Planned PC build

Sholden

1. What is your budget? €700 ish
2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming
3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No
4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? no
5. Do you need a monitor? No
6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No
7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes
8. How can you pay? Bank Transfer/Credit Card
9. When are you purchasing? Most likely end of August

This is what i have so far
Item|Price
NZXT SOURCE 210 Midi-Tower - white, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€30.40
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€52.75
Western Digital AV-GP 320GB SATA II, 8MB, CE Western Digital3200AVVS|€63.65
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155|€190.81
HIS HD 6950 IceQ X GDDR5 2048MB Native HDMI 2xDVI 2xMiniDP|€200.89
ASUS DRW-24B3ST Bulk SATA schwarz|€18.78
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€35.69
ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€82.61
Total excluding shipping|€675.58

If you have any recommendations I would like to know. Thanks

Monotype

I think that's a green drive. Not the fastest drive to use as your main OS drive.

Secondly, the 6950 is a bit of a waste with the 7850 being much better and only 20-30 more.

Finally, August is a long way a way in the computer world. Hopefully you'll see a better hard drive selection then. There may also be another option or two for mid range graphics cards.

jameshayes

is it likely that people will actually start to hold off for windows 8 to creep onto the shelves in october rather than buying in July august or September?

Monotype

You never know what people might do but I don't think it's worthwhile if you want a new PC at that moment. There's no official release date. Hints for October seems to be it. We haven't got a release candidate yet, although that's hinted for June too.

I wouldn't wait because
1) Windows 8 doesn't really offer anything fantastic over Windows 7
2) You could use a Windows 7 trial without license for 120 days
3) We'll probably have a release candidate for Windows 8 a few months before release which is usually valid for a year or so.

OK, 2 and 3 require a reinstall but it's not that much trouble if you don't want to buy a new license.

smileyj1987

I would say come back in August or whenever you are ready to build because nvidia could have something to match the 7850 .

BillyCom

smileyj1987 wrote: »

I would say come back in August or whenever you are ready to build because nvidia could have something to match the 7850 .

GTX 660 FTW

Fluffy88

Monotype wrote: »

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3) We'll probably have a release candidate for Windows 8 a few months before release ...

Apparently it's a June release.
Source, surprisingly enough is RTE news :P
Although they said it was the full release coming in June but that's not until around November.

Sholden

Monotype wrote: »

You never know what people might do but I don't think it's worthwhile if you want a new PC at that moment. There's no official release date. Hints for October seems to be it. We haven't got a release candidate yet, although that's hinted for June too.

I wouldn't wait because
1) Windows 8 doesn't really offer anything fantastic over Windows 7
2) You could use a Windows 7 trial without license for 120 days
3) We'll probably have a release candidate for Windows 8 a few months before release which is usually valid for a year or so.

OK, 2 and 3 require a reinstall but it's not that much trouble if you don't want to buy a new license.

Tried the windows 8 consumer preview and hate it lol.

Monotype

That was more in response to jameshayes. I'm certainly not impressed with Windows 8 either.

Procrastastudy

Windows is becoming like the old Star Trek Movies - A Crap one then a good one then a crap one then a good one etc

Sholden

GCDLawstudent wrote: »

Windows is becoming like the old Star Trek Movies - A Crap one then a good one then a crap one then a good one etc

Becoming? Hasn't it always been like that?:D

Craig B

Sholden wrote: »

Becoming? Hasn't it always been like that?:D

lol I agree, XP amazing, vista ****e, 7 amazing, 8 ****e

Monotype

Don't forget the infamous ME.

Sholden

I've updated to €900. I decided i might aswell get the most get the most i can so i don't have to upgrade again too soon.

Here is my updated build.

Item|Price
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W|€52.40
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€35.55
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB, SATA II (HD502HJ)|€71.26
Sapphire HD 7870 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express|€296.11
ASUS DRW-24B5ST bare|€19.89
Cooler Master Elite 430, ohne Netzteil|€39.26
3 x ARCTIC COOLING ARCTIC F12|€8.46
Thermalright HR-02 Macho|€33.89
Revoltec Kaltlicht Kathode Twin-Set blau, 31 cm lang|€6.88
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€212.12
ASUS P8Z77-V LX, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3|€111.18
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€905.99

Not sure about the case fans if i need them but i am going to oc and the size of the area where i will put it is 80x80x80. And the room is small will that make a difference heatwise? It's 2x1 at the smallest and 1.5x4 at the biggest.
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It's that kind of shape

Dots are just to space it, * is where it/the desk will be and LEDs just because

Monotype

Are you aware that the second PCI-E slot only works at half speed?

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77V_LX/#specifications


Edit: If it was me, I'd scale back to a 7850 so that I could get a small SSD for the OS.

Edit 2: Also it would be kind of hard to say about the heat. Maybe get a fan controller so that you can compensate for heat increases. You might notice the big heat build up in a small room before your computer does.
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/1881/Fan+controller.search

Sholden

Monotype wrote: »

Are you aware that the second PCI-E slot only works at half speed?

No I wasn't what about this one and if not can you recommend one for that price

Edit: If it was me, I'd scale back to a 7850 so that I could get a small SSD for the OS.

What about this ssd

Edit 2: Also it would be kind of hard to say about the heat. Maybe get a fan controller so that you can compensate for heat increases. You might notice the big heat build up in a small room before your computer does.
http://www1.hardwareversand.de/1881/Fan+controller.search

What about this? There will be 4 fans. I've never used one before so i'm not sure what to look for

Monotype

That one is the same, you can see it in the specifications where it says "x4". Also that's a H77 board. Z77 would be a lot better. The only other board with similar specifications that I see there is the asrock pro 4.
If you really want crossfire, you'd have to be spending around 120-130.
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/57461/ASUS+P8Z77-M+PRO%2C+Sockel+1155%2C+mATX%2C+DDR3.article
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/57133/MSI+Z77A-G45%2C+Intel+Z77%2C+ATX%2C+DDR3.article
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/57624/ASRock+Z77+Extreme4%2C+Sockel+1155%2C+ATX.article

Yes, good SSD. One of the best.

Yeah, I'm sure that would probably do the job in terms of a fan controller. I'm just thinking that having a lot of fans could end up sounding like an airplane and sometimes motherboards don't offer great control over them. Depends on the board though.

Sholden

Monotype wrote: »

That one is the same, you can see it in the specifications where it says "x4". Also that's a H77 board. Z77 would be a lot better. The only other board with similar specifications that I see there is the asrock pro 4.
If you really want crossfire, you'd have to be spending around 120-130.
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/57461/ASUS+P8Z77-M+PRO%2C+Sockel+1155%2C+mATX%2C+DDR3.article
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/57133/MSI+Z77A-G45%2C+Intel+Z77%2C+ATX%2C+DDR3.article
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/DDR3/57624/ASRock+Z77+Extreme4%2C+Sockel+1155%2C+ATX.article

Yes, good SSD. One of the best.

Yeah, I'm sure that would probably do the job in terms of a fan controller. I'm just thinking that having a lot of fans could end up sounding like an airplane and sometimes motherboards don't offer great control over them. Depends on the board though.

Ok thanks for the help