Hi everyone, been looking at this forum for a while now but only just got around to registering (by the way the anti-spam measures when joining are by far the most difficult to read that I have ever seen!).
Anyway about my build. I need it to perform well as a home theater pc, so I would like it to be fairly quiet, however I know performance comes with the disadvantage of fan noise, but a good balance is ideal. I also want to be able to play the odd high spec game, on highest settings preferably. Coming from an xbox, I do not mind paying a premium price tag as long as the graphics are noticeably better. Here is what I am planning on buying:
Budget is £760 absolute max.
Case:
Phantom NZXT £110
Perhaps a little expensive given the budget of my build, but it is always nice to have your £700+ represented by a cool case, and I can use it for years.
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX £100
CPU:
AMD 1090 black edition
Would have liked to save a little money here with the 1055 but I want the unlocked multiplier of the black edition for easy overclocking in the future.
RAM:
G Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333mhz Cas9 Dual Channel Memory £70
GPU:
XFX ati 6870 £175. Read it was the a pretty quiet graphics card. Was going to get a 6850 but the extra £25 seems worth it. Will most likely buy another for crossfire in a couple of months.
HDD:
Samsung spinpoint F3 1tb £40
Bit of a no-brainer
PSU:
Corsair tx750 £90
I have been told that it is quiet, efficient and of high build quality. Also wanted to save some doll-hairs here, but in the long run it is worth having a good brand psu.
All that comes to £760 which is the most I can spend.
Future upgrades will be:
Most likely another 6870 for crossfire. Might try overclocking it first to see if one can be good enough.
Noctua DH-14 cpu cooler for when the time comes to over clock
26" 2000(?) x 1200 monitor for dual screen and some lush gaming visuals. Already have a 23" 1080p which is good but dual screen is important to me when using the pc ie not for gaming.
SSD drive
Another 1tb hd (plus possibly another for RAID)
The soonest upgrades will be a dual tv tuner and a bluray player so it can be a true HTPC.
I would just like to know if there is anything bottlenecking the build, or if there was anywhere that I could perhaps save some money (not essential but would be quite nice, although I doubt there is with the performance im after)
Any compatability issues?
Finally, is this a good build for the money?!?
Thanks in advance for your help
(and it wont be the first time these forums have helped even though this is my first post)
Anyway about my build. I need it to perform well as a home theater pc, so I would like it to be fairly quiet, however I know performance comes with the disadvantage of fan noise, but a good balance is ideal. I also want to be able to play the odd high spec game, on highest settings preferably. Coming from an xbox, I do not mind paying a premium price tag as long as the graphics are noticeably better. Here is what I am planning on buying:
Budget is £760 absolute max.
Case:
Phantom NZXT £110
Perhaps a little expensive given the budget of my build, but it is always nice to have your £700+ represented by a cool case, and I can use it for years.
Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H 890GX £100
CPU:
AMD 1090 black edition
Would have liked to save a little money here with the 1055 but I want the unlocked multiplier of the black edition for easy overclocking in the future.
RAM:
G Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333mhz Cas9 Dual Channel Memory £70
GPU:
XFX ati 6870 £175. Read it was the a pretty quiet graphics card. Was going to get a 6850 but the extra £25 seems worth it. Will most likely buy another for crossfire in a couple of months.
HDD:
Samsung spinpoint F3 1tb £40
Bit of a no-brainer
PSU:
Corsair tx750 £90
I have been told that it is quiet, efficient and of high build quality. Also wanted to save some doll-hairs here, but in the long run it is worth having a good brand psu.
All that comes to £760 which is the most I can spend.
Future upgrades will be:
Most likely another 6870 for crossfire. Might try overclocking it first to see if one can be good enough.
Noctua DH-14 cpu cooler for when the time comes to over clock
26" 2000(?) x 1200 monitor for dual screen and some lush gaming visuals. Already have a 23" 1080p which is good but dual screen is important to me when using the pc ie not for gaming.
SSD drive
Another 1tb hd (plus possibly another for RAID)
The soonest upgrades will be a dual tv tuner and a bluray player so it can be a true HTPC.
I would just like to know if there is anything bottlenecking the build, or if there was anywhere that I could perhaps save some money (not essential but would be quite nice, although I doubt there is with the performance im after)
Any compatability issues?
Finally, is this a good build for the money?!?
Thanks in advance for your help
(and it wont be the first time these forums have helped even though this is my first post)
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