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Quokka

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I'm building my new system, and am not 100% sure I will turn out good.

I'll add the changes on the right side
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CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155          -- € 177.03 

CPU Noctua NH-D1                               -- €  64,90

MB: ASUS P8P67 Rev 3.0, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3 -- € 117.20

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti DS                -- € 217.90 / € 369,73 -- EVGA GeForce GTX 460 2WIN

RAM: G.Skill DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1333 Kit           -- €  74.90

SSD: OCZ solid 3 120GB                         -- € 184,90 

HHD: Samsung HD103JS 1TB                       -- €   0.00 

PSU: Cougar S550 (550W)                        -- €  99,90 / € 138,01 -- Corsair AX750, 750 Watt

DVD: LG GH-22NS                                -- €  22.90

Subtotal                                       -- € 959,63 / €1149,57

Silverstone SST-RV02B-W Raven 2 Midi-Tower     -- € 137,69 / €1287,26

total                                          -- €1097,32 / € 1287,26

My budget is max € 1200

Have you got any advice, I'd like it to be fast, cool & quite
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I'd like to stick with Air-Cooling, System is mostly gaming & some photoshoping / Video playback.

I don't render photo's / videos anymore.

SLI never used it on my old E6750 / XFX 8800 since after 3 til 4 years I buy a whole new pc
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I'd, change the motherboard to the Asus P8Z68 VPRO.

The GPU to a MSI Twin Frozer III 560ti.

The CPU cooler to a Noctua NH-D14

The RAM to something that will fit under the D14 like any of the Mushkin RAM, G.Skills ripjaws or maybe the Kingston Hyper x.

The SSD to the new OCZ solid 3.

For the case it depends on whether you want to water cool in the future, if you do the 690 II would be the better choice if not the Fractal would be the one i'd go for.

Something like this. added a 850W PSU so you can upgrade GPU or add another in the future.

 
Get a D14 and i would get the 690II Advanced

whats a PPU? IF its psu i would get a corsair / seasonic something GOOD* 650W should be more than enough for that system and you can pick one up for £60
 
It's a bit hard to help you here without knowing the prices of the stuff your looking at so if you can sort that out it would be great.

I'm guessing from your motherboard and PSU choice that your thinking your not going to add a second graphics card at any time in the future?

If this a gaming rig? If so you don't need 8GB of RAM, 4GB will be all you need. You've not said what your building the rig for so you might already know this, you might not.

If you didn't want a second graphics card later and did want the extra RAM then it's good, thought out rig
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Updated post 1 with prices.

Sorry for any confusion I spend €uro... not that it makes me happy.

so expensive over here in germany, need to visit my sister but than again flying to Canada does'nt realy make it cheaper

OCZ solid 3 -- € 184,90

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3 -- € 149,99 (not in stock, and no eta) makes me sad
 
What site's do you shop on Quokka? People might be able to find you better parts without blowing your budget if they know where your shopping from. SieB's setup was pretty nice but once you change pounds to Euro's your budget's gone and I thing the shipping cost's from Aria to Germany would blow it apart
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Also is it a gaming rig your building and do you want to be able to add a second graphics card later or are you only ever going to use one?
 
Karlos_the_n00b said:
What site's do you shop on Quokka? People might be able to find you better parts without blowing your budget if they know where your shopping from. SieB's setup was pretty nice but once you change pounds to Euro's your budget's gone and I thing the shipping cost's from Aria to Germany would blow it apart
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Also is it a gaming rig your building and do you want to be able to add a second graphics card later or are you only ever going to use one?
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the damm sites are in German
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http://www.hardwareversand.de

http://www.alternate.de

http://www.caseking.de

In worst case I'd buy from amazon retailers (that is if I can't find it here)
 
That build I posted was just an example it works out to around €1258.

You can always mix it up a bit like if you want to just go with the 4gb RAM or if you definietly wont be adding a second GPU get a cheaper 600-650W PSU. Personaly I would still go with the 850w PSU because when you upgrade in the future you won't have to update it and with everything going 28nm in the next year GPU's, CPU's and SSD's will all have less power consumption anyway.
 
SieB said:
That build I posted was just an example it works out to around €1258.

You can always mix it up a bit like if you want to just go with the 4gb RAM or if you definietly wont be adding a second GPU get a cheaper 600-650W PSU. Personaly I would still go with the 850w PSU because when you upgrade in the future you won't have to update it and with everything going 28nm in the next year GPU's, CPU's and SSD's will all have less power consumption anyway.
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Corsair Force F115 2,5" SSD 115 GB        -- € 149.90

OCZ solid 3                               -- € 184,90

is 30 pound worth the swap? I know it's SATA 3 vs 6 but does that make a real big difference?
 
Quokka said:
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Corsair Force F115 2,5" SSD 115 GB        -- € 149.90

OCZ solid 3                   			-- € 184,90

is 30 pound worth the swap? I know it's SATA 3 vs 6 but does that make a real big difference?
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The OCZ 3 is one of the fastest SSD's to date with the most recent Sandforce controller so I would definietly get that over the corsair.

The OCZ 3 has 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write but the Corsair only has 280 MB/s read and 270 MB/s write so the OCZ is nearly twice as fast as the Corsair.
 
SieB said:
The OCZ 3 is one of the fastest SSD's to date with the most recent Sandforce controller so I would definietly get that over the corsair.

The OCZ 3 has 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write but the Corsair only has 280 MB/s read and 270 MB/s write so the OCZ is nearly twice as fast as the Corsair.
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That is a valid point. So I changed that. So changed that

As for the psu, I have 550watt in there, might change it to 650w if needed.

I'll never upgrade the pc, since I'll give it to my wife or kids and get a new one in 3 til 4 years.

The p8z67 does'nz have any features I need over the p8p67, so i'll stick with that.

As for MSI 560ti, are they that mutch better than Evga, did'nt see a big differnce, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

And I remeber MSI from the past..

Any memory you can recommend, Asus QVL does'nt really help that mutch (and I'd like to stick to 8gb. PC 1600)

Just in case I'll ever get my kids out off the house and start working again
 
@SieB - Sorry mate, I wasn't having a pop at you, just trying to draw attention to the "pounds to euros" rate and his budget.

@Quokka - I was looking at the reviews of the ASUS P8P67 at it sounds a descent board but you can't add a second card. But you could do this...

Keep the Asus P8P67

Change the PSU to a Corsair AX 750 - Gold PSU with 7 years warranty and great reputation

Change the 560 to a EVGA 460 2win

The 2win and a 2500K would give you a CPU that when gaming would out perform a 990X and a graphics card that out performs a single GTX 580!

AX 750 - http://www.alternate...=AX+750&x=0&y=0

EVGA 460 2WIN - http://www1.hardware...47056&agid=1156 - http://www.evga.com/articles/00613/

These would add 200 euro's onto the price but my god would it perform!

If your thinking about getting a D14 you need to change your RAM mate cus it won't fit if you keep the vengeance.
 
Karlos_the_n00b said:
@SieB - Sorry mate, I wasn't having a pop at you, just trying to draw attention to the "pounds to euros" rate and his budget.

@Quokka - I was looking at the reviews of the ASUS P8P67 at it sounds a descent board but you can't add a second card. But you could do this...

Keep the Asus P8P67

Change the PSU to a Corsair AX 750 - Gold PSU with 7 years warranty and great reputation

Change the 560 to a EVGA 460 2win

The 2win and a 2500K would give you a CPU that when gaming would out perform a 990X and a graphics card that out performs a single GTX 580!

AX 750 - http://www.alternate...=AX+750&x=0&y=0

EVGA 460 2WIN - http://www1.hardware...47056&agid=1156 - http://www.evga.com/articles/00613/

These would add 200 euro's onto the price but my god would it perform!

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If your thinking about getting a D14 you need to change your RAM mate cus it won't fit if you keep the vengeance.
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That's wicked. Can I fit this all in a Fractal Design R3? or what case would you recomend?

Still having some problem with the damm Ram, since I'll get the D14
 
The case I would recommend is the Raven 02 but I think that might take you over budget but, as you may know already, the cooling in that case is epic.

I've spent 10 minutes having a look for you and it doesn't look like the 2win will fit in the R3 but it will fit in the CM 690 2 Adv.

Lots of links full of sizes...

Shows length of 2win - http://www.evga.com/...02G-P3-1387.PDF

Show maximum card size for R3 - http://www.fractal-d...product&prod=48

Show maximum card size for CM 690 2 Adv - http://www.coolermas...product_id=6638

Show maximum card size for RV02 - http://www.silversto...l=RV02&area=usa

RV02 Links

Toms review (if you haven't seen it) - http://www.overclock...dition_review/1

RV02 @ caseking.de http://www.caseking....ack::13006.html

RV02 @ hardwareversand.dehttp://www1.hardware...=28596&agid=631

And to help you with your RAM problem, here's a link to all the RAM that's compatible with the D14 http://www.noctua.at...ts_id=34&lng=en
 
@SieB

@Karlos_the_n00b

@Quokka - Between these guys you have a hell of a system coming together here. Don't forget to do a project log though - need a build fix, need....
 
EDIT: Just been looking at your amended parts list and if you kept the XIGMATEK Aegir SD128264 you could change the 690 2 Adv to a Raven 02 and stay in budget. Controversial
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