Hey OC'rs just thought I'd post up the specs to my "to build" rig.
I've never built a rig before but have friends who build/mod, plus as an engineer shouldn't have too much of a problem.
I'm going to be taking the plunge in couple months, got somethings to get before I splash out on this.
My budget is around £1200-1400, found a place which has all the components I've listed below and has finance, so large deposit down and get it paid off in 6 months.
Anyways, as the thread title says, main use is games, I want to be running High-Ultra settings for most games. No video/photo editing or that malarky. But I have opted for a 750-60 PSU just to give me the option of CF if I can pick up a second 7970 cheap when the new GPU's come out, but that's not a priority atm.
Once I do get it, and it's up and running I'm prob going to start tinkering and modding it (bit like my dad, can't leave anything as is
)
Anyways here's what your wanting to know.
- Corsair C70 Green
- Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
- Corsair H100i
- MSI Z77 MPower
- Sapphire HD 7970
- 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
- 760W Corsair AX Series
- Samsung 840 Series 120GB SSD
- Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s
Couple of questions now.
Would I notice any difference in regards to the RAM if I took it up to 2133MHz?
GPU, I've heard that Sapphire are pretty good and is a good choice, but as there's so many it's hard to settle on one, this is the one above https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Com...MB+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=53532 .
Keyboard: Undecided
Mouse: Undecided
Headset: Undecided
Monitor: I've got a Phillips 23" at home, couple of years old so should be good to use until I get 2 matching monitors (way down the line).
OS: I'll grab a copy of Windows 7 from somewhere cheap.
If you can suggest some good peripherals it would be appreciated & cheers for taking the time to look.
I've never built a rig before but have friends who build/mod, plus as an engineer shouldn't have too much of a problem.
I'm going to be taking the plunge in couple months, got somethings to get before I splash out on this.
My budget is around £1200-1400, found a place which has all the components I've listed below and has finance, so large deposit down and get it paid off in 6 months.
Anyways, as the thread title says, main use is games, I want to be running High-Ultra settings for most games. No video/photo editing or that malarky. But I have opted for a 750-60 PSU just to give me the option of CF if I can pick up a second 7970 cheap when the new GPU's come out, but that's not a priority atm.
Once I do get it, and it's up and running I'm prob going to start tinkering and modding it (bit like my dad, can't leave anything as is
)Anyways here's what your wanting to know.
- Corsair C70 Green
- Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz
- Corsair H100i
- MSI Z77 MPower
- Sapphire HD 7970
- 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1866MHz
- 760W Corsair AX Series
- Samsung 840 Series 120GB SSD
- Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s
Couple of questions now.
Would I notice any difference in regards to the RAM if I took it up to 2133MHz?
GPU, I've heard that Sapphire are pretty good and is a good choice, but as there's so many it's hard to settle on one, this is the one above https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Com...MB+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=53532 .
Keyboard: Undecided
Mouse: Undecided
Headset: Undecided
Monitor: I've got a Phillips 23" at home, couple of years old so should be good to use until I get 2 matching monitors (way down the line).
OS: I'll grab a copy of Windows 7 from somewhere cheap.
If you can suggest some good peripherals it would be appreciated & cheers for taking the time to look.
JK mate. Looks like a sweet build and Im sure you'll be enjoying it for years to come. Let us know how she goes and take pics from beginning to end then post them in a build log.
c3d: to love build logs.
