Building my first rig...

[dagmike]

Hello, I'm currently Building my first PC from scratch. I plan on gaming on the latest DX11 games and generally multitasking (maybe a bit of video editing along the way. I also want to try my hand at a bit of overclocking. My specs I have looked at so far are as follows
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500k

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68-UD3P

RAM: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz

Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 3.5" SATA III

CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus

Optical Drive: Sony Optical 24x DVD Writer, AD-5280S-0B, SATA, Black, OEM

Power Supply: 750W Coolermaster GX 80PLUS Bronze

Case: Coolermaster Storm Enforcer Gaming Midi Chassis

If you could please let me know your opinion and about the compatability of the parts.
Thanks a lot
Michael

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

What graphics card are you using, because everything there looks fine, only missing the crucial graphics card for gaming.

 

[dagmike]

Also, sorry I forgot the first time:

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 SOC 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (maybe sli in the future)

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

I'm in the UK so no US websites please. And I plan on using the following website: www.aria.co.uk

Hope that clears a few things up

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

Looks good, just get a few more people to give the thumbs up and you can buy the stuff.

 

[dagmike]

Looks good, just get a few more people to give the thumbs up and you can buy the stuff.

Thanks for the response man really appreciate it!

 

[aznshinobi]

Solid I disagree with the PSU though. I suggest this instead.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/700-950W/750W+OCZ+ZS+Series+ATX2.2+80PLUS+Bronze+Power+Supply+?productId=45459

For the MB I'd get this instead to save money but still get similar performance.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z68a-d3h-b3-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-%28x16%29-vga-on-board-at

Everything else looks good.
Maybe even save on the GPU
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Gigabyte+GeForce+GTX+560Ti+OC+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=43576
This'll perform at the level of a 570. Since it's at 880mhz it's practically a 570. 900 would make the difference shown here.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/gigabyte_gtx560_oc/11.htm

 

[dagmike]

Solid I disagree with the PSU though. I suggest this instead.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/700-950W/750W+OCZ+ZS+Series+ATX2.2+80PLUS+Bronze+Power+Supply+?productId=45459

For the MB I'd get this instead to save money but still get similar performance.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-z68a-d3h-b3-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-%28x16%29-vga-on-board-at

Everything else looks good.
Maybe even save on the GPU
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Gigabyte+GeForce+GTX+560Ti+OC+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=43576
This'll perform at the level of a 570. Since it's at 880mhz it's practically a 570. 900 would make the difference shown here.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/gigabyte_gtx560_oc/11.htm

Okay thanks for the response but just looking at the graphics card, would I be better going with an ATI 6950 or the Nvidia 560 ti?

 

[aznshinobi]

Either is good, the 560 Ti is cheaper though, so I'd go with that in my opinion just for bang+buck.

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

560TI since nvidia produces better gfx cards

 

[dagmike]

Thanks again for the replies. Will check into the graphics card some more...

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

Thanks again for the replies. Will check into the graphics card some more...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fastest-graphics-card-radeon-geforce,3067-7.html

 

[aznshinobi]

Roaring now that reasoning is just the dumbest I've heard from you, Fan-boyism isn't a great reason.

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

Roaring now that reasoning is just the dumbest I've heard from you, Fan-boyism isn't a great reason.

I used the stats from BF3 benchmarking done by tomshardware, the nvidia outperformed AMD when MSAA was on

 

[aznshinobi]

That doesn't mean Nvidia makes better GPUs.