Very first P67 Build

[mojo1990]

Hi guys,

I have been considering building my very own computer for a while now and I have spent a considerable amount of time for the past couple of days researching the very best components in terms of price performance and compatibility. I would really appreciate if you guys would comment and suggest improvements to my overall build. For the most part I will be gaming (therefore over-clocking) and also using software such as Microsoft Office...

So without further to do below is a list of components that I have managed to decide upon.

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit

CPU:Intel Core i5 2500k

Cooling:XSPC Rasa 750 RS240 Water Cooling Kit (recommended by Overclock3D)

Mother Board: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7 B3

Video Card: Gainward GTX580 Phantom 1563MB

PSU: Corsair AX850 Gold 80Plus

RAM: Kingston HyperX X2 Genesis SE 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 Grey Series (Recommended by Overclock3D)

Boot OS Drive: 128GB Crucial C300 2.5" SATAIII SSD

Storage Drive: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SataII HDD

Optical Drive:Samsung SH-B123L

Case:Corsair Obsidian 650D

Total Price: £1574.10

I was having trouble deciding on what Primary Drive to go with since there were so many varieties but eventually I decided to go with the SSD, since they were more superior in terms of performance and so would be ideal as a OS boot Drive. My choice to go with the Crucial C300 was primarily down to its incredible 4K Read and Write speeds. I was told to look for better 4K performance in benchmarks rather then sequential speeds as it was more representative of day to day usage. (?) It would be great if you guys can suggest better SSD Drives in terms of performance and pricing.

My choice to go with the Phantom (besides being the flagship model) was down to its beautiful aesthetics as it would be absolutely ideal with the UD7

I was just wondering if this card is limited in terms of overclockability since the GTX570 Phantom that was reviewed by Tiny Tom had limitations.

One final thing I was using Google shopping for price comparisons and components

are there any better comparison/shopping websites?

 

[sg12004]

all thos parts look ok thare

 

[mojo1990]

all thos parts look ok thare

Thanks for the comment! Would you suggest any changes? Do you know if its possible to overclock the Card? Thanks

 

[kilobravo]

Kingston ssdnow v100 128gb would be my choise or mushkin callisto deluxe 120gb.

And the new intel 510 series is to be considered.

But all the other stuff is

 

[SieB]

Good build, I wouldn't change anything out of those parts. I don't know if you can overclock the 580 but I don't think you will need to. For price comparisons check all the main retailers. ARIA Ebuyer SCAN YOYOTECH OVERCLOCKERS

 

[Ya93sin]

Video Card: Gainward GTX580 Phantom 15636MB

 

[mojo1990]

Are you confused? Or astounded?

 

[mojo1990]

Good build, I wouldn't change anything out of those parts. I don't know if you can overclock the 580 but I don't think you will need to. For price comparisons check all the main retailers. ARIA Ebuyer SCAN YOYOTECH OVERCLOCKERS

Do you have any suggestions on cable management? I viewed a un-boxing of the UD7 mobo and it seems the borad comes with blue SATA cables.

I want to make sure the wires are sleeved and blend in with the black and gold theme.

 

[Pat123]

Almost identical (I have a GTX570) to the building im planning! All those parts look stella to me I don't think anything needs changing really, though i would have a look at the kingston SSD's, that's what i have seen recommended a lot.

 

[inesshell]

would go with win7 pro at least if you plan on using the remote desktop features. it was a mistake i learned when i tried to set it up on one of my builds.

 

[mojo1990]

Almost identical (I have a GTX570) to the building im planning! All those parts look stella to me I don't think anything needs changing really, though i would have a look at the kingston SSD's, that's what i have seen recommended a lot.

Thanks

 

[mojo1990]

would go with win7 pro at least if you plan on using the remote desktop features. it was a mistake i learned when i tried to set it up on one of my builds.

Probably wont be using remote Desk... never used in my XP

Thanks for the heads up though

 

[I Hunta x]

All looks pretty good, cant realy go wrong with crucial, kingston or mushkin SSD's.

If you do end up needing remote desktop an AWSOME if not better alternative is TightVNC, use it pretty much day in day out to connect to my server machine due to endless problems with remote desktop.

 

[SieB]

Do you have any suggestions on cable management? I viewed a un-boxing of the UD7 mobo and it seems the borad comes with blue SATA cables.

I want to make sure the wires are sleeved and blend in with the black and gold theme.

I have never done any cable management so I can't advise you there.

 

[DragonPC]

Do you have any suggestions on cable management? I viewed a un-boxing of the UD7 mobo and it seems the borad comes with blue SATA cables.

I want to make sure the wires are sleeved and blend in with the black and gold theme.

Buy black SATA cables

 

[Ya93sin]

Are you confused? Or astounded?

lol, it said 15636MB, I was like

But its fixed now

Beautiful card though for sure

 

[Pat123]

Do you have any suggestions on cable management? I viewed a un-boxing of the UD7 mobo and it seems the borad comes with blue SATA cables.

I want to make sure the wires are sleeved and blend in with the black and gold theme.

I have read in a few places that the 800D comes with a couple of black SATA cables, don't hold me to that though!

*EDIT Oopss i misread your case selection, sorry

 

[SnW]

lol, it said 15636MB, I was like

But its fixed now

Beautiful card though for sure

My seriously GOD, do we really need to be so pickey

and common sense... is something YOU don't have