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Rarazuh

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Hey guys I'm building a new PC for the first time. I had a thread on here earlier and after much consideration I decided to change a lot(most) of the parts I was thinking of before. I'm building the PC for gaming as well as some cpu/memory heavy tasks. What I am now thinking is:

CPU: Intel i7-2600K (going to overclock)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16GB 1600mhz DDR3 Ram(dual channel)

Case: Cooler Master 922 HAF

SSD: Crucial C300 Sata III 64gb SSD

HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3

GPU: MSI Twin Frozr OC HD Radeon 6950

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3

PSU: Corsair 850W Modular Power Supply

Total Cost is around $1500 + some accessories and would like to stay in this price range with some room to expand in the future.

Please feel free to comment and would love to hear people's suggestions.
 
Looks pretty good to me. What are the prices for each individual component? Just with living in england im not sure on how the price converts. But i'd be tempted to stick with 8GB of RAM and maybe go a model up in the motherboard, or just for future SLI's sake wack a GTX570 in, though i think if you wanted to sli that motherboard would only do 8x and 4x, which wouldn't be ideal.

And as for getting SATA 3, i maybe mistaken but the drives around at the moment don't even use SATA 2 fully so if you're paying extra for the SATA 3 i wouldn't bother.
 
Pat123 said:
Looks pretty good to me. What are the prices for each individual component? Just with living in england im not sure on how the price converts. But i'd be tempted to stick with 8GB of RAM and maybe go a model up in the motherboard, or just for future SLI's sake wack a GTX570 in, though i think if you wanted to sli that motherboard would only do 8x and 4x, which wouldn't be ideal.

And as for getting SATA 3, i maybe mistaken but the drives around at the moment don't even use SATA 2 fully so if you're paying extra for the SATA 3 i wouldn't bother.
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Any suggestions on a board that might be a step up and still a reasonable price? This board seems to have everything needed and has decent reviews, but I guess it's not as good because it's cheap?
 
I would go with the gigabyte ud4 for a mainstream p67 board. It looks nice
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128478&cm_re=gigabyte_p67-_-13-128-478-_-Product
 
I think its worth it just for the black PCB. But also, the asus one doesn't support sli or crossfire. The ud4 will run two vid cards 8x/8x (sli or xfire) if you ever wanna upgrade.
 
Tortuga said:
I think its worth it just for the black PCB. But also, the asus one doesn't support sli or crossfire. The ud4 will run two vid cards 8x/8x (sli or xfire) if you ever wanna upgrade.
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Pretty sure asus supports crossfire but yeah i get what you mean.
 
Some of the boards you've been looking at I would say where fine for something like the i5 2400, but if your going to go all the way out and buy a 2600K then I'd want to make sure that the motherboard I was choosing could fully take advantage of it. If it was me, then I would be looking at something along the lines of the ASUS P8P67 Pro or P67 Sabertooth. Not sure if you know, but the guys here just reviewed the Sabertooth and found it to be one of the best boards they tried. http://www.overclock...67a_b3_review/9

When considering a board you should always go to that boards webpage at the manufactures site because if its a really good board then it will have plenty of awards from reviews. This is good for two things, firstly (ofc) it reassures you that the board your buying isn't a piece of crap, but secondly it gives you a good idea of what you can expect to get out of the board and the processor you intend to buy. Take a look at the P8P67 Pro page and you'll see what I mean http://www.asus.com/...P67_PRO/#Awards and MSI, Gigabyte, nearly all manufacturers do this. One of the guys on another thread said how good the Pro's suppose to be which is why I used this for the example and he seems to be right cus its got buckets of awards, as does the Sabertooth.

Bare in mind though that if you go for the Sabertooth then you want to go with a face down cooler like the NH-C12P instead of the D14 http://www.techpower...12P_SE14/6.html

Its up to you how you spend your money but if it was me than I'd really want to make sure that my motherboard would defiantly get the most out of my processor.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Sorry forgot to say about the PSU. Yeah, 850W is plenty and Corsair are great at PSU's. Always great reviews. To be honest 750W would do you but I'd go with the 850W just to make sure. Go for the AX over the HX if you can stretch to it although. The AX has a better efficiency grade and all the PCI-E connectors are 6+2.
 
Karlos_the_n00b said:
Some of the boards you've been looking at I would say where fine for something like the i5 2400, but if your going to go all the way out and buy a 2600K then I'd want to make sure that the motherboard I was choosing could fully take advantage of it. If it was me, then I would be looking at something along the lines of the ASUS P8P67 Pro or P67 Sabertooth. Not sure if you know, but the guys here just reviewed the Sabertooth and found it to be one of the best boards they tried. http://www.overclock...67a_b3_review/9

When considering a board you should always go to that boards webpage at the manufactures site because if its a really good board then it will have plenty of awards from reviews. This is good for two things, firstly (ofc) it reassures you that the board your buying isn't a piece of crap, but secondly it gives you a good idea of what you can expect to get out of the board and the processor you intend to buy. Take a look at the P8P67 Pro page and you'll see what I mean http://www.asus.com/...P67_PRO/#Awards and MSI, Gigabyte, nearly all manufacturers do this. One of the guys on another thread said how good the Pro's suppose to be which is why I used this for the example and he seems to be right cus its got buckets of awards, as does the Sabertooth.

Bare in mind though that if you go for the Sabertooth then you want to go with a face down cooler like the NH-C12P instead of the D14 http://www.techpower...12P_SE14/6.html

Its up to you how you spend your money but if it was me than I'd really want to make sure that my motherboard would defiantly get the most out of my processor.

Hope this helps.

EDIT: Sorry forgot to say about the PSU. Yeah, 850W is plenty and Corsair are great at PSU's. Always great reviews. To be honest 750W would do you but I'd go with the 850W just to make sure. Go for the AX over the HX if you can stretch to it although. The AX has a better efficiency grade and all the PCI-E connectors are 6+2.
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Alright, this is really helpful. I think I'll go with the ASUS P8P67 PRO as it's only 180 seems to be a good board. OR would something like the GA-P67A-UD4 be a step up?
 
Rarazuh said:
Alright, this is really helpful. I think I'll go with the ASUS P8P67 PRO as it's only 180 seems to be a good board. OR would something like the GA-P67A-UD4 be a step up?
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Not sure that it would really be a step up. There are a couple of differences between them. You should really read some review for both and see which one you think would be best.

Love the black PCB on the Gigabyte though
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Tortuga said:
My vote is deff for the Sabertooth, that is insane bang for the buck.
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Gota say I agree with you there. Out of all the board mentioned in this thread that the Sabertooth is by far my favourite. Think it might have also been the most expensive though, and I get that the looks of it don't agree with everyone.
 
Yeh i would have said the UD4 or the pro. Perhaps the MSI GD65 is it? I can't remember the start of it, but it ends in 65
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Karlos_the_n00b said:
Gota say I agree with you there. Out of all the board mentioned in this thread that the Sabertooth is by far my favourite. Think it might have also been the most expensive though, and I get that the looks of it don't agree with everyone.
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I think its a great looking board lol. But the thermal armour CAN be removed if it doesn't jive with your taste. Its another 20 spot more expensive then the UD4. So yeah those are the two choices imo
 
hmmblah said:
Either the Sabertooth or the UD4, myself I'm going with the UD4.
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Yeah, looks like I'm going that way. Thanks for the input everyone.

On another note, how do people feel on non-reference cards? If I'm going with the 6950 should I go with a Twin Frozr II 6950? It's like $20 more so price isn't really an issue? Worth it component wise?
 
Rarazuh said:
Yeah, looks like I'm going that way. Thanks for the input everyone.

On another note, how do people feel on non-reference cards? If I'm going with the 6950 should I go with a Twin Frozr II 6950? It's like $20 more so price isn't really an issue? Worth it component wise?
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Twin frozr II coolers are brilliant. Its just that much more overclocking headroom you have. If your not into overclocking, you will be into the cool temperatures and low noise.
 
Rarazuh said:
Yeah, looks like I'm going that way. Thanks for the input everyone.

On another note, how do people feel on non-reference cards? If I'm going with the 6950 should I go with a Twin Frozr II 6950? It's like $20 more so price isn't really an issue? Worth it component wise?
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Normally I would defiantly go for a twin frozr over any reference card as there quieter and cooler BUT you see the reference 6950 had this thing where you could unlock parts of it so it would run more like a 6970.

Not sure I'd recommend it and it would certainly be something you'd need to look into in depth before buying and a possible warranty void-er at that but I just wanted to mention it.

If you want to play it safe though and you really should then I think the 6950 twin frozr is a really nice card and definitely my favourite out of the 6950's.

This is Tom's review of it http://www.overclock...ozr_ii_review/8
 
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