Speccing a new PC!

Lazder said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Seasonic 860w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £169.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (4X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Quad Channel kit (PV316G213C1QK) £99.95
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £92.99
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Basic £33.98
1 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Black Sparkle High Flow 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) Compression Fitting £8.95
1 x Mayhems X1 UV Oil Black Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99
Total : £1,292.26 (includes shipping : £13.75).



I thought we established yesterday that 3930K + mediocre mobo is better than 3770K and a 320quid mobo...

Swap out PSU for XFX or corsair to save extra 90 pounds...
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Ok thanks i just dont liek to compromise mobos as they are a lot of effort to upgrade where as a cpu is an easy swap! everones said amazing things about that PSU so ill leave the xfx and corsair i think

stulid said:
That Cinebench I showed you is much better than I manged with a [email protected] which got 7.78

And I think the motherboard I selected looks nice, has the IR3550 powerstages as its part of the UP range and has eight dimm slots for more RAM later.
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ill take a better look at the mobos and see whats there
 
InfernoUk said:
Ok thanks i just dont liek to compromise mobos as they are a lot of effort to upgrade where as a cpu is an easy swap! everones said amazing things about that PSU so ill leave the xfx and corsair i think



ill take a better look at the mobos and see whats there
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Problem is, within certain period of time intel will move from socket 2011 to lets say 2014... Most likely CPU`s for 2014 will not work on 2011 so it really doesnt matter if you have 1000 quid 2011 motherboard, it wont work with 2014. You can buy 775 motherboard for 500 pounds, but it still will not run socket 2011 or 1155... So investing much into motherboards is useless...

So if tomorrow intel releases 1150 socket CPU`s, your 320 quid Asus rampage will not be able to take them.
 
Lazder said:
Problem is, within certain period of time intel will move from socket 2011 to lets say 2014... Most likely CPU`s for 2014 will not work on 2011 so it really doesnt matter if you have 1000 quid 2011 motherboard, it wont work with 2014. You can buy 775 motherboard for 500 pounds, but it still will not run socket 2011 or 1155... So investing much into motherboards is useless...

So if tomorrow intel releases 1150 socket CPU`s, your 320 quid Asus rampage will not be able to take them.
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fair point, i upgrade every 2-3 years though so i always skip a few sockets

so cheaper mobo and the 6 core is the way to go? then dont bother with the IB 2011 socket
 
If IB-E is the same sort of improvement as IB is over SB, then it may not be worth bothering with.
 
Its either 3930k or this 3770K

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (4X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Quad Channel kit (PV316G213C1QK) £99.95
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £92.99
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Basic £33.98
1 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Black Sparkle High Flow 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) Compression Fitting £8.95
1 x Mayhems X1 UV Oil Black Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99
Total : £947.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Psu is up to you, but I dont see a reason why XFX wouldnt cope for next 10 years.. As Wattage requirements drops all the time..


Since you seem to love ASUS maximus range, you could go with this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (4X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Quad Channel kit (PV316G213C1QK) £99.95
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £92.99
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Basic £33.98
1 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Black Sparkle High Flow 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) Compression Fitting £8.95
1 x Mayhems X1 UV Oil Black Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99
1 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99
Total : £967.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).



But it is mATX
 
InfernoUk said:
right so 2011 SB 6 core might be the best choice in terms of keeping it for say 2-3 years? then take a cheaper mobo
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best would be if IB 6 core was already here... But tbh SB and IB dont really have that much difference... Especially if you overclock IB gets crazy temperatures and becomes unstable.. You can overclock SB without any problems to reach same performance as IB.
 
awesome, well here is my proposed build now, changed PSU to save some money and ive always used corsair with zero problems despite what people say!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £221.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 650W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020030-UK) £99.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (4X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Quad Channel kit (PV316G213C1QK) £99.95
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Basic £33.98
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
2 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Black Sparkle High Flow 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) Compression Fitting £8.95 (£17.90)
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
4 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" High Flow 7/16" Fitting - Black Sparkle Finish £3.98 (£15.92)
2 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £1,306.10 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
InfernoUk said:
awesome, well here is my proposed build now, changed PSU to save some money and ive always used corsair with zero problems despite what people say!

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £221.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £119.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 650W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020030-UK) £99.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (4X4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Quad Channel kit (PV316G213C1QK) £99.95
1 x XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black £38.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 250 Basic £33.98
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
2 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Black Sparkle High Flow 7/16" ID (5/8" OD) Compression Fitting £8.95 (£17.90)
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Blue Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
4 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" High Flow 7/16" Fitting - Black Sparkle Finish £3.98 (£15.92)
2 x XSPC 7/16" ID (16/11mm) High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99 (£5.98)
Total : £1,306.10 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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I might be wrong but that Samsung is slower than OCZ I suggested, while being cheaper...

Gigabayte has RMA based in UK, so if anything goes wrong you can always sort it out quicker... Asus not too sure.
 
Lazder said:
I might be wrong but that Samsung is slower than OCZ I suggested, while being cheaper...

Gigabayte has RMA based in UK, so if anything goes wrong you can always sort it out quicker... Asus not too sure.
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i trust asus and have heard negative words on those gigabyte boards on other forums.

The samsung comes out faster in benchmarks from what i saw so swapped it, was told OCZ are very unreliable as well
 
Lazder said:
I would`ve picked a PSU from those ones ;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 750W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (ST75F-P) £104.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
Total : £311.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).



But if you love corsair, theres nothing wrong with it.
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i wanted a gold classification and to minimise cost, its mainly due to having used corsair in every pc ive made and have having had an issue
 
I`d just add that 650W might be pushing it, if you decide to SLI your 670... With a bit of overclock they would consume 200W each.. 3930K is 130W with a bit of overclock that would be 550 + all other little stuff... I am not a pro on Wattage calculators but you might want to look into it, unless you just want 1 GPU.

Being gold certified it should handle it, but it might sound like a helicopter.
 
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Curlyriff said:
Just realised you are on here also since we been speaking otherwise.

I know you wont SLI your card but I would I would suggest the 750w psu I suggested before. The RAM is fine and probably best bang for buck but if you want flashy then

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-331-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

that would be the option for you ;)

Kind Regards,

Adam
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ah hey, posted across a few forums to get a range of opinion so good to see you here!

I hate the look of vengeance ram though, i like the ones with the lights on and stuff!

Ill swap out the PSU if you guys think itll be an issue.

Are gold series louder then? i want it as quiet as possible really and would probably sacrifice anything to keep it quiet...

and that SSD??
 
InfernoUk said:
ah hey, posted across a few forums to get a range of opinion so good to see you here!

I hate the look of vengeance ram though, i like the ones with the lights on and stuff!

Ill swap out the PSU if you guys think itll be an issue.

Are gold series louder then? i want it as quiet as possible really and would probably sacrifice anything to keep it quiet...
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Well corsair isnt for you then...

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc.../power-supplies/corsair-hx-650w-717058/review

Gold,Platinum and better than bronze :p

Generally if you have a good PSU with high W capacity most of the time it doesnt even turn the fan on.

SSD is ok I guess.. benchmarks look nice
 
Lazder said:
Well corsair isnt for you then...

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc.../power-supplies/corsair-hx-650w-717058/review

Gold,Platinum and better than bronze :p

Generally if you have a good PSU with high W capacity most of the time it doesnt even turn the fan on.

SSD is ok I guess.. benchmarks look nice
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ok is there a PSU known for being silent / near silent without smashing my budget?

When you say SSD looks ok 'i guess' is there anything wrong? i thought it was the fastest currently..
 
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