What do you think of this? (Alternatively, spec me)

SamMillarF1

SamMillarF1

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Hi Guys

Building a new PC soon and have come up with this. It will mainly be for gaming, mainly flying and racing, but like to play or try the odd occasional GTA etc that may come out.

Please don't quote competitor prices, if you'd like to post up the parts as a list instead then that isn't a problem. Thank you.

Anything you think I should add, or alternatively swap for something else?

Either that, build me a better system for the same price?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked FTW 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) £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £655.08 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
The Corsair XMS3 RAM is low profile so large aftermarket heatsinks wont cause fitment problems.

The PSU is modular so it keeps the inside case tidy/improves airflow.

Included a large heatsink to keep the temps low if/when overclocking.

Case is nice (but you need to like its looks first and foremost)

Z77 chipset, native USB3.0 support and Lucid Virtu MVP instead of just Lucid Virtu.
 
if your getting an IB CPU you will benefit more from getting z77 over z68, z68 can limit the IMC of IB which is capable of greater mem speeds....... its like going one step forward and two steps back.

psu is much better than the built in one you chose.
 
stulid said:
The Corsair XMS3 RAM is low profile so large aftermarket heatsinks wont cause fitment problems.

The PSU is modular so it keeps the inside case tidy/improves airflow.

Included a large heatsink to keep the temps low if/when overclocking.

Case is nice (but you need to like its looks first and foremost)

Z77 chipset, native USB3.0 support and Lucid Virtu MVP instead of just Lucid Virtu.
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Yeah I'm not too keen on the case :P

buzzlightweight said:
if your getting an IB CPU you will benefit more from getting z77 over z68, z68 can limit the IMC of IB which is capable of greater mem speeds....... its like going one step forward and two steps back.

psu is much better than the built in one you chose.
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The bold part was gobbledygook to me :P
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £43.19
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £687.47 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Stulids build is good (as always).

The 560 is on par with the 460, the 560ti is the better GPU. This 6850 is on par too with the 460 and cheaper. I used an alternative case that is packed full of kit and added a SSD which did put the price over slightly
 
SamMillarF1 said:
so can someone tell me which was the best overall spec you guys listed?
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Technically mine in a way but I have spent more money than stulid.

You get more for your money with the Z9 case in my opinion and the heatsink I used is better. The SSD will load the OS and games installed to it quicker than a mechanical drive (it's a sataIII SSD).

I will assume stulid used the 460 (I'm a fan, I own one) as the Microsoft flight sims like nvidia cards. If you are playing arcade games mainly (HAWX,Dirt or the DCS sims) then the cheaper AMD GPU is an option. The nvidia cards also do HDAO lighting and have CUDA support. I do admit it (460) is the better GPU, it is more expensive but I wouldn't blame you for choosing it.

A SSD is certainly something that could be added later. It's really down to you how you want to balance the build.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £47.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £26.39
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £699.28 (includes shipping : £12.50).



only change's i would make is the memory, the green is on offer and far superior! (IMO) and an M4 SSD (on offer)
 
I would sort of like to keep it around the £650 mark, i'd only really push it to £700 if there was any substantial differences to be seen in the jump of £50.

Someone remind me what an SSD is again? I know it's a ''solid state drive'' but is it an internal component etc?
 
A SSD is an internal drive.

Its faster than a HDD as it uses fast memory chips rather than relying of a moving disk/head.

You can always add one later (will mean re-installing windows)
 
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