Spec check

ToRnUK

ToRnUK

ToRnUK

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Hi Guys,

Sorry to be a pain but after a spec check, i think its a pretty good spec but i may have overlooked something:

Asus z77 Maximus V Gene £154.99
i5 3570K £173.99
Artic Freezer 13 Pro Extreme £26.99
Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB ddr3 128000 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 £49.99
Crucial M4 128GB £89.99
OCZ ZT 650w 80 Plus Bronze Modular PSU £69.99
MSI Geforce GTX 660 OC Twin Forza 2048MB incl Assasins Creed 3 £179.99

incl Deliver 757.92 (all OCUK obviously!!)

Any suggested changes to bring the price down but not impact performce.. i think the mobo is the best for the price and had an outstanding review in Custom PC a few issues back!

The GFX is the best for the budget i think...but maybe i am wrong?

Not sure about the cooler has anyone OC with one? if i can get to 4.2 stable with it then ill be happy but may buy Corsair H100 at a later date

All this will be wrapped in a re purposed Antec 900 Gaming Case (think its the first one) which i am going to mod the motherboard tray for cable managment and will be my first modding project (even if on a small scale.)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £81.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - White £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £28
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/AM2/AM3/FM1) £24.98
Total : £690.92 (includes shipping : £10.00).



cheaper and better (performance-wise)
 
the only big difference is board choice. It depends what you want. The 7950 is a better card, at the sacrifice of a better board. its up to you really. I would prefer a better board, as a graphics card is easier to replace further down the line.
 
op just wants a 4.2ghz oc, any z77 board can do 4.5/4.6 without breaking a sweat. no point for op to go for such an oc oriented board if he's not planning to use 99.9% of the oc features imo. waste of money.
 
In your opinion. Yes, most boards can go 4.2ghz easily, but what about when he wants to further it? and its of a better build quality. the board you linked is a good budget board, that is a performance board. He may have more than just overclocking intentions for choosing that board.
The rest of your spec was great, but the board is opinion based.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7870 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £79.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £710.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).




If you prefer the Nvidia GTX 660 then you could shave another £20 off.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/660?vs=548
 
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No need for the UD3H. As Tamzy already said waiste of money as the D3H is not overclocking limited like some boards.
 
Thanks for the Suggestions guys and good to see home healthy debate, i guess i could have set the scene a little bit better, i am saving for a wedding but looking to invest a small amount in a machine that i can use for day to day but also for gaming. I do want to overclock the system and i do want to future proof it so that after the wedding (8 months time) when money should be more readily available i can splash out on a new card and perhaps even an i7 with water cooling. The reason i went for the Nvidia was the inclusion of Physixs....the Asus motherboard but thats purely due to the review in Custom PC and really i have always been an Asus fan boy when it comes to boards - had a bad experience with Asrock and previously Abit!

I guess really what i am after now is a bit of justification for the changes you have suggested? - thats not say that i dont value your opinion but i like to know and way up things...although not as bad as a friend of mine who wont buy food without looking at the value per gram!
 
 
I see quite a few people are selecting the Team Group Elite RAM.. not really heard about it and never used it... is it really good, i am quite happy to comprmise on price of ram for better performance.... but other than that i am thinking about using the Asus P8, Samsung SSD and the XFX Pro but sticking with the cooler and RAM that i selected and going with the 3570k and the 660

does anyone think i am making a mistake with that setup, and if so can they say why, have had a few other recomended setups on here which i appriciate but no one is really talking much about why they are making the changes...
 
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