Opinion On Spec

krustykobb

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Would this spec be ok for a friend of mine?

Core i5 3570k
Gigabyte z77x-d3h
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950
128GB SSD
2TB HDD
Zalman Z11 PLUS Case
Corsair H60 Water Cooler
XFX Pro Series 650W

Thanks :)
 
Looks okay.

Whats the budget? and what is the use? Gaming?

Are you setting it up for Xfire or not..

If you are, get a XFX XXX 750W PSU

If you are not, Switch the Z77X D3H for the Z77 D3H

The H60 isn't the best. You can get a great air cooler for that money (or a fair bit less).

The choices are pretty good though.

PS: Not a fan of the Z11 myself, the Z9 is more my cup of tea. :)
 
Doomedspeed said:
Looks okay.

Whats the budget? and what is the use? Gaming?

Are you setting it up for Xfire or not..

If you are, get a XFX XXX 750W PSU

If you are not, Switch the Z77X D3H for the Z77 D3H

The H60 isn't the best. You can get a great air cooler for that money (or a fair bit less).

The choices are pretty good though.

PS: Not a fan of the Z11 myself, the Z9 is more my cup of tea. :)
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What air cooler would you recommend for the same kind of money? And main purpose is for gaming primarily and editing on occasions
 
This is what i'd do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7950 Boost 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-19-20G) £263.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £55.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Windowed Tower Case - Black £44.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £44.98
Total : £989.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
Doomedspeed's build looks good, virtually identical to what I have and that works perfectly for gaming and other general usage. I would echo the comment about going for ~750W if going Sli, you could probably get away with 650 but the AMD series are more power hungry so I would play it safe.
 
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