Require advice on new PC

JamieMOCUK · 27 Oct 2012 at 16:23

stulid said:
Stock speed cards - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=555

But then ATI had a new driver set this week which helps them out - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Catalyst_12.11_Performance/23.html

But then Nvidia followed and released a driver that boost performance too - http://www.vortez.net/news_story/nvidia_hit_back_with_geforce_310_33_beta_drivers.html

Thanks for the information, I would like to confirm that all the components will work with each other and that there is enough room in the case. A side not is there much of a difference between the monitors chosen and this one, Once I know all is clear I will probably order in the next few days.

Final basket:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² Turbo 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QMT3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £329.99
2 x Benq XL2410T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Corsair Neutron GTX Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-N240GBGTX-BK) £213.98
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M4A1866C9) £139.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £104.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £87.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £86.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £64.99
Total : £2,251.88 (includes shipping : £27.55).

stulid · 27 Oct 2012 at 16:24

Everything works together.

The case is huge,

JamieMOCUK · 28 Oct 2012 at 12:20

stulid said:
Everything works together.

The case is huge,

Yep Its a nice video, I just wondered why it was so cheap compared to the antec 1200 for example.

I think I want to overclock, would the cooler (H100) be fine with this, although I was contemplating the 3960X CPU instead, would it be ok to ask your opinion on this?

stulid · 28 Oct 2012 at 12:22

It use to be £100±

Guess its just a great deal currently.

The H100 is fine for overclocking and because you have selected tall ram, is a good option as air coolers will struggle to fit and clear the tops of the RAM.

JamieMOCUK · 9 Nov 2012 at 11:10

Will be Ordering within the Next few hours, I left it a while to think and some of the components are no long available.

If I could get an All clear on this, I would be grateful.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² Turbo 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QMT3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £319.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9) **SPECIAL** £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £119.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £104.99
2 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £99.98 (£199.96)
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £86.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £84.98
Total : £2,339.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).

I hope to have Raid 0 on the 2x SSD for my OS and apps, and the HDD for storage and back up etc.

JamieMOCUK · 9 Nov 2012 at 12:42

Ideally I would like confirmation with enough time so I can have next day delivery.

Cheers,

dunn2010 · 9 Nov 2012 at 12:50

Looks awesome

Intel 520's are currently on sale. and would save some moneys

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-022-IN&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

dunn2010 · 9 Nov 2012 at 12:54

Also i've never looked up 7970 vs 7950 crossfire

but for an extra £140 (or £100 if you go for 520 ssd's)

you could crossfire the 7950's, one below is on an awesome deal atm with 6 games. thats 12 games youll get all to sell. would easily make some moneys back.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Just something to think about ^^ 7970 is awesome card and will destroy any game.

JamieMOCUK · 9 Nov 2012 at 13:24

I tried to order though but it failed, So waiting for a phone call...

Interestingly enough I realised if I changed my Graphics card to NVidia I could use 3D ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9) **SPECIAL** £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £119.99
1 x NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision 2 New Wireless Glasses & IR Emitter Kit £109.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £104.99
2 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £99.98 (£199.96)
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £86.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £84.98
Total : £2,629.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).

If that all checks out, I'll try procceed with this instead.

stulid · 9 Nov 2012 at 14:07

The Corsair H100i is now available.

Looks nice

JamieMOCUK · 9 Nov 2012 at 14:43

JamieMOCUK said:
I tried to order though but it failed, So waiting for a phone call...

Interestingly enough I realised if I changed my Graphics card to NVidia I could use 3D ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 680 DirectCU II TOP 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Borderlands 2 & Assassin's Creed III PC Games £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £419.99
2 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9) **SPECIAL** £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £119.99
1 x NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision 2 New Wireless Glasses & IR Emitter Kit £109.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £104.99
2 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £99.98 (£199.96)
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £86.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £84.98
Total : £2,629.90 (includes shipping : £27.55).

If that all checks out, I'll try procceed with this instead.

Orderd

Next day Saturday. (tomorrow)

stulid · 9 Nov 2012 at 14:45

Thats going to be a beast

A bit of advice if you are going to overclock it is to use one of the beta BIOS (F3h/F3m) available at Gigabyte website, the official BIOS (F2 being the latest has poor Vdroop and LLC control)

JamieMOCUK · 9 Nov 2012 at 15:00

stulid said:
Thats going to be a beast

A bit of advice if you are going to overclock it is to use one of the beta BIOS (F3h/F3m) available at Gigabyte website, the official BIOS (F2 being the latest has poor Vdroop and LLC control)

I would like to overclock it, But I am unsure about Guarentee's or what I can expect to get reliably, Basically I've not looked at OC yet but I want to if it is "Money risk free", I don't intend to go silly with OC but a nice increase would ultimately be nice.

stulid · 9 Nov 2012 at 15:08

On a low overclock (4-4.2Ghz maybe a bit more) you don't really need to fiddle with the voltages etc and only have to adjust the ratios to get that speed, the auto setting for vcore etc seems to cope fine.

I've got 4.7Ghz so far from it (LLC turned up a few notches and Vcore increased), but my cooling isnt good enough now for any more

JamieMOCUK · 9 Nov 2012 at 15:11

I am going to get paranoid now, when will I receive confirmation that my order will indeed be shipped/arrive tomorrow.

I will look into OCing but I want it to be safe and stable.

stulid · 9 Nov 2012 at 15:13

Ask in the customer services section? give your order number also.

JamieMOCUK · 10 Nov 2012 at 19:13

All systems are Go,

It arrived at around 11:45 this morning, Shamefully it took me about 5 hours to have it all ready on deakstop.

I've looked at the 3D Photo's and I love the effect, I hope I get to play some soon.

Also My CPU seems to be Idling at around 35-40 oC, (not over clocked), is this good or bad?

Jamie

stulid · 10 Nov 2012 at 19:27

What program are you using to see the temps?

I get this on default settings,

Uncle Petey · 10 Nov 2012 at 19:31

Lovely system there. Congrats, but bloody hell... £500 on a 680? Nice card, but still...

Ah well, it's a great card, you're happy and that's all that matters.

JamieMOCUK · 10 Nov 2012 at 19:45

stulid said:
What program are you using to see the temps?

I get this on default settings,