.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £14.99
1 x BitFenix Optical Drive Bay Stealth Cover - White £3.98
Total : £2,120.10 (includes shipping : £32.90).



the ssd will be for boot and holding games whilst the 2x 3tb drives will be set in raid for data back up and holding all my work
whats everyone think?
pros/cons should i consider other products?
 
think so tho not 100% but even if it doesnt it was only a couple of quid wouldve thought it would work with both cases but that was just a guess it doesnt actually say on the product description
will defo consider the samsung :-)
 
also want to get a bitfenix recon fan controller but they havent got the white one listed yet for sale but have seen it on the bitfenix website
 
Idleman said:
Any excuse to get a Gigabyte board in the spec. You`re shameless.:D
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Either that or the dreaded ASSuck..sorry ASRock.

ulysees said:
also want to get a bitfenix recon fan controller but they havent got the white one listed yet for sale but have seen it on the bitfenix website
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Ask customer services either by webnote/phone or even a new thread in the customer service section.
 
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Review of spec:

Go for the 670 Gigabyte/MSI - offers near identical performance to 680 while be far cheaper

Go for the Ivybridge i7 - i7-3770K

Not sure about the hardcore motherboard, I'd settle for something cheaper

Go for the Samsung 840 SSD drive (still in pre-order mode)

Swap the H100 for a high-end heatsink (H100 is not as good as the flagship coolers)

If you're planning on going SLI, then PSU is fine. If not, then you can get away with a smaller PSU
 
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triggerthat said:
Review of spec:

Go for the 670 Gigabyte/MSI - offers near identical performance to 680 while be far cheaper

Go for the Ivybridge i7 - i7-3770K

Not sure about the hardcore motherboard, I'd settle for something cheaper

Go for the Samsung 840 SSD drive (still in pre-order mode)

Swap the H100 for a high-end heatsink (H100 is not as good as the flagship coolers)

If you're planning on going SLI, then PSU is fine. If not, then you can get away with a small PSU
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was going to go for the 680 due to wanting to run 3 monitors at at very high frame rates and maybe adding a 4th at some point even tho more than likely only 1 or 2 will be used for gaming whilst the others are doing other things and running other progrms in the background. def be going sli at some point aswel prob within a couple of months of build but 670 could work or maybe OC 7970 and go crossfire??
chosing 2011 chipset for bit of future proofing and also the it runs sli at dual 16x insted of 8x 8x but unsure of how much difference that will actually make?? or should i just go with the Z79 3770k
any suggestions of a high end heatsink over h100??
also want to run more than 16gb of ram at a later date
 
I believe the 670 also runs the same number of external monitors. Plus, you will also have an uprated cooler which is superior than the 680 listed. As mentioned, performance is near identical while also be newer technology (cooler and reduced power consumption).

If you are going SLI, it's a good idea to get the best single card now and then find another at a later date.

As for the cooler, the Phanteks PH-TC14PE gets high review £66.98.
 
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triggerthat said:
I believe the 670 also runs the same number of external monitors. Plus, you will also have an uprated cooler which is superior than the 680 listed. As mentioned, performance is near identical while also be newer technology (cooler and reduced power consumption).

If you are going SLI, it's a good idea to get the best single card now and then find another at a later date.

As for the cooler, the Phanteks PH-TC14PE gets high review £66.98.
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cool much thanks will have a looky at all those parts
 
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