System for next 5 years +

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:25

This is what i've put together so far with a wish that it last me 5 years or more for gaming mainly.

- half x case (i dont wanna know! it its way better than antec 1200)

- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 Special Edition x 2 sli

- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz Sandybridge overclocked to 4.60GHz

- Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD4 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **

- Cooler: Corsair H70 CPU Cooler

- Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit

- LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail)

- Iiyama ProLite B2712HDS 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black [B2712HDS-1]

- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-240G)

- not sure which PSU can handle that kind of load steady for hours.

Will this last 5 years or so ? Please suggest improvements and good reasoning for them. thanks

RJC · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:30

A quality Branded 1000w PSU would be enough, running Furmark you would be pulling around 850w when gaming around 650w.

The system should last a while.

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:32

Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-1000HXUK) [CMPSU-1000HXUK] I'll throw that in to the box...

darael · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:50

Honestly, don't try to build for the next 5 years - just buy the best you can afford!

Example: Voodoo 3 would easily play Half-Life in 1999, in 2004 the Voodoo 3 would cry at the thought of FarCry. Like wise for a 6800GT playing Farcry with ease, but sobbing at the thought of Crysis.

drakioned · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:21

I would change the monitor for a 120Hz one. Since you have nVidia cards, you might want to try 3D sometime in the next 5 years. I have just ordered a very similar system spec to the one you propose, and I ordered the LG W2363D-PF from a competitor.

bhavv · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:30

A 2500k would be fine. The only thing that might not last 5 years is the graphics, but they are easy to upgrade. A 2500k and everything else definitely should last 5 years.

Also the Antec Kuhler 620 is much cheaper than the Corsair H70 and performs the same with a single fan installed, and better with two fans installed.

DarkBahamut · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:39

darael said:
Honestly, don't try to build for the next 5 years - just buy the best you can afford!

Example: Voodoo 3 would easily play Half-Life in 1999, in 2004 the Voodoo 3 would cry at the thought of FarCry. Like wise for a 6800GT playing Farcry with ease, but sobbing at the thought of Crysis.

The video card probably won't last 5 years, but the rest of the system is likely to.

I was using my last CPU for 5 1/2 years, though it got 2 GPU upgrades over it's life.

Trusty · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:48

We've answered all your questions in the last thread you started asking the same question, whats changed?

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 23 Apr 2011 at 22:56

bhavv said:
A 2500k would be fine. The only thing that might not last 5 years is the graphics, but they are easy to upgrade. A 2500k and everything else definitely should last 5 years.

Also the Antec Kuhler 620 is much cheaper than the Corsair H70 and performs the same with a single fan installed, and better with two fans installed.

People had bad experiences consistent with this cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&tool=3

benches showing Noctua NH D14 to be etter than h70 and Khuler 620 and its air! WOW

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:05

Trusty said:
We've answered all your questions in the last thread you started asking the same question, whats changed?

Am just checking what can be improved and refined before forking out about over £2k. Please understand i like to get the best at reasonable cost (intel/nvidia) wise.

Trusty · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:06

Of course, to be honest i thought you had bought it all. It was quite a while ago.

Is this a pure gaming machine? Drop the i7 for i5. I would personally just get one 580 and sack going Sli 480's, the 580 will eat up 1080p for breakfast.

Do you use photoshop as well? Also, have you got HDD's? i see you have one SSD at £470.

J-FRO · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:25

SUPERHAPPYRICHM said:
People had bad experiences consistent with this cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&tool=3

you are joking right? You're honestly going to completely moot the idea of something because there are slightly negative reviews?

Crikey, in that case don't buy anthing because somewhere along the line somebody has had a problem with it.

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:39

Trusty said:
Is this a pure gaming machine? Drop the i7 for i5. I would personally just get one 580 and sack going Sli 480's, the 580 will eat up 1080p for breakfast.

Do you use photoshop as well? Also, have you got HDD's? i see you have one SSD at £470.

at only £100 more you get like 40% more power with 480's over one 580. + i want to get 3 screens. Can one 580 do 3 screens?

It will be 50% gaming. 10% office. and rest movies/tunes/entertainment...

darael · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:54

Out of interest, what are you doing for sound?

You're spending two grand on a system which could play every game you can list. But the onboard sound means two things: 1) You're not getting as good sound with an onboard as you would with a dedicate soundcard. 2) The onboard sound will probably use a bit of the CPU - in 5 years time, every CPU clock will probably count.

SUPERHAPPYRICHM · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:58

darael said:
Out of interest, what are you doing for sound?

You're spending two grand on a system which could play every game you can list. But the onboard sound means two things: 1) You're not getting as good sound with an onboard as you would with a dedicate soundcard. 2) The onboard sound will probably use a bit of the CPU - in 5 years time, every CPU clock will probably count.

that that mambo had good enough on board 7.1 sound. If not what choices are there please? thanks

MumboJumbo · 24 Apr 2011 at 00:08

I'd also consider the corsair 650d and drop the psu down to the corsair TX 950w it's cheaper and still more than enough and allows you to get what is (imo) one of the nicest cases out at the moment (I have one, it's briliant). However sli haf x would be better suited to cooling it. So your choice.

Either way if you're ok with cable management get the 950w TX.

:EDIT:

Don't get a sound card unless you have decent speakers.

bhavv · 24 Apr 2011 at 00:08

SUPERHAPPYRICHM said:
People had bad experiences consistent with this cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&tool=3

benches showing Noctua NH D14 to be etter than h70 and Khuler 620 and its air! WOW

Reviews with the Antec Kuhler test it only using the single fan it comes with, and it shows it on par with a Corsair H70, both of which are behind the Noctua D14.

However when you add a second fan to the Antec H2O 620 for a push pull configuration, temperatures are reduced by an extra 2-4 degrees, so that actually puts it ahead of the H70, and very close to the D14.

I'm using one myself and know this from my own results with a single, and with 2 fans.

I've also not heard of anyone having bad experiences with the H2O 620, I'm certainly not and it does a cracking job at cooling my I7 @ 4.2 Ghz and 1.38v. What makes it so good is its price compared to the H70.

stulid · 24 Apr 2011 at 00:09

You might as well add a Killer NIC, every milli seconds count right?

MumboJumbo · 24 Apr 2011 at 00:11

I trust that isn't a sandy bridge i7 as you should be running at 4.7ghz with that voltage!

Further more you don't need that much cooling, sandy bridges are quite cool. Stick to air, water is a needless complication and takes up space in the case.

stulid · 24 Apr 2011 at 00:13

I dont think 1866MHZ ram is going to cut it, seriously consider some 2133MHZ stuff.