Specing out new Gaming Rig for the first time in years and need a bit of assistance.

486DX

486DX

486DX

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Hi All

My first post on here so please be kind :)

I am in the process of putting together my order for my new PC I am going to build (its been about 12 years since I build my last PC!) so I am hoping some of you experts can glance through my current selections, point me in teh right direction if I have anything wrong and answer my few questions..

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3
Processor - Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
RAM - 16GB
Graphics Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Cooling - Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) [NH-D14
DISK - SSD Drive
Media - Bluray DVD Drive

My questions are:
1. What PSU should I get with this?
2. Can anyone recommend a case that is under 53cm (depth?) that will take the cooling and G-card.
3. Is there anything above I am missing to make a complete PC?
 
be careful with your RAM choice when using that cooler, it's big and RAM with tall heatsinks etc won't fit under it, samsung green will, and dragon ram should too.
 
As Stinger said, a 3570K is all you need, games dont make use of Hyperthreading featured in the 3770K
 
Just knocked this up:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £99.95
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £92.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
Total : £1,306.28 (includes shipping : £13.75).




OEM CPU, save a little money
Gigabyte 680 gets very good reviews
500R is very well reviewed and good quality
Good mobo, gigabyte have a UK RMA centre as well (+ a free mousemat)
PSU is one of the best, it's also on offer and is cheaper than its 750W variant
Very highly regarded SSD
Perhaps the best air cooler out there with the Phanteks (Comes in different colours)
Some of the best RAM out there, hugely over-clockable+low profile
Blu-ray player
Put in a 1Tb hard drive as the SSD is good for the OS and a few games, but not masses of Blu-ray movies etc

Obviously you can mix and match this spec depending on your budget, whether you need a monitor, OS, keyboard and mouse etc, obviously parts can be downgraded etc.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX650 High Performance 650W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CP-9020006-UK) £116.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £89.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £78.98
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
Total : £1,127.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).





i put the 680 in bcos it was in your 1st post :) i think most will advise you to go 670 save 100 pounds, id prolly do that too and spend on bigger ssd

but hm its a nice system for sure, would be quiet
 
Trusty said:
Whats your budget? What's your monitor res as well?
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I am aiming to get around the £1500 mark

I have two 24" monitors, both are Dell Monitors with a high res but I can't remember exactly what the res is. One is onlder than the other and only has a VGA input so I tend to only use that when I am working from home.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £419.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - OEM (0F12115) (HDS723020BLA642) £104.99
1 x ASRock Z77 Extreme4 M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £99.95
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020002-UK) £84.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-207MBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - OEM £69.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
Total : £1,291.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95 (679.9)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £99.95
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £92.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (OEM) £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
Total : £1,530.24 (includes shipping : £13.75).



could easily get a slightly cheaper case/cooler and get under budget.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £105.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £1,235.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
486DX said:
I am aiming to get around the £1500 mark

I have two 24" monitors, both are Dell Monitors with a high res but I can't remember exactly what the res is. One is onlder than the other and only has a VGA input so I tend to only use that when I am working from home.
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Do you only use one monitor for gaming? The specs people have put out are fine, the cpu should see you through the next 4 years. If you get any problems with games, it's just a case of selling on your current gpu and getting a newer faster one.
 
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You keep trumping my specs tamzzy! Depends if people want overall speed or ridiculous graphics, do most people need 258gb SSD and 2TB of storage? I guess same goes for SLI 670s though, not many people actually need them...
 
makes sense, 128GB SSD and you can have the 2TB pr0nshop, fast booting and web browser for more pr0n, and be able to afford 2 670s in SLI for ridiculous FPS in all of your favorite pr0n.

basically, a huge amount of porn in stupid quality and loading nice and fast
 
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