Planning a new build

T345 said:
save up a bit more for this

YOUR BASKET
2 x Intel Xeon X5680 3.33GHz (Westmere) (Socket 1366) - Retail £1368.50 (£2,737.00)
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 690 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card £899.99 (£1,799.98)
1 x EVGA Classified SR-2 Intel 5520 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard (270-WS-W555-E1) £455.99
1 x Xilence Interceptor Pro Full Tower Case - Black/Red £199.99
1 x Xilence XQ Series 850W '80 Plus Platinum' Power Supply £159.95
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 24GB (6x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel (KHX1600C9D3K6/24GX) £143.99 (£287.98)
Total : £5,661.11 (includes shipping : £16.85).



but go with any spec coz they are all darn good
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ha i didnt say i won the lottery, id probably buy a car instead
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2671-KR) £399.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-G1-Sniper 3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Intel 520 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (With Cakewalk Music Creator 6) £219.95
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £159.95
1 x BitFenix Colossus Venom Green & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £141.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLE2CP4G3D2001CE1TX0CEU) £74.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Advanced £38.99
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Clear £6.49
6 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel £2.75 (£16.50)
Total : £1,754.42 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Gone for green to match the motherboard which has WiFi+Bluetooth.
 
stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2671-KR) £399.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-G1-Sniper 3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Intel 520 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (With Cakewalk Music Creator 6) £219.95
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £159.95
1 x BitFenix Colossus Venom Green & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £141.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLE2CP4G3D2001CE1TX0CEU) £74.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Advanced £38.99
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Clear £6.49
6 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel £2.75 (£16.50)
Total : £1,754.42 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Gone for green to match the motherboard which has WiFi+Bluetooth.
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thanks a few questions:

why a 670 not a 680? and are they better than ati at the moment?

why that ssd specifically?

2 different sets of ram ?

i guess the rest is all down to personal preference? as they arent performance affecting options
 
stulid said:
Ignore the RAM (Kingston), its a left over from a previous basket.

The GXT670 is a fast card (that one also has 4GB Vram)


That SSD has very fast speeds and a 5 year warranty (you wont find that much)
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so thats the fastest ssd for the money? thats very important for me for games loading times are really annoying.

is nvidia the way to go at the moment then? i had nvidia for my first 3 pcs but then went ati 5850 and its been pretty good upto now
 
stulid said:
Thats a very fast SSD.

Nvidia cards perform better in certain games (BF3 for example)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5818/nvidia-geforce-gtx-670-review-feat-evga/11
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670/9.html
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/05/14/geforce_680_670_vs_radeon_7970_7950_gaming_perf/2
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ah right i play WoW, Diablo 3, a very small amount of BF3 and not much else

So. thats the CPU and Graphics card and SSD pretty much sorted then. for the Mobo i see that RoG Asus are releasing one soon, i might wait for that instead. also with ram is it not worth getting more expensive ram like dominator? (and getting 16gb as its pretty cheap)
 
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stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2671-KR) £399.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-G1-Sniper 3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Intel 520 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (With Cakewalk Music Creator 6) £219.95
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £159.95
1 x BitFenix Colossus Venom Green & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £141.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLE2CP4G3D2001CE1TX0CEU) £74.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Advanced £38.99
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Green Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD, 16/10mm, 2m, Clear £6.49
6 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel £2.75 (£16.50)
Total : £1,754.42 (includes shipping : £14.75).




Gone for green to match the motherboard which has WiFi+Bluetooth.
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I think I'm in luuuuuuuuuuurve with this spec!

Stoner81.
 
stulid said:
Tomshardware have a Diablo 3 GFX card test, even cheaper cards play it well at highest details.
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yea blizzard games arent very demanding.

Whats the over clocking potential of the build you picked out then? Im unfamiliar with over clocking IB last i did was my i7 920

It seems all good but id probably double the ram and perhaps change the mobo, im unsure as i dont know much about that one (and its not in stock as is the graphics card!)
 
InfernoUk said:
also with ram is it not worth getting more expensive ram like dominator? (and getting 16gb as its pretty cheap)
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These Z77 boards (and the Ivybridge memory controller) are getting some very high RAM speeds indeed, aim for 2000Mhz+

You also want a suitable OS for all the RAM.
 
stulid said:
Any RAM that matches the colour scheme you are doing really.

64bit Home premium has a 16GB memory limit (including GFX RAM)

Win7 Professional has a 192GB limit.
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so the ram speeds dont matter even for overclocking? there must be a best ram...

Ill go 16gb then i assume thats all most people will ever need?
 
you can overclock the CPU separately from the RAM, but do both:D

So RAM with a high 2000+Mhz rating.

If you go for 16GB of RAM+4GB Vram card and only have Home premium then you wont get the full RAM amount.
 
hey guys

done some changes and got to this build. It assumes i will carry across the CPU block from my old pc (will this still work with the new socket?) and the pump, I will downsize from my triple to a double rad to fit inside this case.

MoBo not listed as I will wait for the new Rog Xtreme board in new few weeks hopefully

also i am unsure on the graphics card choice, is there a better one for similar money (i can increase send a bit) i normally use Ati

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