Need some urgent advice !

t3rr4by73

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Hello everybody ! I am from Romania and i enjoy watching your youtube videos and following the website. I recently came across a pot of cash and i decided to make a new gaming build and i require advice if i chose correctly or not.

LCD : LCD Benq 24 inch G2420HD Full HD

Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1

Case Cooler(s): 2 or 3 120mm fans Nuoctua ( for push/pull CH100 )

PSU : Corsair 850 ATX2

CPU : Intel i7 2600k ( not subject to change )

CPU Cooler: Corsair CWCH100

Motherboard : Asus P8Z68-V Pro

Memory :Corsair 8gb (2x4 GB DDr3 ) at 2000 mgz Cl9.

Video : Gigabyte GTX590-3D

HDD : Western Digital 1.5TB Caviar Black Serial ATA 3 7200rpm 64MB
 
Sounds ok just a change or two try a Noctua NH-D14 instead of the H100, See if you can get Mushkin ram instead of the Corsair the Asus Board is probably the best pick and for video card try an MSI lightning don't worry about the 3gig models hope this helps
 
Any opinion/advice helps ! Is is a good very good or meh oky build ? if mushkin ram are better i will switch to mushkin. Ill try and find a MSI lighthing. I read around 5 reviews or so in wich H100 beat NHd14 by 2 degrees. They also have the same price :-s
 
Its a good build the 2600k is a very good chip as to the d14 it out performs the h100 in most situations the h100 only beat it at a certain overclock and the d-14 is nice and quite but if they are the same price then its pretty much what you would like to put in, as to the ram some of the mushkin has better timings and seems better to over clock if that is your thing, otherwise should be a nice rig dont forget to post some pics when you are done and enjoy your build
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Thanks exalabur ! i will post some pics
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it's assembly and pieces will arrive probably friday. Yeah in my country the H100 and the D14 are a mere 10$ in price appart. On their website mushkin and corsair had same timing that;s why i went for corsair. ill go for mushkin asap. thanks !
 
if you do indeed buy a second gtx 590 you will need a psu with more watts, like possibly a 1000w or so
 
I will add a corsair 1250 Watt PSU a month or so before i get my second GTX590. For now one card will do ten fold. Probably better to get 3 way sli then Quad-Sli 590 but i don't plan on getting 580 or holding a year or so to get 3x580 and keep em 3-4-5 years then change em. i plan on getting 2x590 in a 1.5 year interval and keeping them for 1 more year or two then getting the next high end card x 2.

Thanks everyone who helps me ! i really appreciate it !
 
have a look at the corsair ax1200 Tom gave it a big thumbs up it is nearly a platinum standard psu. As to the gtx590's if you plan to overclock them you may have problems if you leave them stock you should be ok thats why i recommended the gtx580's as you can overclock them relativly safely.
 
yeah i read gtx590 Has OC problems that one burned after 1.0V o.0 . The faulty performance might be due to drivers in games and the OC might have been a faulty board or a test board. Probably gigabyte has fixed that ( i hope :-s ). Thanks Excalabur i'll check the corsair 1200 ! Mainly i don't plan on OCing the 590 unless i hit a game that i have under 30-40 fps on 1920x1080 full high details.
 
Should i get the ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 intsead of Z68 V PRO ?

Unfortunatly, AsRock boards arnt that great, your just paying for that "Fatal1ty" branding, better off going for a Gigabyte Z68XP UD5/UD4, or maybe a p67 alternative like an Asus Sabertooth. ( these are all in the same price range as the ones you listed )
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Yeah i have uber-high reservations on the ASRock one. I even read around 20 reviews all were like very good/great or top pick but i STILL can't find myself to pay for it. Thanks for the alternatives MDZ. I really plan on getting chipset Z68 only ( if i wanted p67 i'dd pay more for a asus maximus . is the rest of the pc okay ?
 
The Gigabyte Z series of boards are good and when ivybridge are released next year you can put it straight in and do a bios update to unlock pcie3 so seriously look at gigabyte z's
 
yeah i read gtx590 Has OC problems that one burned after 1.0V o.0 . The faulty performance might be due to drivers in games and the OC might have been a faulty board or a test board. Probably gigabyte has fixed that ( i hope :-s ). Thanks Excalabur i'll check the corsair 1200 ! Mainly i don't plan on OCing the 590 unless i hit a game that i have under 30-40 fps on 1920x1080 full high details.

If I'm outlaying nice cash on all these bits, I'm not settling for a 1920x1080 screen. I'd be getting a pc monitor that does 1920x1200. Forget this marketing "FULLHD" 1920x1080, that's aimed at TV people.
 
If I'm outlaying nice cash on all these bits, I'm not settling for a 1920x1080 screen. I'd be getting a pc monitor that does 1920x1200. Forget this marketing "FULLHD" 1920x1080, that's aimed at TV people.

Why? The picture ain't getting better because of that and the monitor will just cost laods more
 
Why? The picture ain't getting better because of that and the monitor will just cost laods more

Slightly higher resolution and lower ms rate, tbh I don't see the point as well I'm perfectly happy using my tv as a monitor, which costs less and provides me with the capability of watching tv as well.
 
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