Upgrade advice please!

MarkPW

MarkPW

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My power supply has today died, so while I have the opportunity I'm looking at upgrading my whole system except the case. Could anyone suggest a high-end system for graphics and video intense work (under £1000 if possible). I have bought a Corsair 600GS this afternoon as my original plan was simply to replace the PSU, so I'm not sure if this would be suitable in the new rig!? I can send it back if not.

I'm not up to speed on hard drives, but I see hybrid drives are now available. Would it be worth getting one of these or an SSD to run the OS?

OS is not required as I already have Win 7 Ultimate 64.

Any help would be appreciated!
 
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I'm just looking to get all the components to fit my current case, Antec P182.

I presume single gfx would be ok, I don't plan on using it for gaming. Current card is 6600GTX but it's been giving me problems for a while so would rather something new. If needed, I'm happy to get a better power supply.

Thanks for your help.
 
MarkPW said:
I'm just looking to get all the components to fit my current case, Antec P182.
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YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i7-2600k 3.40ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - retail £233.99
1 x crucial realssd m4 128gb 2.5" sata 6gb/s solid state hard drive (ct128m4ssd2) £129.98
1 x evga geforce gtx 460 superclocked *** 1024mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card (01g-p3-1363-kr) £113.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) £98.99
1 x gigabyte z68ap-d3 intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard rev 1 £84.98
2 x crucial ballistix sport 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (bls2cp4g3d1609ds1s00ceu) £37.99 (£75.98)
1 x akasa ak-cc4007ep01 nero 3 cpu cooler (socket lga775/1155/1156/1366/2011/amd am2/am2+/am3/fm1) £21.98
1 x lg gh22ns70 24x dvd±rw sata rewriter (black) - oem £18.98
total : £790.88 (includes shipping : £10.00).




• i7 cpu has hyperthreading, more l3 cache and 100mhz extra over a i5 2500k - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/287?vs=288 - overclocking is easy too and the extra aftermarket cooler will see you to arond 4.5ghz with low temps.
• 16gb of ram
• fast 128gb ssd and 2tb hdd space
• new gfx card that has cuda support if some applications can use it, also you can play a game or two (even when you said you wouldnt, you never know;))
• z68 board gets good reviews,
reviews,
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/10/11/gigabyte-ga-z68ap-d3-review/1
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/gigabyte_z68ap-d3_review/1
http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_z68ap_d3_review,1.html
http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/
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Thank for the suggestions.

stulid, regarding the board, would it be worth paying more for something like the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3? Looking at the feature set I can't see what I would be able to take advantage of from paying more, but I don't know.

The memory you suggested is dual channel. Would I see any benefit from going with quad channel. Something like the G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit?

As for the GFX, I notice that card only has a mini-HDMI port. I'd prefer a standard HDMI simply so I don't need an adapter. Is there anything comparable to that card with standard HDMI?

Everything else seems good to me. I'm just a little worried about the power supply I've bought (Corsair CMPSU-600GUK Gaming Series GS600). Will it be good enough for this setup?

Thanks again
 
that setup will probably pull about 200-250w at full load so you will be more than fine. a beefy graphics card and a good overclock might take you to around 400w+ which will still be fine.
 
MarkPW said:
Thank for the suggestions.

stulid, regarding the board, would it be worth paying more for something like the Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3? Looking at the feature set I can't see what I would be able to take advantage of from paying more, but I don't know.
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That board does SLI/Crossfire at an equal 8X/8X, It has two more SATAIII ports (from the poor Marvel third party chip) its also built using higher quality components, did you want to go "dual GFX cards" later on?

Side by side comparison - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=3897,3973


The memory you suggested is dual channel. Would I see any benefit from going with quad channel. Something like the G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit?
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The Sandybridge memory controller built-in to the CPU is dual channel, all you will be doing is increasing the amount of RAM per channel, the same as if you bought two of the RAM kits suggested.


As for the GFX, I notice that card only has a mini-HDMI port. I'd prefer a standard HDMI simply so I don't need an adapter. Is there anything comparable to that card with standard HDMI?
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ATI 6850 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866
ATI 6870 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866
GTX560 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-056-ZT&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341


Everything else seems good to me. I'm just a little worried about the power supply I've bought (Corsair CMPSU-600GUK Gaming Series GS600). Will it be good enough for this setup?
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It is.

For example,

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/8
Radeon HD 7970 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550 Watt power supply unit.
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So thats AMD's top end single GPU card using 335watts in full stress, with a 550watt PSU recommended (best to run a PSU at 50-60%load) using an older test system,
Mainboard

MSI Big Bang XPower X58

Processor

Core i7 965 Extreme @ 3750 MHz

Graphics Card

Radeon HD 7970

Memory

6144 MB (3x 2048 MB) DDR3 Corsair @ 1500 MHz

Power Supply Unit

1200 Watt

Monitor

Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
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Which consumes more power than Sandybridge chips.
 
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I've come up with the following list:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £239.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £109.99
2 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99 (£75.98)
1 x Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £21.98
Total : £954.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Does this seem ok? It's costing more than anticipated, but the plan was to keep it under £1k.

Cheers
 
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