Speck check need advice 1200 build

[ThatAsianGuy]

Long story short, I Already have a Mouse, keyboard, headset, USB flash drive(download all the mobo drives e.t.c) SSD drive for my games, Coolermaster HAF x and the 7870 MSI HAwk edition GPU (got it for 200 what a steal ). Products been sitting in my room since early septmeber, I couldent resist i needed some PC parts to look at

Now all i need is the main parts and OS. Now I Love MSI and thier products so i went with thier mobo the Mpower, but is it worth the extra money? I mean all i need is a option to go sli/crossfire, some sata 6gps ports and a one button overclock for my CPU. (plus the board itself has to look good, hate the blue and white color scheme on boards)

I was thinking of getting the MSI z77A-G43 mobo which is on deal for £70!.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-202-MS


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[stulid]

Get a PCI-E sound card.


Heres some tweaks,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £127.99
1 x NZXT Hale82 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C11 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1866C11D3P1K2/8G) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £606.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).




You can use the Win8 trial for free if you want to save some cash.

What about the case and a HDD?

 

[ThatAsianGuy]

Get a PCI-E sound card.


Heres some tweaks,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £127.99
1 x NZXT Hale82 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C11 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1866C11D3P1K2/8G) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £606.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).




You can use the Win8 trial for free if you want to save some cash.

Is Win8 any good, what about driver issues with games and in total e.t.c and i already gota sound card look closely

Mate i already got a Coolermaster HAF x case with a OCZ agility 3 SSD 90GB for my games, i need a SSD just for my O.S and a few video editing programmes, 60gb will be more then enough but i want some headroom in terms of space. I dont need a 1tb drive just yet, il get it early november when i start making my videos

 

[stulid]

Is Win8 any good, what about driver issues with games and in total e.t.c and i already gota sound card look closely

Mate i already got a Coolermaster HAF x case with a OCZ agility 3 SSD 90GB for my games, i need a SSD just for my O.S and a few video editing programmes, 60gb will be more then enough but i want some headroom in terms of space. I dont need a 1tb drive just yet, il get it early november when i start making my videos

You edited while I was typing.

Win8 is OK, but you can always buy Win7 later if you dont like it.

 

[ThatAsianGuy]

You edited while I was typing.

Win8 is OK, but you can always buy Win7 later if you dont like it.

So what about my MSI mobo problem, go with the Mpower? or the £70 msi version?. I only want MSI mobo, the gigabyte alternative with a good color scheme cost around 112, for similar specs.....

 

[stulid]

Get the Mpower, it looks swish and has the extra features.

 

[ThatAsianGuy]

Get the Mpower, it looks swish and has the extra features.

BUt my question is stulid, Would i need the extra features??, I only want to overclock my CPU at 4.2ghz-4.5 ghz. Option to SLI/crossfire, some 6gps sata ports, and some PCI slots for my wifi and sound card?. Both MSI boards have a one button easy overclock for my cpu which i will more then likely use.

 

[stulid]

BUt my question is stulid, Would i need the extra features??, I only want to overclock my CPU at 4.2ghz-4.5 ghz. Option to SLI/crossfire, some 6gps sata ports, and some PCI slots for my wifi and sound card?. Both MSI boards have a one button easy overclock for my cpu which i will more then likely use.

Well the MSI z77A-G43 doesn't support SLI and only does Crossfire at 16X/4X, so you have answered your own question, you want the extra features of the Mpower.

 

[ThatAsianGuy]

Well the MSI z77A-G43 doesn't support SLI and only does Crossfire at 16X/4X, so you have answered your own question, you want the extra features of the Mpower.

cheers stulid, ordering this friday mate.... by any chance do you get paid by OCUK, 99.9 percent of spec me threads you are like the first to comment, or give your spec.... do you happen to work for OCUK ? lol