Thinking of building my first Rig! Help and Advice on parts needed.

[cuthbert8]

Hey Guys!

First post so hopefully this goes well!

So I've been thinking of building myself a rig for a long time. Had the computer I've got just now for 4+ years (Q6600, 8800GT).

I'm not looking for all the top of the range stuff but i am the sort of guy who likes to future proof as much as possible. So...... I'd be using the computer for the usual internet, movies, music etc etc but i also do video editing and there are some games coming out soon that I'd like to get (Sim City and Crysis 3)

I'd say my budget it around £1000 but may be tempted to stretch it a bit if needed. Been looking at the 3770K, Nvidea 680/Amd 7970, H100i and the Asus Sabertooth. Would like a really nice looking case too.

So basically what I'm asking is for you guys to pretty much put together a Rig for me and sell me on the parts you've chosen as I'm having trouble deciding.

Appreciate any help given!

Cheers Guys!

 

[SacredTomba]

As for the graphics, I would personally choose the 7970 (non GHz Edition) as it usually can be overclocked at GHz Edition levels, which is the faster card, plus it's cheaper. Other than that, the rest really looks fine, just make sure you get an SSD or the whole thing will be slowed down.

 

[remember300]

the ssd only helps with booting tbh thats the only difference ive found with them. as long as your cpu can handle a better gpu just uprate that and see how you go matey

 

[Excalabur50]

What you are looking at sounds ok just watch a lot of Tom's vids on cases graphics cards and then choose one that right for you and you should be ok.

 

[cuthbert8]

Ok so this is what i've come up with so far!! What you guys think??

Graphics Card - MSI HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99

Processor - Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99

Power Supply - Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £179.99

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Silver £149.99

Motherboard - MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £139.99

Cooling - Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - HDD £72.98

Memory - GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8Gigs) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99

Sub Total : £1,052.42

 

[iBeInspire]

Might be an idea to drop to a 3570k - depending on how much video editing you do, you might not need a i7

 

[cuthbert8]

Not a bad shout mate! Would save me some cash as well to put somewhere else like a new screen!

 

[Excalabur50]

If it were me the only two items id change would be the ram as i had issues with geil in the past id go corsair/kingston/gskill and the hdd id go with western digital as ive had 6 seagate drives fold lately.

 

[cuthbert8]

Could swap them with these then, plenty Corsair in this rig!!

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s

Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8Gigs) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz

Brings everything in at £999.92

 

[cuthbert8]

Also should i just stick to windows 7 or go for windows 8? I've not tried windows 8 yet but from what i've read and heard most dont like it....

 

[Excalabur50]

Im using it and love it its quicker than 7 takes up less room on ur hdd you just got to get used to the new layout thats all

 

[Drakkonen]

Ok so this is what i've come up with so far!! What you guys think??

Graphics Card - MSI HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99

Processor - Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99

Power Supply - Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £179.99

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Silver £149.99

Motherboard - MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £139.99

Cooling - Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - HDD £72.98

Memory - GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8Gigs) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99

Sub Total : £1,052.42

You sure about that total? I added it all up and it came to £1262.90:huh:

Am I missing something?

 

[FredEx]

You sure about that total? I added it all up and it came to £1262.90:huh:

Am I missing something?

Noticed that too, about £210+ missing in the total. :huh:

 

[remember300]

and just been watching TTL's vids esp on the 3770k if you want more than 4.5Ghz out of your CPU might i suggest going sandy.

 

[cuthbert8]

Noticed that too, about £210+ missing in the total. :huh:

Haha yeah just noticed i totalled the prices without the VAT! But still all good

 

[cuthbert8]

This is how im looking now.... Just need to pull the trigger!!


Graphics Card - MSI HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £299.99

Processor - Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99

Power Supply - Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £179.99

Case - Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Silver £149.99

Motherboard - MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £139.99

Cooling - Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB £59.99

Memory - Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8Gigs) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £89.99


Subtotal £1,199.90
£999.92 ex VAT

 

[Excalabur50]

Sounds very nice enjoy ur new build

 

[Mark3Max]

Sounds like a very nice setup , the power supply might be a bit too much unless your installing another 7970 , even then I think it's a little overkill. I have a ax760i in my system and it's to much , my ups says I'm drawing 216 watts so my psu fan never runs. Others here with more knowledge than me will tell you better.
But the rest of the components sound good to me.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I would get a Fractal R4/Midi V2 window versions over the 600t

 

[cuthbert8]

Sounds like a very nice setup , the power supply might be a bit too much unless your installing another 7970 , even then I think it's a little overkill. I have a ax760i in my system and it's to much , my ups says I'm drawing 216 watts so my psu fan never runs. Others here with more knowledge than me will tell you better.
But the rest of the components sound good to me.

The 860i power supply was the same price as the 760i so thought why not just go for it...