Take a look at my build

xK1DREAPERx

xK1DREAPERx

xK1DREAPERx

Associate
Joined
23 Jan 2011
Posts
34
Location
Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire
Hey guys, I will be spending around £900 on my next computer build.

The main things I want it for is, Rendering HD videos, Animation and Gaming
I want to get the best hardware I can for the money. I also want the case to look good and so on. So here are the parts I have researched to be good for what I want.

Case - NZXT M59 - Already bought this

PSU - XFX P1-750B-NLG9 Black Edition 750W

CPU Cooling - Corsair H70 Hydro

CPU – Intel CPU Core I7 2600K Unlocked Sandy Bridge (Will be overclocking)

Motherboard – MSI P67A-GD55 P67

Memory/RAM – Corsair Memory Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 MHz

HDD - 2TB Samsung HDD

Crossfired GPU - x2 XFX HD 5870s

Fan Controller – NZXT Sentry LX Fan Controller

Other Fans – x5 blue LED Fans

What do you guys think about this and do you have and suggestions ??
The motherboard there lets me overclock the processor with a button on the board so ill be doing that.

Thanks
Luke
 
Im not sure about the size of the case, i though it was a micro atx case? ( hopefully im wrong :D ) 16 gb of ram is so much over kill, drop it to 8gb and maybe try and grab 2 6950's :D
 
Motherboard – MSI P67A-GD55 P67
Click to expand...

The MSI P67A-GD65 has a few extra connections and dual BIOS for £10 more.

I have 2 and they've been faultless so far.

6950's would be better than 5870's if you can flash them and afford the extra.
 
Last edited:
GTX 560s are being released in a few days and will be right inbetween the 5870 and 6950 for price and performance, they may be worth waiting for.
 
Okay, I can afford this I have done some shifting. What do you guys think of this ??

8GB (4x2GB) Corsair XMS3 Classic DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V


NZXT Sentry LX Fan Controller, Black, Double Decker needs 2 x 5.25" Bays


120mm Antec TriCool Blue LED Manual 3-speed switch 3-pin & 4-pin connector Fan speed monitoring


750W XFX Black Edition, Modular, 80 PLUS Silver, 88% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 135mm Fan

MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard


Corsair Hydro Series H70 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156, 1155, 1366, 775, AM2/AM3



(Two) 2GB XFX HD 6950, PCI-E 2.1 (x16), 5000MHz GDDR5, GPU 800MHz, 1408Cores, DL DVI-I/ DVI/ HDMI/ 2x mDP


Intel Core i7 2600K Unlocked, Socket 1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4 GHz, 8MB Cache, 95W, OEM

MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard

Other Fans – x5 blue LED Fans

HDD 2TB (Bought already forgot to mention)
 
Last edited:
Ok this is what I have now. I stretched the budget quite a lot >.>, yes i would like the I7 as I have seen in many places they have made it future proof. Plus i do video editing so it will be good for me.

Sentry LX Fan Controller, Black, Double Decker needs 2 x 5.25" Bays £38.89 £46.67


120mm Antec TriCool Blue LED Manual 3-speed switch 3-pin & 4-pin connector Fan speed monitoring £15.94 £19.13


750W XFX Black Edition, Modular, 80 PLUS Silver, 88% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 135mm Fan £74.75 £89.70


90CM STRAIGHT - R/A SATA I/II DATA CABLE WITH LOCKING LATCHES £0.92 £1.10


Corsair Hydro Series H70 High-performance CPU Cooler, LGA1156, 1155, 1366, 775, AM2/AM3 £61.29 £73.55


12GB (3x4GB) Corsair XMS3, DDR3 PC3-10666 (1333) Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.5V £99.20 £119.04


2GB XFX HD 6950, PCI-E 2.1 (x16), 5000MHz GDDR5, GPU 800MHz, 1408Cores, DL DVI-I/ DVI/ HDMI/ 2x mDP £383.38 £460.06


Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Cutting Edge Thermal Compound 3.5g £5.98 £7.18


Intel Core i7 2600K Unlocked, Socket 1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.4 GHz, 8MB Cache, 95W, OEM

2TB HDD

MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard

Other Fans – x5 blue LED Fans
 
It would work, but why not get a 2X4GB kit and leave two memory slots empty for more?

and only the i7 socket 1366 is triple channel.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom