Right im going to uni this year and i want a new beast rig that will get me all the girls, lol jk, but i want it to be beast, im planning on doing very little studying and a lot of gaming, and possibly some video rendering. Here is what ive got so far my budget is around £2000 including peripherals.
Intel Core i7 3930K-£450
ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme BF3-£316
Corsair Vengeance 8Gb DDR3-£40
Corsair H100-£82
Western Digital Caviar Black 1Tb-£85
Corsair Force GT-£95
EVGA GTX 680-£430
Corsair 600T WHITE!!-£135
Corsair AX 850w-£140
ASUS 27in VE278Q-£230
Razer Black Widow Ultimate-£105
Razer Deth Adder-£48
Total-£1746 approx
Please feel free to comment on any improvements or changes as that is why i have done this. Thanks
That looks good but I would make some changes also I have some questions.
Firstly how much video rendering will you be doing? If its only going to be the odd video and your pc is mostly for gaming I wouldnt recommend the 3930k. It is a beast of a cpu and I have one myself but I am making one to two videos everyday and thus the extra performance is needed. Plus I will be using my pc for college so I will be using cad, sketchup and photoshop at the same time for presentations. If you are mostly going to be gaming with it then get something like one of the new ivy bridge cpus which I have heard are better for gaming and save some money for other stuff which I will get to later.
As for the motherboard are you planning on doing overclocking or not. If not then the rampage is kind of a waste of money hell I am running an asus sabertooth and my 3930k is running fine at 4.6 ghz at 1.336v in cpuz. The rampage has some nice feature but ask yourself do you really need it other than for bragging rights much like the 3930k.
As for the ram I have 16gb of vengence ram and its really nice. I have no problems with saying to someone to go get 16gb atm as its fairly cheap.
The corsair H100 is a very good cooler and I have one myself.
Now the wd caviar black as I have said to others in the past I wouldnt recommend. I recommend saving your money and get a green then put that money and some extra cash into either a second ssd or a larger one. Your ssd should run your operating system, games and any vital for loading apps. Things like mumble/vent wont really benefit from the ssd so throw them on the hdd with all your media. The reason I said go for the green is its cheaper and since youll be running the main items off the ssd all thats left really is apps that wont benefit really from the extra speed and media. I have a seagate barracuda green and I stream movies off my pc and onto my ps3 and even when fast forwarding or skipping chapters I have no issues with lagging video or anything.
The corsair force gt is good and I have one but I am not too knowledgeable about the reliability so I will leave that to someone else.
The gtx 680 is a good card but I wouldnt recommend it even though I have one myself. Get a 670 instead it is similar in performance and it is cheaper.
Case is subjective so get what you like and get one with enough space for all the components and for the H100 if you go that route.
The powersupply is a great one from what I have read off others on here and I was planning on getting one myself but I just used my old pcs one after realising I wont need that pc anymore.
As for the monitor do you need 27 inches? If your willing to sacrifice a little size then aim for a 120hz monitor. It will make gaming so much smoother and nicer to play on. I have a benq xl2410t myself and would recommend it as its kinda cheap atm.
Peripherals are subjective, a mouse will feel different to different people and so will mousemats. If your planning on buying all this online then try get into a computer shop that sells the mice your looking at and get a feel for them. Hard through the packaging I know but some mice look good in pictures but can turn out to be too small for your hands or uncomfortable. If your gonna be gaming for hours then comfort is key to a good experience. Check out this thread for my opinions on mouse mats.
http://forum.overclock3d.net/index.php?/topic/44682-need-a-mouse-padmouse-mat/
Now if you do go along with the changes I made then with the money saved things that I would add are.
A decent sound card. This will help improve games a lot. It will clean up and make sounds in games better, it will help with pinpointing enemies in fps games.
A decent headset is very helpful for competitive gaming or just online gaming with mates. Something like a sennheiser pc350 or pc360 are good headsets. I have the 350 myself and love them, the 360's are open eared so they will make more noise in your room but your ears will breath easier so you wont get all hot and sweaty. The choice is up to you if you go for one of those, others are available.
Now things you may want to add are a second graphics card or a second monitor.
Maybe if there is enough money left over go down the water cooling route as it can make your pc look very cool and cool it very well.
Now I am no expert on computers but thats what I would recommend from what I have read on here and on the web about the different parts. I recently built my 2nd pc in 5 years about a month ago so I was doing a lot of reading up on parts.
Open to correction on the above if someone feels the need to.
