New Build Idea and some help

[Jasonsanders]

Hi is this a good build for the money, I have read other posts on the forums and think that this could be the right build for a fair gaming rig all advice welcome.

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2560MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.00

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2560MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.00

Asus VE278Q 27" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor £239.99

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 3 Solid State Hard Drive £169.99

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £151.99

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply £119.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £114.98

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series 7.1 Sound Card £109.99

NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - White NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case White £109.99

Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £79.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache £72.98

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache £72.98

Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Headset Roccat Kave 5.1 Surround Sound Headset £64.98

Steelseries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard £59.99

Roccat Kone+ 6000DPI Max Customization Gaming Mouse £56.99

LG CH10LS20 10x BluRay-ROM 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black £53.99

Samsung SH-S222AL RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter £19.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £49.99

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £49.99

Total £1,983.12

Shipping £22.20

VAT £401.06

Total £2,406.38

I have tried to make a build cheaper but i cant so some help triming the price would be great

many thanks

 

[sheroo]

If you like the looks the Asus Sabertooth P67 is meant to be just about the best gaming board for its price. If you are going descrete gpu & ssd then Z68 won't really be of any benefit to you. People around here love the Corsair AX series - I have the 850 and it is so quiet its untrue. The most recommended coolers are the Noctua NH-D14, Thermalright Silver Arrow & recently the Corsair H100 got the thumbs up. A 2500K runs pretty cool and you can get away with the Dark Rock Pro or Advanced - although the mounting mechanism is more fiddly.

If you are sold on the looks of the Phantom - its an OK case but there are better for the price. If you are going for quiet the Fractal Design R3 is the case of choice. If you are going for maximum cooling and possible WC in the future then the HAF 932 Advanced (black interior) or HAF X are solid choices. There is also the Corsair 600T and if you prefer a more agressive look there is the Silverstone Raven RV03, which is meant to be about the best air cooling case for the money.

The ASUS XONAR cards are meant to be very good as well.

 

[ruthless_villain]

where are you getting these components from because i could slice of atleast £130 of this build if you buy it from somewhere else oh and all in 1 liquid cooling = crapola and i have heard bad things about the cm psu line so get a corsair ax850w

 

[Matt_58]

looks an awesome rig.

i would swap a few things over, but this is my personal opinion

Western Digital HDDs - Replace with Samsung Spinpoint F3 - nice quiet drives..

OCZ Vertex - Replace with Mushkin Chronos or Corsair Force GT, im not a fan of OCZ, had a bad experience with them

Coolermaster - Replace with Corsair Ax850 - Fully modular and the fan is near silent.

and just coz i like the board - swap the asus mobo out for the Gigabyte z68/p67 ud4, then get black vengeance ram to match, but only coz i like the board

other than that, looks like its shaping up to be a gaming beast. 5gb of Video memory is massive

oh and we demand build photos

 

[Jasonsanders]

Thanks for the heads up guys, you have given me lots to consider, also sorry for the tardy reply have been working and well that is just plain rude, work, its a very bad word.

I will defiantly change the PSU to the Ax850 I will bow to all of your advice there, as for the case I have be honest it’s for aesthetics only I have an Antec 1200 at the moment great case but the filter cleaning is a pain, I did consider the HAF X in the beginning and will probably get one now, as for the MBO I have to agree with Sheroo the sabertooth is a better board, as for the drives I have always used western digital and found them bullet proof had a few other brads over the years and they have failed me, I will look in to the Samsung drives though, water cooling noted though thx for the heads up.

I sourced all of the parts from overclockers; I have found them to be reliable so if anyone has any other suppliers to recommend I will go have a look.

Thanks again guys.

 

[sheroo]

Aria currently have the 2500K for £155.99.

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+i5-2500K+3.30GHz+%28Sandybridge%29+Socket+LGA1155+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=43216