APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: (In the next week or two)
BUDGET RANGE: (Realistically under £1000 but might go a little over if the components are worth it)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (Gaming *especially for Diablo III coming out*, Movies/Animé, Internet browsing)
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: (Monitor, Keyboard/Mouse)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (Scan.co.uk or any other reputable UK based online store)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: (United Kingdom)
PARTS PREFERENCES: by brand or type (Always liked Gigabyte Graphics Cards but i dont mind as long as its recommended highly)
OVERCLOCKING: Yes (but ive never done it before...eeep)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes SLI
MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1920x1200)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: (Really ive decided my old lil pc is about had it and i really want to start from scratch and build up a totally new system, mainly wanting to build it for Diablo III coming out so a system that can run that at high settings and smoothly would be my main goal...even though we don't have the system requirements for it yet D
Ive been doing alot of research on what id like in this new build of mine and was hoping someone more proficient could take a look at it and tell where i might have gone wrong or if any part could be replaced with something a little more better/compatible etc
Here is what I have got so far!
Case: Corsair 800D http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=30439
M/B : GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...i-Xfire-PCI-E-2-DDR3-2200-USB3-and-SATA-6Gb-s
CPU : Intel Core i7 (930) http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Inte...Hz-QPI-48GT-s-8MB-Cache-20x-Ratio-130W-Retail
RAM : 6Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductId=27473
GPU : 2 x Gigabyte GTX 460 in SLI http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-...z-Shader-Clock-1430MHz-336-Cores-DL-DVI-mHDMI
PSU : Corsair 850W http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/850W...ATX-EPS12V-Modular-UK-Version-7-Year-Warranty
I still need some info on HDDs, i was thinking about getting a 60gig SDD drive for the operating system and essential programs and then maybe just a generic 1TB drive for storage, what do you think?
If I have missed out any obvious components please make me aware, its been like 5-6yrs since i last built a PC and im sad to say I haven't been keeping up-to-date with all the new tech as I should have :3
Scan.co.uk are doing an overclocked bundle of pretty much most of what i want here http://www.scan.co.uk/Shop/Computer-Hardware/Overclocked-3XS-Bundles (4th one along from the left) Does it look worth it? Ive never played around with OCing before so perhaps getting an already overclocked card would be worth it, would i need to invest in water cooling though? Thats another thing i want to get into but know little about, if i could cool the components adequately with fans i would rather do so until im a little more comfortable with water cooling.
Anyway im rambling, if anyone can help me with my build here and maybe suggest some better parts and maybe ways to adequately cool an OC system of this type (what fans and how many i need etc.) id be most grateful, im really excited about building this new machine especially with how awesome the corsair case is
Thanks in Advance!
BUDGET RANGE: (Realistically under £1000 but might go a little over if the components are worth it)
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (Gaming *especially for Diablo III coming out*, Movies/Animé, Internet browsing)
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: (Monitor, Keyboard/Mouse)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: (Scan.co.uk or any other reputable UK based online store)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: (United Kingdom)
PARTS PREFERENCES: by brand or type (Always liked Gigabyte Graphics Cards but i dont mind as long as its recommended highly)
OVERCLOCKING: Yes (but ive never done it before...eeep)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes SLI
MONITOR RESOLUTION: (1920x1200)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: (Really ive decided my old lil pc is about had it and i really want to start from scratch and build up a totally new system, mainly wanting to build it for Diablo III coming out so a system that can run that at high settings and smoothly would be my main goal...even though we don't have the system requirements for it yet D
Ive been doing alot of research on what id like in this new build of mine and was hoping someone more proficient could take a look at it and tell where i might have gone wrong or if any part could be replaced with something a little more better/compatible etc
Here is what I have got so far!
Case: Corsair 800D http://www.scan.co.uk/product.aspx?ProductId=30439
M/B : GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Giga...i-Xfire-PCI-E-2-DDR3-2200-USB3-and-SATA-6Gb-s
CPU : Intel Core i7 (930) http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Inte...Hz-QPI-48GT-s-8MB-Cache-20x-Ratio-130W-Retail
RAM : 6Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?ProductId=27473
GPU : 2 x Gigabyte GTX 460 in SLI http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-...z-Shader-Clock-1430MHz-336-Cores-DL-DVI-mHDMI
PSU : Corsair 850W http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/850W...ATX-EPS12V-Modular-UK-Version-7-Year-Warranty
I still need some info on HDDs, i was thinking about getting a 60gig SDD drive for the operating system and essential programs and then maybe just a generic 1TB drive for storage, what do you think?
If I have missed out any obvious components please make me aware, its been like 5-6yrs since i last built a PC and im sad to say I haven't been keeping up-to-date with all the new tech as I should have :3
Scan.co.uk are doing an overclocked bundle of pretty much most of what i want here http://www.scan.co.uk/Shop/Computer-Hardware/Overclocked-3XS-Bundles (4th one along from the left) Does it look worth it? Ive never played around with OCing before so perhaps getting an already overclocked card would be worth it, would i need to invest in water cooling though? Thats another thing i want to get into but know little about, if i could cool the components adequately with fans i would rather do so until im a little more comfortable with water cooling.
Anyway im rambling, if anyone can help me with my build here and maybe suggest some better parts and maybe ways to adequately cool an OC system of this type (what fans and how many i need etc.) id be most grateful, im really excited about building this new machine especially with how awesome the corsair case is
Thanks in Advance!