OC3D Recommended System Builds

Hey Tom,

I visit this Dutch tech site where they do stuff like this monthly. I'm not asking you to do that, but since new hardware comes out all the time, maybe you guys can do this more often for those in need? :)

I personally think you left too big a gap between the first two though. You went from a 200r to a full tower, from a stock cooler to an H100i and from a low end card like the 650 Ti to a high-end 7950.

Other than that those are some nice builds.
 
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Feronix said:
Hey Tom,

I visit this Dutch tech site where they do stuff like this monthly. I'm not asking you to do that, but since new hardware comes out all the time, maybe you guys can do this more often for those in need? :)

I personally think you left too big a gap between the first two though. You went from a 200r to a full tower, from a stock cooler to an H100i and from a low end card like the 650 Ti to a high-end 7950.

Other than that those are some nice builds.
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Plans are a big update each quarter matey, no doubt we will update this again in a month or so ;)


I dont think we left a gap really, you can buy a lot with an extra £500. Youll notice even the cheap rig had an SSD but the point was with that CPU it wont get hot so that cooler wont be loud. End of the day you cant have everything when you have to stick to a set budget so we chose what we deemed to be most important. All the rigs were designed to be able to be upgraded :)
 
tinytomlogan said:
Plans are a big update each quarter matey, no doubt we will update this again in a month or so ;)


I dont think we left a gap really, you can buy a lot with an extra £500. Youll notice even the cheap rig had an SSD but the point was with that CPU it wont get hot so that cooler wont be loud. End of the day you cant have everything when you have to stick to a set budget so we chose what we deemed to be most important. All the rigs were designed to be able to be upgraded :)
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Good point, but maybe it would be a good idea to add the extra pricepoint of 750 pounds next time? And is this really what you guys talk about in pubs? :lol:
 
r0l4n said:
Surprised not to see a Tahiti LE in the Rocky build! Then again, I'd also go for a beefy 7950 myself...
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TBF it was very close but we still dont know how long we will be seeing them for so decided to play it safe with the 7950, even then we went for that on price because the GTX670 is just fuarking epic.
 
Could have got the 500m for the £500 build and saved a tenner or so that could have gone on the CPU.
The H100i is complete overkill for what you could have got for money saved over it. The TX750 is overpowered too.
I like the aim of this piece though.
 
I'm sure alot of people will appreciate this Tom, and also this will be a good topic to point people out to when they wonder what to get for their first build.
 
This I am sure will help many great stuff OC3D team and Tom keep up your great work all my support and gratitude. Cheers.


Being in North America I wish there some way to get Club cards I really like the performace and looks. Again I will link some people here when asked what I suggest for agree with your load outs on all levels.
 
Why go for X fire in Athena, when all I ever hear on the forum is to avoid it at all cost ?

Other than that great rigs. Rock on Tommy..
 
Not a fan of the apu in the budget build due to the limited future cpu upgrades, I'd have personally gone for the 4300 but I guess that would've not added up to £500 so you got me beat.
 
Nice read, surely this will help a lot of folks. Why the 1200W power supply though? I very much doubt anyone who's not running Quad-SLI has parts in their rig pulling that kind of wattage.
 
I'd probably change the case and ram on the mid build to something a little smaller, maybe a arc midi 2? and stick some red ram in there to match the motherboard, should give a little extra to spend on the cpu or gpu :) Great basic outlines guys these will be very useful for first time builders :D
 
In the US

I used PC Parts Picker to price them in the US. I could not match the builds exactly but I think I got pretty close.
This is Little Black Dress. It comes to £381.83 in the US.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($101.70 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-D3H ATX FM2 Motherboard ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB ) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: Corsair Neutron Series 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($133.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $576.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-22 12:55 EDT-0400)

For Rocky I had to change the RAM and the Video card because the ones selected where not available I stayed with the Kingston RAM but went with the Sapphire 7950 over the Club3D. Price in the US £766.27.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 Gaming ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB ) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($322.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($145.47 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($82.75 @ Newegg)
Total: $1156.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-22 12:51 EDT-0400)

I had to use a custom part on PC parts picker for the cooler and again Club3d does not sell in the US so I used the Powercolor 7970 instead.
Total in the US £2167.82

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($409.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB ) DDR3-1866 Memory ($177.42 @ Amazon)
Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($214.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($214.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 900D ATX Full Tower Case ($349.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($263.49 @ Newegg)
Other: XSPC Raystorm D5 360 ($299.99)
Total: $3270.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-22 13:00 EDT-0400)
Hope you all like them. And for good manners I added a link in the notes section of each build linking back to OC3d's original article, just incase anyone looks at them on the PCPartsPicker site.
 
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