Spec check plz

jeff6475

jeff6475

jeff6475

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Got approx £1150 budget for Cpu,GPU,Mobo,Ram,PSU,and need 2 x SSD (1 is for my son) dont need anything else i will be cooling the CPU with custom water and gpu at a later date seperate budget for this.The pc will be gaming and video encoding and overclocking.I may go xfire aswell down the line,using 1 22" monitor at the moment.
I have come up with 2 specs and would like advice on which 1 to go for and any changes that could be made for the better.My case i will using is the CM storm trooper.

Spec 1

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Formula Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** Free ROG 16GB USB ** £239.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £227.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £129.98
1 x Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) £99.98
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) ** FREE Ducati CAP ** £79.99
1 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1600C9) £71.99
Total : £1,131.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Spec 2

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Rampage IV Formula Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard ** Free ROG 16GB USB ** £278.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £227.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX1050 Professional Series 1050W Modular Power Supply (CMPSU-1050HXUK) £149.99
1 x Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) £99.98
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-120G-G25) ** FREE Ducati CAP ** £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (PXQ316G1600LLQK) £71.99
Total : £1,160.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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Why on earth do you need to spend £279 on a motherboard? :eek: I would get a GTX 670 as well over the 7850 for the difference.. Also swap that SSD for the Samsung. Give me a few minutes I'll give you my own suggestion in a moment.
 
Sorry, didn't mean to come across a bit funny! If you want to spend that on a mobo for a specific project/build or just for the sake of it, of course that it is up to you!

If it was my money and going for best bang for buck - I would get this..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 670 Jetstream 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD316G1866C9K) £99.95
2 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99 (£179.98)
Total : £1,112.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
np Sparx i asked for advice,been thinking of the 670 but with the price drop an AMD's cards + 3 games just seems to good a choice the cheap SSD is for my son.The Asus formula is a great board looks quality and is quality,but think if i was gonna change boards i would go Asrock
 
 
 
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