Quick check of new build

bbK · 16 Sep 2011 at 09:23

CM HAF X
Corsair HX 850w
ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
i5 2500k
8GB Corsair Vengeance Jet Black
EVGA GTX 570 HD Superclocked
Corsair H100
LG Blu-Ray drive

(I have a SSD and a couple of storage drives that i will switch over to this build.)

Am I missing anything? should I change out anything? Going to be purchasing today so wanted to double check with you guys to see if everything is good.

Gregry254 · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:04

The PSU is out of stock? unless I am looking at another corsair? what about the OCZ Z-Series 850W I have one in my new system and seems a good unit. It is also gold rated so will save you a little on electricity bill too.

If you plan on overclocking (which the k chip is designed for) then I would get an after market cooler. With one of these the vengeance might not fit under the heatsink so how about some HyperX Genesis which is slightly slower timings at £41.99 or some XMS3 at £49.99?

Edit: I just realised you have the water cooling . . . ignore my comment about RAM

mp260767 · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:11

take it you went for the corsair h100 cooler over the antec kuhler /corsair h80 dual to the dual fan config ?

do you plan to sli the 570, if not then 650/750 will be fine.

bbK · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:12

Gregry254 said:
The PSU is out of stock? unless I am looking at another corsair? what about the OCZ Z-Series 850W I have one in my new system and seems a good unit. It is also gold rated so will save you a little on electricity bill too.

If you plan on overclocking (which the k chip is designed for) then I would get an after market cooler. With one of these the vengeance might not fit under the heatsink so how about some HyperX Genesis which is slightly slower timings at £41.99 or some XMS3 at £49.99?

With it being out of stock I was going to purchase elsewhere.

And the H100 is a after market cooler which should do the job of OC'ing.

Gregry254 · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:15

bbK said:
And the H100 is a after market cooler which should do the job of OC'ing.

Yeah I read it again after I posted and edited my post

its still early and I haven't had my coffee yet

bbK · 16 Sep 2011 at 10:15

mp260767 said:
take it you went for the corsair h100 cooler over the antec kuhler /corsair h80 dual to the dual fan config ?

do you plan to sli the 570, if not then 650/750 will be fine.

Haven't really looked into the coolers a huge amount so I was just looking at the series numbers in all honesty. I don't plan on putting the 570 in SLi just reading around and the 570 seems to be the best bang for buck and should be good for BF3.

mp260767 · 16 Sep 2011 at 14:02

if theres no sli requirement maybe look at a 650/750w psu.

cooler wise got the corsair h60/80/100 antec kuhler 620/920 should all do a decent job around the rest of the system.

570 will be fine, what size monitor/res you planning on running for bf3 ?

logi-cat · 16 Sep 2011 at 14:19

that looks like everything.

fowler002 · 16 Sep 2011 at 14:39

best bang for buck and 570? I'd say sapphire 6950 toxic which is cheaper plus can be unlocked to 6970 with the flick of a switch no flashing required as has a pre-modified bios(tho not guaranteed, I have 1 that's unlocked plus others on here have also bought it).