Mates build - any changes?

[jamesriley94]

Hi,

Building my mate a pc this weekend, would anyone make any changes to this list? The rig is for general use and gaming.

i5 3570k

ASUS P8Z77-V Pro

8gb Mushkin Radioactive

NZXT Hale82 750w

NZXT Phantom Full Tower

Sapphire 7850

Crucial M4 128gb

WD Caviar Green 1TB

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Watercooling:

XSPC RayStorm

Alphacool Single Bay Res

2x Alphacool DC-LT

XSPC EX 240mm Crossflow

Fittings x6: http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?productid=14260

Hose x2(?): http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/XSPC-716-ID---58-OD-11-16mm-High-Flex-Tubing--Clear-pid-13031.html (or can anyone suggest anything better?)

Feser One Non-Conductive Coolant UV Blue

Thanks in advance!

 

[PetrolHead247]

The standard NZXT Hale82 is a good PSU, BUT the N Series Hale82 is a flawed unit (some reviews here and here). The standard version is a Seasonic OEM (i think) so that's all good, but the N Series is not and should be avoided. So as long as the PSU is NOT the N series your fine (the standard unit is a great PSU btw). As for the board, it's a solid choice but a Gigabyte Z77 UD5 is the same price, has more features and overclocks just a tad better. Or alternatively, the MSI Z77 GD55 (or 65 if he needs the extra 2 SATA Rev.3 ports) is also a great pick. The 7850 is great, but you can often find GTX 570's for the same price, and the 570's are a tad faster than the 7850. Apart from that it looks good.

 

[MadMarc]

I wouldn't get such a high-wattage psu, a 650w is easily enough for this system. I would also go with corsair vengeace blue or black ram since it fits the mobo's colour better, but that's just my personal opinion. The rest looks quite nice.

 

[jamesriley94]

The standard NZXT Hale82 is a good PSU, BUT the N Series Hale82 is a flawed unit (some reviews here and here). The standard version is a Seasonic OEM (i think) so that's all good, but the N Series is not and should be avoided. So as long as the PSU is NOT the N series your fine (the standard unit is a great PSU btw). As for the board, it's a solid choice but a Gigabyte Z77 UD5 is the same price, has more features and overclocks just a tad better. Or alternatively, the MSI Z77 GD55 (or 65 if he needs the extra 2 SATA Rev.3 ports) is also a great pick. The 7850 is great, but you can often find GTX 570's for the same price, and the 570's are a tad faster than the 7850. Apart from that it looks good.

Thanks for the reply, the psu is http://www.ebuyer.com/341948-nzxt-hale82-750w-psu-hale82-750-m so I'm guessing that is standard and fine.

Think we will go with the UD5, has to be the wifi version though

 

[PetrolHead247]

Yup, that one is fine

 

[Jadarite]

you might want to have a look on www.dabs.com (also try code june10 as this might get you £10 off the price if you spend £150 or more) as they have the corsair TX750M for £88 and www.ebuyer.com have the Seagate 1.5TB Barracuda for £65, hope this is of some help to you