Pc build any tips?

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I have been reading a lot on forums but lots and lots of information i am gonna build a pc and this is what i figured i should go with
Am planning to use the PC for high end gaming
any advise on this ?
Thanks in advance

Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 -=Rev.3.0=-
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K -> i5 2500k
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 580 -
or i was thinking ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570, 1280 MB, 320 Bit, PCIe x16 v2.0

Processor cooler: Arctic Freezer Xtreme Rev.2
Power: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
Case fan: Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 Red LED Silent Fan
Memory: Corsair 8 GB DDR3-1333 Kit
Harddisk: Western Digital WD30EZRX
Tower: Aerocool XPredator Black Edition
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 VXI
DVD: ASUS DRW-24B3ST
Windows: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
 
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What is your budget for this build? and do you do any 3d rendering/video editing?

If not you can swap the i7 2600k for an i5 2500k as the i7 only makes a difference in rendering/editing programs that make use of the hyper threading.
 
was looking about 1000-1200 pounds. am only using it for high end gaming. no video editing so swapping might be a good idea. if it makes no difference
 
- The PSU is inadequate for a 580, anf there are better quality PSUs.
- The processor cooler is only good for a stock cooler replacement, not for noticeable overclocks.
- weird case. Any reason for that particular one, and how much?
- you have 10666 RAM. Get 12800C9 RAM at least.
- The sabertooth is all right, but there are better choices.
- For the GPU, it depends on your budget.
- Do you REALLY need 3 TB? It's a green drive, therefore slow.
- Why that sound card? I tend to steer clear of Creative, and would probably recommend a Asus Xonar DG.

If you have a budget, that would help. :) There are probably a few things we could fix.

OK, £1200. You can have a top gaming build for that dough.
 
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allright am going to look into this. will post a updated build soon.
The case is nothing special i really dont care about that . more what is in it
 
Build looks pretty good. I would however suggest ram rated at 1600Mhz instead of 1333Mhz. It makes a difference and is still really cheap.

Also, you would probably benefit from an SSD, perhaps a OCZ Vertex 3 or Crucial M4, as it looks like your budget would stretch to that. The benefits of SSDs speak for themselves.
 
Here is a build similar to one I have just built my self for the same reason.

I put in a GTX570 as I get the impression you prefer nvidea?

Added the SSD as it will make loading windows faster and a few programs/games you put on there. The £130 for a 3TB drive seems crazy when you can get 2x 2TB drives for about £100

The case is a personal preference things really, I only got the 932 because it "High Air Flow" and has lots of room to work in.

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This would be a basis for a build as such. Things can be swapped and improved.


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £257.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £69.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £25.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,078.96 (includes shipping : £14.75).



If you don't like SSDs, then it leaves room for bigger things, like a 580 and a real nice case, motherboard, cooler.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £371.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £129.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXV2UK) £69.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £49.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,173.49 (includes shipping : £16.85).




YOUR BASKET
2 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
1 x Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £82.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £79.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £25.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,191.96 (includes shipping : £14.75).



and all sorts of other denominations :) Post a build you like with a case you like, even if over budget, and we'll bring it down.
 
Not necessarily. 650W will be fine for any single GPU, I just thought I'd squeeze a xfire in the budget. I just glanced over your build too fast.

The option is replace xfire with a good SSD. But if considering Xfire in the future, then you'll need a stronger PSU.
 
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was looking at the following:

Price is maybe a bit high i figured to go for an single ATI card

Your Basket
1 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games

1 Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game

1 Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

1 Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

1 Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black

1 Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK)

1 Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)

1 Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+)

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

1 Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp

1 Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM


Subtotal £1,158.28
 
The PSU that you have chosen is out of stock...try this one, it's on special this week so will save you £20 !!

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
 
looking good. The case is good, if that's the looks you want :)

A list of your current components.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £79.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £47.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £49.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,155.97 (includes shipping : £14.75).



If you need help building the rig, there are youtube tutorials from neweggtv that will get you through the process step by step. And us of course.
 
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