starting my new rig

soulraven · 2 Sep 2011 at 17:26

and i wanan get my most expensive part done

so i have 300 in the bank towards my gfx card i see the 570 gettin good reviews n a mate just built a system with n loves it

i currently own a 8800gt

i think 570 is what i want but whats the difference between

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-142-GW&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

and the phantom version ??

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £254.99
(£212.49) £254.99
(£212.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
OCZ Vertex 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX30G) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)

is hte planned new rig,

i have a antec 300 case already, 2 hdds for storage and a 1000w modular psu from enermax so i think i am good on those fronts

i m open to all thoughts i plan to order my card tonight

Matterez · 11 Sep 2011 at 11:33

Nice rig. The Phantom version is pre-overclock by a small bit.

The only think I would recommend is the MSI GTX 570, as it's on offer and has quite a large clock advantage over the one in you basket for a few pounds more. Also it has an extra year warranty and a better cooler.

olivier renault · 11 Sep 2011 at 11:53

The SSD is very small. What would be the usage?

Gregry254 · 11 Sep 2011 at 12:02

This week the XMS3 is on offer so slightly faster RAM for a slightly cheaper price (presuming you don't spend your full £300 on a graphics card)

The motherboard I would change for something like the Extreme4 Gen3 as it has support for Ivy Bridge (New Intel processor coming out next year) and PCI-E 3.0 which the new generation of graphics cards will be using.

The SSD if only being used for the OS would be ok, but with updates, temp files, hibernation files and the page file that might be out of space pretty quickly, I would recommend at least a 64gb for OS alone and 128GB if you plan on putting some games/programs on there too.

Jony27 · 11 Sep 2011 at 12:10

things I would change,
GPU to MSI Twin Frozr version
CPU to retail version
Mobo to Asrock Z68 Gen3
SSD to Crucial M4

King Damager · 11 Sep 2011 at 12:40

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £257.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
Total : £702.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

Recommend this.

Couple of reasons:
Retail version of CPU comes with a longer warranty and a cooler - although I'd upgrade the cooler.
GPU - The MSI Twin Frozr cooler is absolutely amazing.
Motherboard - ASrock supports the next gen CPU's and GPU's
SSD - 30GB isn't enough. My 60GB drive, I have 19GB left and use it purely for my OS and the programs that won't let me install them anywhere but C. The M4 is the best of the best atm
RAM - This one is cheaper and faster

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