ShadowNoon
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My first build, some feedback is much appreciated!
Hey guys, so i've put together a budget of £1,000 - £1,600 for all the hardware and i'll post up the specs below. The purpose of the rig is to primarily do 2D and 3D design, gaming and then working on a game engine (I'm a 2D UI Artist in a game dev project, so i also have to go into the game engine side and implement things). This build will run a dual-screen (21.5") setup.
Intel Core i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Asus Sabertooth Z77 Intel Z77 Socket 1155
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 4x4GB Kit
MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Overclocked
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III 6Gb/s SSD
Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA
Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2UK Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850 Watt
Corsair H80 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Also i was wondering, how worthwhile are fan controllers? At first i just thought of having an internal bay all-in-one card reader but i'm not quite sure.
I also have no experience with watercooling which is why i went with the H80, i also found this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arctic-Ac...ther_Computing_Networking&hash=item53edfc5044
Any comments on the GPU cooler? The reason is partly because i have a small room with an above average temp and i do plan on overclocking the 670 to get it more on par with the 680 if possible. I'm also planning to overclock the CPU (nothing too serious) since UDK (Unreal Dev Kit) heavily relies on it.
I would love it for anyone to really poke holes in the setup and any case suggestions would also be very much appreciated. I've also not thought too much about fans because of how unsure i am of the case decision at this point.
P.S. I've gotten to a total over around £1,500 including all the hardware listed, the GPU cooler, plus the 2 screens and some other minor pieces.
Hey guys, so i've put together a budget of £1,000 - £1,600 for all the hardware and i'll post up the specs below. The purpose of the rig is to primarily do 2D and 3D design, gaming and then working on a game engine (I'm a 2D UI Artist in a game dev project, so i also have to go into the game engine side and implement things). This build will run a dual-screen (21.5") setup.
Intel Core i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Asus Sabertooth Z77 Intel Z77 Socket 1155
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 4x4GB Kit
MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB Overclocked
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA III 6Gb/s SSD
Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA
Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2UK Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850 Watt
Corsair H80 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Also i was wondering, how worthwhile are fan controllers? At first i just thought of having an internal bay all-in-one card reader but i'm not quite sure.
I also have no experience with watercooling which is why i went with the H80, i also found this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arctic-Ac...ther_Computing_Networking&hash=item53edfc5044
Any comments on the GPU cooler? The reason is partly because i have a small room with an above average temp and i do plan on overclocking the 670 to get it more on par with the 680 if possible. I'm also planning to overclock the CPU (nothing too serious) since UDK (Unreal Dev Kit) heavily relies on it.
I would love it for anyone to really poke holes in the setup and any case suggestions would also be very much appreciated. I've also not thought too much about fans because of how unsure i am of the case decision at this point.
P.S. I've gotten to a total over around £1,500 including all the hardware listed, the GPU cooler, plus the 2 screens and some other minor pieces.
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