FINAL TOUCHES TO MY NEW BUILD ?

[sighnbox]

Hi every one and first like to thank every one who gave me advice/help last December/january when going thro the minfield of a new build........Ok I had my new build last January and am over the moon with it after playing with it for the last nine month its time to sort the last few bits on it. I dont do any gaming tho am geting into flight simulater X....Its basicly just a genral hack computer used for internet and I do some photo stuff and video editing for fun.......... but I do like my music and films Ok this is what I ended up with in the end.........

Asus P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard
Intel Core i7 3930K Enthusiast Unlocked, S 2011, Sandybridge-E, Six Core, 3.2GHz, 12MB Smart Cache, 130W, Retail
240GB OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS Edition Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s 85KIOPS (for operating system)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB x 2 for storage drives
1280MB Gainward GTX 570 Phantom, 40nm, 1950MHz GDDR5, GPU 750MHz, Shader 1600MHz, 480 Cores, DP/HDMI
16GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance LP PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 8-8-8-24, XMP, 1.5V
Corsair H80 Hydro CPU cooler
Cooler Master Silent Pro M 850w psu
Coolermaster SlickleFLow Blue LED Quiet Case Fan 120mm x 5
LG blue ray burner drives x 2
Cooler Master Cosmos 1100 sport (powder coated black inside)
Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" monitors x 2 (dual screen)
Icy box IB865 USB 3.0 supper speed card reader
Windows 7 ultimate 64 Bit OS


I'm looking for advice on a nice set of 2.1 speakers what do people recomend ? ( is the sound out put on that board ok or do I need a sound blaster ?)
As said Im geting into flight simulator x and going to get anouther drive just to store any sim/game stuff on do I go a second SSD or anouther WD caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 ?
Is it worth adding anouther 16 Gig of 16GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance LP PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 8-8-8-24, XMP, 1.5V making 32 in total ?
Thanks

 

[sighnbox]

Just to add have the 570 GC is it worth paying and upgrading to the GTX670 as well ?

 

[arzbhatia]

WOW. Extreme.

Try going with the Rampage IV Formula/Extreme if possible.

And nope, the 570 is more than enough

 

[Why_Me]

Hi every one and first like to thank every one who gave me advice/help last December/january when going thro the minfield of a new build........Ok I had my new build last January and am over the moon with it after playing with it for the last nine month its time to sort the last few bits on it. I dont do any gaming tho am geting into flight simulater X....Its basicly just a genral hack computer used for internet and I do some photo stuff and video editing for fun.......... but I do like my music and films Ok this is what I ended up with in the end.........

Asus P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard
Intel Core i7 3930K Enthusiast Unlocked, S 2011, Sandybridge-E, Six Core, 3.2GHz, 12MB Smart Cache, 130W, Retail
240GB OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS Edition Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s 85KIOPS (for operating system)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB x 2 for storage drives
1280MB Gainward GTX 570 Phantom, 40nm, 1950MHz GDDR5, GPU 750MHz, Shader 1600MHz, 480 Cores, DP/HDMI
16GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance LP PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 8-8-8-24, XMP, 1.5V
Corsair H80 Hydro CPU cooler
Cooler Master Silent Pro M 850w psu
Coolermaster SlickleFLow Blue LED Quiet Case Fan 120mm x 5
LG blue ray burner drives x 2
Cooler Master Cosmos 1100 sport (powder coated black inside)
Iiyama ProLite B2409HDS 24" monitors x 2 (dual screen)
Icy box IB865 USB 3.0 supper speed card reader
Windows 7 ultimate 64 Bit OS


I'm looking for advice on a nice set of 2.1 speakers what do people recomend ? ( is the sound out put on that board ok or do I need a sound blaster ?)
As said Im geting into flight simulator x and going to get anouther drive just to store any sim/game stuff on do I go a second SSD or anouther WD caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 ?
Is it worth adding anouther 16 Gig of 16GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance LP PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 8-8-8-24, XMP, 1.5V making 32 in total ?
Thanks

Switch the SSD to a Samsung 256GB, Sandisk 240GB, or a Kington HyperX series 240GB. For your needs/uses I don't know why you don't go with a Z77 board and a 3770K cpu. It would save you a bundle of money. btw a GTX 660 ti will out perform the 570 while running cooler and using a lot less juice.

 

[wolfrahm21]

Hi! If you are not an audiophile the built in sound driver is adequate enough for gaming and music and vids. I recommend 2.1 from Creative, Edison or Klispch. Most of those brands have great bass and clear acoustics... Logitech are also ok, but I dont like the flat bass sound most of their woofers produce...

Anyway nice build and good luck...

 

[sighnbox]

Switch the SSD to a Samsung 256GB, Sandisk 240GB, or a Kington HyperX series 240GB. For your needs/uses I don't know why you don't go with a Z77 board and a 3770K cpu. It would save you a bundle of money. btw a GTX 660 ti will out perform the 570 while running cooler and using a lot less juice.

Thanks ther but when buit if you look at TOMS hardwer chart of SSD Table the 240 Vertex 3 was Tier 1 I think things like the Hyper x was tier 6 so not as good (see below) ......By the way you say "For your needs/uses I don't know why you don't go with a Z77 board and a 3770K cpu." This Comp is all ready built its been built NINE months ago (vertex 4 wasnt out then)


Tier 1 Adata S511 240 GB
Corsair Force GT 240 GB
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240 GB
OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240 GB
Patriot WildFire 240 GB

Tier 2 Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB

Tier 3 Intel SSD 510 250 GB
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120 GB
OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120 GB
Patriot WildFire 120 GB

Tier 4 Corsair Force 3 240 GB
Crucial m4 256 GB
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB

Tier 5 Intel SSD 510 120 GB

Tier 6 Adata S511 120 GB
Corsair Force GT 120 GB
Crucial m4 128 GB
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB

Tier 7 OCZ Agility 2 240 GB
OCZ Vertex 2 240 GB

Tier 8 Corsair Force 3 120 GB
Intel SSD 320 300 GB
OCZ Agility 3 120 GB
OCZ Solid 3 120 GB

Tier 9 Kingston SSDNow V+100 128 GB
Intel SSD 320 160 GB
OCZ Agility 3 60 GB

Tier 10 Crucial m4 64 GB
Intel SSD 320 80 GB
OCZ Agility 2 120 GB
OCZ Vertex 2 120 GB
OCZ Solid 3 60 GB
Other first-gen 120 GB SSDs

 

[sighnbox]

Opps miss read that yes the 240 Hyper x is tier 2 but the IOPS max is still tier 1 but as say has been out dun by the Vertex 4 now which is 10 MBS faster read and write speeds