Shall I hit that order button?

danbt · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:24

Building a BF3 Machine.
Got a budget of £800 just for tower.

** pretend the gpx card is In-stock and not on pre order.

Cheers.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £42.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £790.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

seandog · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:29

Why not put an SSD in there, even a 60-64 gb for windows boot times and to hold your game of choice to increase load times?

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:32

Not heard of LEPA

I'd go for this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-148-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

More than enough power and a quality brand (not saying Lepa isnt a quality brand, I've just never heard of them)

Surveyor · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:33

seandog said:
Why not put an SSD in there, even a 60-64 gb for windows boot times and to hold your game of choice to increase load times?

I think you mean to decrease load times.

And that would involve a £100 sacrifice on other components.

Lelouch · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:34

I'd get rather get this CPU+Motherboard combo. That'll save you £30!

Get the Antec TruePower New for the PSU! It's currenty on sale. I should have gotten one myself if I knew it was on sale.

Kris_90 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:36

Why not get a 2TB HDD? You can get double the space for like £10 extra. The only thing I would change is the psu, other than that it looks good

Surveyor · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:37

Lelouch said:
I'd get rather get this CPU + Motherboard combo.

I think this is what you meant to link to:

OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 2500K & Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard **B3 Revision**

That's not a recommendation on my part just a correction of the post.

weyland yutani · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:41

Arnie voice "C'mon, do it . . . do it now!" /Arnie voice

Reaper 392 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:42

stick with what you have and ignore any other reccommendations above me except for the SSD if you can afford one without backing down on your current components

the motherboard/CPU bundle is worse than what you have in your basket already, and the PSU thats been recommended is worse than the lepa one as it will not support SLI in the future.

lepa is a decent company for PSU's, its a branch of enermax

seandog · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:46

Surveyor said:
I think you mean to decrease load times.

Dammit, where was my syntax error when I hit 'post'

And yeah that's what I meant ofc, why add new hardware to actively slow ur system ><

Jony27 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:53

iB CoMpL3XiTy said:
Not heard of LEPA

I'd go for this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-148-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1088

More than enough power and a quality brand (not saying Lepa isnt a quality brand, I've just never heard of them)

as stated by reaper lepa is enermax's housebrand(you've heard of enermax right?

)

and that antec wouldnt be able to power sli gtx 570s
although 750w would be pushing it.

i say if you cant afford to add a SSD, order your original spec, then get an SSD when funds are available.

danbt · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:00

Thanks for the awesome replies guys.

I will definitely get an SSD, just not right now.
Im planning to buy an SSD around the end of october, to re-load Windows onto.
And also grab another GTX 570 in January.
Oh and I think I will grab a 2TB now aswel.

Hows that sound?

Kris_90 · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:01

danbt said:
Thanks for the awesome replies guys.

I will definitely get an SSD, just not right now.
Im planning to buy an SSD around the end of october, to re-load Windows onto.
And also grab another GTX 570 in January.
Oh and I think I will grab a 2TB now aswel.

Hows that sound?

Awesome

I'm sure if you can live without an SSD for a couple of months, you will find one a lot cheaper by Xmas.

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:13

Jony27 said:
as stated by reaper lepa is enermax's housebrand(you've heard of enermax right? )

and that antec wouldnt be able to power sli gtx 570s
although 750w would be pushing it.

i say if you cant afford to add a SSD, order your original spec, then get an SSD when funds are available.

Yes I've heard of Enermax

OP Didnt mention SLI GTX570's.... Or any desire to go SLI

danbt · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:15

Well whats your views on going SLI?

Is it worth it?
Does it make that much difference?

To be honest, im in two minds whether to do it or not...

Jony27 · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:16

iB CoMpL3XiTy said:
Yes I've heard of Enermax

OP Didnt mention SLI GTX570's.... Or any desire to go SLI

i just assumed with the motherboard/psu he picked

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:23

danbt said:
Well whats your views on going SLI?

Is it worth it?
Does it make that much difference?

To be honest, im in two minds whether to do it or not...

From my experience its well worth it, Scales really well in almost all games, really shines at 1080P+

But as previously discussed you'll need a beefy PSU.. I see Power usage of roughly 700W When playing Metro with specs in sig... If I start upping the voltage on the cards I soon see 800W

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:23

Jony27 said:
i just assumed with the motherboard/psu he picked

Lol fair enough.... it would make sense as a future upgrade

Reaper 392 · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:43

iB CoMpL3XiTy said:
From my experience its well worth it, Scales really well in almost all games, really shines at 1080P+

But as previously discussed you'll need a beefy PSU.. I see Power usage of roughly 700W When playing Metro with specs in sig... If I start upping the voltage on the cards I soon see 800W

ooh, prehaps an 850W PSU is called for then:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-039-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

i didnt realise the 570's used so much power

J-FRO · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:47

£26.99 for XMS3 4GB? Crikey! Tempted at that price to buy 4GB more for sure.