what do you think of this full set up

steve55m said:
Samsung Dual Monitor Bundle - 2x S23A700D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Gaming Monitor - Bundle
Palit GeForce GTX 670 Jetstream 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
Asrock Z77 FATAL1TY Professional Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80)
**B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OE (HD-374-WD)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM)
Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gigabit Gaming Network Card
Roccat Kone V2 Max Customisation Gaming Mouse
Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022)
Roccat Taito Gaming Mouse Pad

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do you think its worth purchasing the bigfoot killer? looking at the motherboard it has dual ethernet for upload/download?
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- Bigfoot Killer is not worth the money..
- Do you need the i7? If you are doing 3D rendering/processing then fair enough. Otherwise save yourself £85 and stick with the i5-3570K.
- Do you know the mobo you have picked is Micro-ATX and not even a standard ATX board? I would go for this board as you also get a free Boogie Bug mouse pad which saves you even further money..
 
i already have an i5 so wanted to upgrade
is this motherboard ok as i picked this first

EVGA Intel Z68 FTW (Socket 1155) DDR3 EATX Motherboard (160-SB-E689-KR)
 
When you say you already have an i5, what i5 is it? If you are telling me you already have an Ivybridge i5 then why the hell are you upgrading? Do you have the older 1st gen i5 the i5-750? If so then there is a massive difference between the 1st gen i5-750 and the i5-3570K Ivybridge...

I wouldn't get the EVGA Z68 FTW either as the Z68 chipset is old tech, you want something that is in the Z77 chipset category.. Like the 2 boards I have posted already so far.. :)
 
there is also this card

EVGA GeForce GTX 670 w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2671-KR) [02G-P4-2671-KR]

overdue at minute so who knows when it could be in stock
 
The Z68 chipset mobo you posted is extended ATX - which means it is even bigger than a standard board.. So you need to be careful that the case you choose is big enough.. But I still wouldn't go for that board - pick something that has a Z77 chipset.

And the i5-650 compared to the i5-3570K is like comparing night and day.. Go for the i5-3570K CPU.. Trust me! ;)
 
Z68 is old tech, You would probably need a sandy-bridge chip in order to boot the Z68 board and update the bios,

Pick a Z77 board as IB is designed for it as its new.


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £178.99
2 x Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £139.99 (279.98)
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Black £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £84.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £74.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £61.99
1 x Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £59.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Left Handed Edition Gaming Mouse - Retail £54.98
Total : £1,771.02 (includes shipping : £16.85).



This is a touch better in some respects to sparx build, Corsair case is abit mainstream, so common, something bigger and different is needed :p,

No need for two 23 120hz, 24 inch is better and cheaper without the bundle thing. Gigabyte board comes with a free mouse mat, No idea on the mouse but the keyboard I have and is very good, Might as well shove a blu-ray drive in there, PSU is a touch cheaper for relatively the same thing (not gold but there is little difference) and SSD iirc is slightly faster, and the KFA graphics card is the same, over clocked, cheaper and I think looks better, so what is not to love ;), also the gold looks a touch tacky and I have not heard many good things from Palit,

My two cents :)
 
Bezzaboy1234 said:
Z68 is old tech, You would probably need a sandy-bridge chip in order to boot the Z68 board and update the bios,

Pick a Z77 board as IB is designed for it as its new.


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £178.99
2 x Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £139.99 (279.98)
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Black £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £84.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £74.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £61.99
1 x Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £59.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Left Handed Edition Gaming Mouse - Retail £54.98
Total : £1,771.02 (includes shipping : £16.85).



This is a touch better in some respects to sparx build, Corsair case is abit mainstream, so common, something bigger and different is needed :p,

No need for two 23 120hz, 24 inch is better and cheaper without the bundle thing. Gigabyte board comes with a free mouse mat, No idea on the mouse but the keyboard I have and is very good, Might as well shove a blu-ray drive in there, PSU is a touch cheaper for relatively the same thing (not gold but there is little difference) and SSD iirc is slightly faster, and the KFA graphics card is the same, over clocked, cheaper and I think looks better, so what is not to love ;), also the gold looks a touch tacky and I have not heard many good things from Palit,

My two cents :)
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Beaut of a build.
 
Bezzaboy1234 said:
Z68 is old tech, You would probably need a sandy-bridge chip in order to boot the Z68 board and update the bios,

Pick a Z77 board as IB is designed for it as its new.


YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £178.99
2 x Samsung S24B300BS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £139.99 (279.98)
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Black £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £84.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM £74.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £61.99
1 x Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £59.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Left Handed Edition Gaming Mouse - Retail £54.98
Total : £1,771.02 (includes shipping : £16.85).



This is a touch better in some respects to sparx build, Corsair case is abit mainstream, so common, something bigger and different is needed :p,

No need for two 23 120hz, 24 inch is better and cheaper without the bundle thing. Gigabyte board comes with a free mouse mat, No idea on the mouse but the keyboard I have and is very good, Might as well shove a blu-ray drive in there, PSU is a touch cheaper for relatively the same thing (not gold but there is little difference) and SSD iirc is slightly faster, and the KFA graphics card is the same, over clocked, cheaper and I think looks better, so what is not to love ;), also the gold looks a touch tacky and I have not heard many good things from Palit,

My two cents :)
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Nice build but I would swap the HD and SSD for this (bigger cache) and this (less money, more performance).

But otherwise, good stuff. :)
 
I would not pick the Seagate as they tend to be less reliable and the WD are usually flawless,

Also the Samsung is still "pre-order" which is why I did not pick it, If it was available I would have also chosen it :)
 
Bezzaboy1234 said:
I would not pick the Seagate as they tend to be less reliable and the WD are usually flawless,

Also the Samsung is still "pre-order" which is why I did not pick it, If it was available I would have also chosen it :)
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I have had both WD and Seagate HDs and never had any problems. But then every manufacturer has there horror stories.. :p

As for the Samsung well it appears they are 'supposedly' going to be coming in after the bank holidays, I'm not holding my breath though! :D
 
Sparx said:
I have had both WD and Seagate HDs and never had any problems. But then every manufacturer has there horror stories.. :p

As for the Samsung well it appears they are 'supposedly' going to be coming in after the bank holidays, I'm not holding my breath though! :D
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Same here, However the Seagate is on its last legs, although its been through enough lan parties to warrant its end.

Yeah, When does the OP want the rig built by?
 
Samsung Dual Monitor Bundle - 2x S23A700D 23" 120Hz 3D Widescreen Gaming Monitor - Bundle
Palit GeForce GTX 670 Jetstream 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) -
MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9)
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80)
**B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OE (HD-374-WD)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Roccat Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM)
Bigfoot Killer 2100 Gigabit Gaming Network Card
Roccat Kone V2 Max Customisation Gaming Mouse
AeroCool Touch 1000 4-Channel LCD Touch Panel Fan Controller )
Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022)
Roccat Taito Gaming Mouse Pad
OcUK 10cm Cold Cathode 2-in-1 Kit - White

This is my build at moment

think i will go along with this

what do you think?
 
Still think you are wasting £80 odd on getting the i7 when the i5 will do you just as good - and that Bigfoot Killer network card is going to maybe improve your ping by 1/2ms at best.. ;)

Do you need the BluRay drive as well?

I just have your money in my best interests! :)
 
lol i know what your saying but i think i want to go up to i7 as i already have i5, i know you say its totally new now but i take some convincing
id like a blue ray although i download most of my films really

all the reviews for the killer say it is a lot better?
 
what do you think of this?
i know im changing but is it better?

Corsair Obsidian Series 650D All Black Mid Tower Case with SATA Dock & Side Window w/o PSU
ASRock Z77 Extreme 6, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub/DP/DVI-D/HDMI, ATX
Intel Core i7 3770K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 8MB Smart Cache, 35x Ratio, 77W,Retail
Corsair H80 Hydro Series High Performance CPU cooler, S775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM3
16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-27, XMP, 1.5V, X79, Z68 & P67
128GB OCZ Technology Octane, 2.5" SSD, SATA II, Indilinx Everest, MLC-Flash, Read 275MB/s, Write 175MB/s, 11k IOPS
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms OEM NCQ
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x Blu-ray BD-ROM & DVDRW Combo Player OEM
750W OCZ OCZ750FTY-UK Fatal1ty Series PSU, 85% Eff, 80PLUS, 135mm Fan
Roccat Isku Backlit Illuminated Gaming Keyboard with Easy Shift - Live Micros and
Roccat Kova [+] Max Performance Gaming Mouse Black Laser 3200dpi
Roccat Taito Gaming Mouse Mat - 8000dpi Ready - 400mm x 320mm x 3.5mm
23" LG IPS235V IPS LED Monitor, Full HD, DVI/VGA 1920x1080, 250cd/m², 5000000:1, 14 ms
Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System Black 17W RMS
4GB Palit GTX 680 JetStream, 28nm, PCIe 3.0, 6008MHz GDDR5, GPU 1006MHz, Boost 1058MHz, Cores 1536, 2 x DL DVI, DP/HDMI
 
Ok put it this way, look at this review and see how there is no difference between the i5/i7 when it comes to gaming. :)

BluRay is up to you but if you download/stream most of it then you can save a further £30 odd by getting a normal DVD drive.

As for the Bigfoot Killer network card, if you look at this review - I fail to see how it improves anything? Real waste of money! :p

EDIT - What the hell.. You've pretty much completely changed the build? lol.. The Octane SSD has got nothing on the other SSDs you've already had recommended... And I can see a few of those parts are not even from OcUK so I can't be bothered to go searching and see how much you're paying for them compared to OcUK parts.. You change everything any of us recommmend man! I give up....
 
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