Spec Check Please?

Here is my proposed build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE Sleeping Dogs, Nexuiz, Dirt Showdown & CODMW2 PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £119.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £99.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £31.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £27.59
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £22.99
Total : £1,220.99 (includes shipping : £11.25).



Please note I will be getting the following:

Speakers: Onkyo HT-X22HDX 3D Ready Ultra Compact 2.1 Home Cinema System (£229.95)

Currently deciding on gaming headset, mouse, keyboard.

By purchasing the above components from various retailers without the speakers, the total cost of this build is £1113.59.

Including the price of the speakers, a Grand Total of £1343.54.

Opinions? :D
 
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im sitting with seasonic
bcos...corsair annoy me, no other reason^^
also think id still be tempted by the overpriced 670 sigh
 
Dodger said:
...I think maybe I should sacrifice a little bit on the graphics card and perhaps opt for the Twin MSI as this has the free games with it - what do people think?
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Gigabite Card or stick with the MSI Twin card - which includes the games? Bare in mind, i'm not really fussed with the games just wanted to know which one to go for :D
 
hahahaha :D

As for cards:
For research - bloody hell this is really hard to pin down.

660 GTX ti vs 660 GTX ti SC+ vs 660 GTX ti PE vs 7950 vs 7950 OC

Basically, this is what I understand from all the searching I've done:
It's all about your personal preference.

There are certain games that the 660 gtx ti does better in, and others the 7950.

The thing is this, at stock:
7950 has lower clocks, higher mem and bus
660 has higher clocks, lower mem and bus

660 is favoured atm for people who game, as it supports games much better. ie. BF3 is designed for nvidia.

Now for overall, long-run, it seems the 7950 is better because of it's high bus and mem size - this will allow it to stretch to high limits in the long run.
However it should be noted that both are OC'able - now I don't want to OC, but if you want to OC the GPU's the 7950, can out-perform it's bigger brother the 7970 (stock) - so for me, I'm leaning for the MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950 TWIN FROZR:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS

(I'll post this in the GFX section for help)
 
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