1st Time Build - Please Advise

[maximusmi2]

Hi Guys,

Can you please have a brief look at the following components and see if you can suggest any problems or improvements with my planned build. I am looking for a highish spec gaming rig but one that is fairly quiet with good cooling.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks


Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £234.99

Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W Windowed Gaming Case - Black £179.99

2 x Palit GeForce GTX 460 Sonic Platinum 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £174.99

G.Skill Trident 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Triple Channel Kit £169.99

Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £129.99

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply£118.99

Corsair Hydro H70 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £86.99


Sub Total : £1,183.74
Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50%VAT : £209.74
Total : £1,408.23

 

[calguyhunk]

PSU : Better, cheaper PSU - 99.86 Corsair TX Series 850W

Case : Do you really need something that expensive? - GBP 78 CoolerMaster HAF 922

RAM : G.SKILL Pi Series (3x2GB) - I think 1600 Mhz CL7 will be just fine.

Faster SSD : OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G)

No experience with hydro cooling. So I'll let somebody else take take that.

 

[Mr Pizza]

Agree ^

And if they have the HX850 on that site get it.

 

[calguyhunk]

^ Yes, but only if he's ready to shell out the extra dough for cable management though.

 

[obsidian86]

just as good as the hx 850 but cheaper

 

[Mr Pizza]

I know, but the modular design is easier and neat.

 

[sp12]

It's actually a bit nicer than the HX as well.

 

[Mr Pizza]

^....

 

[calguyhunk]

Please guys, don't fight on somebody else's thread. He's asked for advise. If we can help him out, gr8. If we can't, just quit. Thanks.

 

[Mr Pizza]

Im not fighting, chill out.

 

[maximusmi2]

Thanks for your help so far guys, I will probably change the ram as I thought it may have been overkill!

I know I could easily get away with a much cheaper case but after reading a lot of reviews the FT02 seems to offer great cooling and very low noise levels which are important for me as I will be overclocking (or attempting to!) and I love the look of it. It's just one of those 'don't need, must have' buys!

Looking at power supplies I would definately prefer a modular one for neatness. I have a OCZ EliteXstream 800w at the moment but can't stand the cable management otherwise I would probably keep that.

Overall though do you feel the components suit each other and are there any compatability issues I should look out for with this set up?

 

[Mr Pizza]

Nope, it all looks good ^

 

[calguyhunk]

No compatibility issues, but if you could hold on to your cash a bit longer, then newer, faster SSD's are due pretty soon, not to mention new platforms & GPU's from Intel, AMD, ATI.

So if you can, at least postpone the SSD decision for now.

 

[maximusmi2]

True. I was considering waiting for the new 6xxx series ATI cards near the end of the year to see what was announced and the price drop effect on the current range. I could probably wait til the new year and see how things change up to then although the money is burning a hole!

 

[calguyhunk]

You needn't actually get the new stuff. Though at this budget, you might as well.

 

[Mr Pizza]

I would wait.