On video card any other card that you will suggest me to buy?

OmgItsL33 wrote Budget & Currency: 1500, Pounds

Peripherals & Monitor: 22/23 inch LED monitor with a decent brand name.

Games: Minecraft maybe CoD but not anytime soon, left 4 dead, Portal etc etc

Software: Sony Vegas, Fraps

Aesthetics: Not to sure but a decent case please

Rebates/Promos: None

Details: None.

Thanks

All parts were selected from @ [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] and @ [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Total = 1575 in UK currency ( sign does not show unfortunately ).



Basically the best of the best to be honest. Fastest GPU out right now to power such a high resolution display. A 2500k which is very powerful and more than enough for gaming and multitasking. Huge SSD as boot drive for Windows + anything else. Dead silent NH-D14 which is the best air cooler out there and gets the same temperatures when compared to a higher priced pre-filled Corsair H100 loop.

xHonorable wrote On video card any other card that you will suggest me to buy?

That GTX 570 is at a great price and is EVGA branded with top notch customer service. It's sort of hard to beat. AMD's equivalent is the 7850, cheaper and has an extra gig of vRAM ( only relevant if you're playing BF3 @ 1080p or higher with increased texture quality ) but the GTX 570 more or less ties with it and pulls away in some tests. The 7850 uses less power though since it's a 22nm chip as far as I recall.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Generation wrote

xHonorable wrote On video card any other card that you will suggest me to buy?

That GTX 570 is at a great price and is EVGA branded with top notch customer service. It's sort of hard to beat. AMD's equivalent is the 7850, cheaper and has an extra gig of vRAM ( only relevant if you're playing BF3 @ 1080p or higher with increased texture quality ) but the GTX 570 more or lies ties with it and pulls away in some tests. The 7850 uses less power though since it's a 22nm chip as far as I recall.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Yea the reviews on newegg says that the card crashes is it true?

xHonorable wrote

Generation wrote

xHonorable wrote On video card any other card that you will suggest me to buy?

That GTX 570 is at a great price and is EVGA branded with top notch customer service. It's sort of hard to beat. AMD's equivalent is the 7850, cheaper and has an extra gig of vRAM ( only relevant if you're playing BF3 @ 1080p or higher with increased texture quality ) but the GTX 570 more or lies ties with it and pulls away in some tests. The 7850 uses less power though since it's a 22nm chip as far as I recall.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Yea the reviews on newegg says that the card crashes is it true?

I don't personally own the card myself to give a legitimate opinion, but don't let one spoiled review ruin it for you. It could be crashing for him since it was a problem with the actual card or his RAM / driver for all we know. When ever something is popular you'll never ever see 100% 5 star reviews because we're only human and make mistakes. It's a solid card and you can't go wrong with it.

Generation wrote

iThorHD wrote

Generation wrote It's $20 over budget but it's well worth grabbing a 128gb M3 over a 64gb Crucial considering such a small price difference. Rock solid board with a top notch PSU will provide outstanding reliability and performance whilst not hindering future upgrades. Super speedy SSD with fast reads will make the PC feel and respond about 2 x 3 faster and even games like BF3 will load exceptionally faster. A Hyper 212 is there and can achieve respectable OC's considering the price and is a good cooler.

He could certainly stand to save the $20 in the PSU, a 750w is more than enough for a GTX 570, a similar offering like something from the HIVE series (what I would suggest he get), or a smaller wattage PSU.

And maybe I'm blind, but you might be missing a case. To keep it low on budget the Fractal Design Core series are great options, or the NZXT Source. The Cooler Master Elite series (like the 430) and the Rosewill Challenger also make great offerings.

Yes, of course you could easily save on the PSU but only a select few 650w unit have 4 x 6pins that are able to handle 2 GTX 570's in SLI right out of the box without using molex connectors that look quite ugly since they are not sleeved. You could run a single GTX 570 off of a quality 500w unit for example and it'd be more than fine but the Z77 G43 splits into 8x 8x and supports SLI. Everyone has their own opinions and what not, but if spending the extra $20 gets you all of that + higher overclocking options, I say it's a darn good investment.

Also, thanks for pointing the case - looks like I completely looked over it. I'm a fan of the ever so popular HAF 912 and the Zalman Z9 ( 4 x 120mm fans at stock I believe ).

The Rosewill HIVE 750w would fit the bill perfectly, the HIVE series are the same PSU's as the OCZ ZS series (JonnyGuru recommended), except for minorly different capacitors and is quite a bargain. I'd select that.

As far as the HAF and Zalman, they're both fine cases, just a bit more of a price premium.

I will do some more research on both cases thanks for feedback guys,great support.

OmgItsL33 wrote Budget & Currency: 1500, Pounds

Peripherals & Monitor: 22/23 inch LED monitor with a decent brand name.

Games: Minecraft maybe CoD but not anytime soon, left 4 dead, Portal etc etc

Software: Sony Vegas, Fraps

Aesthetics: Not to sure but a decent case please

Rebates/Promos: None

Details: None.

Thanks

Went with a black and blue theme, I know that the Noctua coolers are better than H100, but just slightly.. That Tan and brown that those noctua fans have are very very ugly, it will ruin the theme/looks of your build.

Intel Core i7 3770k Ivy Bridge Processor: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-3770k-s1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-35ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-8mb-smart-cache-35x-ratio

XFX 750W Powersupply (Made by Seasonic, Seasonic makes Corsair PSUs): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

1TB Seagate 7200rpm Hard drive, It will do the job very well: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Corsair Force 3 120GB SSD, very fast SSD : [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Standard LG DVD Burner: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/lg-gh24ns90-24x-dvdr-12xdvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rwx6-12xram-with-m-disc-support-sata-black-oem

Corsair H100 Water CPU Cooler (Not in stock atm, will be in a day or two): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

23" Viewsonic 1920x1080 (Full HD 1080p) IPS Monitor: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Asus GTX 680 (Best single GPU in the world): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

MSI Z7A-GD55 (went with the GD55 version because of the extra features; http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z77a-gd55-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

NZXT Switch 810 (Has all the features that 250 pound cases have, much cheaper price): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

8GB Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 1600mhz: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]


Total 1497.14 Shipped with Taxes included.

iThorHD wrote The Rosewill HIVE 750w would fit the bill perfectly, the HIVE series are the same PSU's as the OCZ ZS series (JonnyGuru recommended), except for minorly different capacitors and is quite a bargain. I'd select that.

As far as the HAF and Zalman, they're both fine cases, just a bit more of a price premium.

Besides this, I just wanted to say great thread guys. I was doing the same thing for a while with my thread, but I couldn't keep up with some of the requests, especially when I'm trying to manage school, soccer, life, and moderating XMB. Though I still love to help out with builds.

I added a link to you guys in my thread, and feel free to forward anyone to my thread if they want to learn a bit about components, or need help understanding things: Forums/p=11743467.html