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I am planning on building a new PC.

The Previous PC I built was a K6-2 (a while ago!!).

Things have changed a lot and I have some questions.

I have put together this list of components, but I don't know what PSU to get...

NZXT Phantom Case

Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) (or 1100T?)

Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD (I don't need a large HD I'll go NAT)

Crucial Ballistix Sport 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Trip Channel

Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter

OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 (I plan to Xfire later)

What PSU Wattage would you recommend, and have I chosen good components?

Thanks in advance

Dave

PS. My primary usage is gaming. I haven't thought about the monitor yet!!! However, 120 Hertz is tempting... but not if one graphics card can't handle it. I only play Battlefield (and Mount and Blade... my laptops good for that).
 
For gaming a sandybridge system will be much faster.

The triple channel ram kit is only good for Intel socket 1366 systems.


Heres a much better spec,


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £156.98
(£130.82) £156.98
(£130.82)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - Black £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £45.98
(£38.32) £45.98
(£38.32)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £777.40
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £157.98
Total : £947.88
 
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if your planning on gaming you really ought to go for an i5 2500k. it will wipe the floor with anything AMD have to offer.

stulid has said that the corsair force SSD's have been having some problems. while i havent checked this myself i'm sure he's not making it up so i would go for something like the crucial M4.

for the motherboard you chose, or a motherboard for the i5 2500k you will need dual channel RAM.

corsair H60 is pretty expensive for what you get. unless your planning on moving the PC around a lot i would suggest going for an air cooler such as the thermalright silver arrow.

if you like the looks of the phantom then go for it, but i'm going to put my usual recommendation of the silverstone raven (any of them) for the case as they are the best for air cooling your going to get. the phantom isnt bad, its just the silverstone raven is really really good

*edit*
and once again slow fingers reaper was beaten to it.
at least youve got a good explanation of why stulid made the changes he did now :)
 
do you need a hard drive? you've only got an SSD in that build which will fill up very fast.

if your planning on recycling an old haard drive thats fine, but it will need to be a SATA hard drive because the sandybridge motherboards dont have IDE slots in them
 
Reaper 392 said:
do you need a hard drive? you've only got an SSD in that build which will fill up very fast.

if your planning on recycling an old haard drive thats fine, but it will need to be a SATA hard drive because the sandybridge motherboards dont have IDE slots in them
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Read the OP, got/going for a NAT.
 
stulid said:
Read the OP, got/going for a NAT.
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ah, i skipped over that thinking it was just an SSD with a long title

while im at it, this is what your current build would cost with a PSU:

OP's budget
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 PC Game £191.99
1 x Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £184.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £143.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £137.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x GeIL 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Triple Channel (GVP312GB1600C9TC) £67.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3) £59.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,005.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).
 
well, this is what i'd do with £1k


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £156.98
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
1 x NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) £43.19
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,012.58 (includes shipping : £13.75).

a touch over, but gets you better graphics:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/293?vs=306
 
Sorry stulid, my browser only showed the first part of your post!!! When I saw the component list I edited my reply to thanks!!! I am going to take on your advice and go for a Intel build.

One question I do have though, is about the motherboard. What is the difference between the:

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 and the Sandybridge B3 revision models?

I am at a loss, although I presume all 1155 type CPUs will function with all 1155 sockets.


Thanks for the suggestion Reaper,

but I'd rather stick with ATI and flash to 6970 (if I can...)

The prise difference is a 120 Hertz monitor.
 
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 and the Sandybridge B3 revision models?
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The B3 only applies to the P67 boards.

There use to be an issue with them back months ago, were sometimes the SATA6gbs ports could go funny, the B3 revision fixes this.

All the Z68 have the "fix"
 
DRHF said:
Thanks for the suggestion Reaper,

but I'd rather stick with ATI and flash to 6970 (if I can...)

The prise difference is a 120 Hertz monitor.
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sadly you cant flash the 6950's into 6970's any more.

also, the price difference between your original build and my one is only £7.18. Nvidia cards are way better for 3D if you ever want to give that a go as well
 
Difficult choice. I'm reading up on the difference. Basically, the 6950 will be about the same at higher resolution but worse at lower...

I can't choose... Which will fall in price quicker? Always the difficult choice
 
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