Spec Check before i buy

WKN

WKN

WKN

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Will be buying the following after Xmas, Just checking if i should change anything :)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820

Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K

Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series AX 760iW

Cooling: Corsair H100i

Fans: Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack

Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPower

Memory: Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB 1866MHz

Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr

Monitor: Asus PB278Q

OS: Windows 7 OEM 64Bit
 
Spec looking OK, ram slightly on the expensive side, 1600mhz offers a good price vs performance as anything over 1600mhz offers little gain.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £499.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £305.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 820 Enthusiast Full Tower Case - Black £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX 760W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020045-UK) £149.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £134.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £39.95
1 x Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack £25.99
Total : £1,738.50 (includes shipping : £22.20).



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GTX 670 is cheaper, and also a better cooler. Should be minimal performance difference http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/598?vs=555
As said by others, 1866 RAM isn't really necessary ;)
 
I wouldn't go for Windows 8 if you want to get annoyed with your PC...
Do you know you could get 3 monitors for the price of that one 27" monitor???
 
Nope already got one Attu :)

Seeing the differences in the 670 and 680 performance is like 8fps, so i may get a 670 and save my money then :p

Do you think the 670 can handle some AA at 1440p on the latest games?
 
MarkJr said:
I wouldn't go for Windows 8 if you want to get annoyed with your PC...
Do you know you could get 3 monitors for the price of that one 27" monitor???
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Yep, But i would prefer to play a high resolution on 1 screen rather than 3 crappy 1080p Monitors
 
CocaCola said:
Yep, But i would prefer to play a high resolution on 1 screen rather than 3 crappy 1080p Monitors
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Thumbs up on this

I can see the appeal for 3 monitors but really the majority that i have seen set up in person have been horrible and did not have any quality about them what so ever over 150pound 1080p monitors. It looked quite tacky (im sure if correctly set up on decent monitors then it could be nicer but for now il stay away)

About a month ago i saw the pb278Q and OH my lord. Absolute pristine colors absolutely bare minimum jaggies a lot more real estate on desktop and mmos ie EvE it made a huge advantage.

Yeah you can get that on 3 monitors but it just well looks a bit tacky i wish there was a better solution for it by now.

Honestly though your going to be blown away by the pb278q its brilliant. Getting my own for xmas ^^ The build looks fantastic btw my only say would be like the other guys, drop down the ram a little bit, if you still want to spend that little extra then look for tighter timings not speed. After 1600mhz you only really see a difference in synthetic benchmarks

:D
 
Hmmm kind of stuck on the GPU again, I keep changing my mind which one to get.

For 1440P

670 Powered Edition 2GB
Or
7970 Ghz Edition 3GB

I would be using High/2xAA or even 0xAA since I'm running a higher Resolution.

I never had AMD before, I kind to stick to Nvidia because of Physx

Will 2GB be enough for 2xAA High settings?

Thanks
 
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