5punk

I'm making the shift from AMD to intel finally and SSD. So I figured fuck it, might as well start from scratch.

Do your worst.

And by worst i of course mean best.

I made this compooper after much deliberation, it's just over £1,000.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

You might need to request access to view, I dunno how this Google Drive thing works completely.

I requested some access. Will you let me slide in? Go on grimmie, just the tip.

Worth noting that the heat sink that I got was actually too big, my fancy-pants ram wouldn't fit with it in place.

I went for one of these instead, and haven't had any problems:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... catid=2330

To get:

Core i5 3570k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Good Z77 motherboard (I went with the ASRock Z77 Pro4 for a solid value)
8-16 GB of DDR3-1600
Geforce GTX 660ti or 670
128-256GB SSD of the following models, depending on budget) Samsung 840 Pro, OCZ Vector, Corsiar Neutron GTX, Plextor M5S, Intel 525, Samsung 840, Crucial m4
2TB WD or Seagate hard drive (bonus points if you get a Seagate SSHD)
750w-800w quality PSU
Case to fit

That'll be a beast of a gaming PC.

Not far removed from my spec actually. The spreadsheet has links and prices and such, but here's the first two columns. As mentioned above, I swapped the heat sink in the end, and the monitor was bought as a secondary to my 1920x1200 beastie.

Motherboard
Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Case
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast USB3.0 Full Tower Case

Processor
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache OEM Processor

Heatsink
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler

RAM
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3

Power Supply
Corsair Modular 650w Gold 80+

Graphics card
MSI GeForce GTX 660Ti Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

HDD
Seagate 3TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive

SSD
OCZ 256GB Vertex 4 SSD

Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp

Optical Drive
Liteon IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black)

Monitor
LG IPS224V 21.5" LED LCD HDMI Monitor

What deject said. Pretty much matches mine that I built last week:

MB: Asus P8Z77-M Pro (that's mATX) - do you really need more slots?
CPU: i5-3570K - no other option.
RAM: Kingston HyperX Genesis 8 GB 1600 Mhz
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini
GPU: Asus GTX 660Ti - same as a 670 but with less bandwidth, which won't impact much (few FPS) unless you're at high res or using lots of AA.
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB
PSU: Corsair CX Modular Builder 500W - it's a bit cheaper but still quality, and still gives plenty of overhead for this system.
Sound: Asus Xonar DGX
FWIW Mouse: Logitech G400 (I hated the G500).
Monitor: Dell U2312HM - cheap quality IPS with low input lag.
OS: W8 lolol (it's fast).

No optical drive, no HDD.

Excellent. I shall begin shopping tonight.

I'm stoned and a graand poorer. Well done guys.

Spent so much on my card that my bank keeps refusing to let me use it as it's suspicious usage.

Silly bank.

Looking forward to playing da vidya games with you again :D

Is warhammer 40k still a thing?

It will be.

Dog Pants wrote:It will be.

I should probably post about that somewhere else actually to avoid thread derail. Hang on..

3TB drive and 16GB of ram has arrived. now to wait the rest of the week for everything else to come in from a billion* different suppliers.




*may be a slight over estamate of suppliers.