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[nikomas]

So, building a new PC and this is what I think I'll be getting this weekend... Advice would be much appreciated...

ASUS P8P67 PRO B3 - ATX / Intel P67 / DDR3 / 3xPCI-E / SATA 3.0 / USB 3.0 / Firewire
Antec Three Hundred Gamer Case - Svart (No PSU)
Corsair PowerSupply (PSU) 800W Gaming series 80 Plus
Corsair XMS3 Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz
Intel Core i7-2600K 3,4GHz / 8MB / Socket 1155 (Boxed)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Engelsk (64-bit) (OEM) (DVD)
Samsung DVD±RW Samsung 22X SATA Bulk
XFX Radeon HD6950 2GB (HD-695X-CNFC) - PCI-E / DP / HDMI / DVI

Still undecided on SSD and Storage, so yeah, Advice would be much appreciated if anything looks out of place  It's my birthday gift to myself 

[bbsmith]

Are you going to be using the stock cpu cooler?

[AmPM]

So, building a new PC and this is what I think I'll be getting this weekend... Advice would be much appreciated...

ASUS P8P67 PRO B3 - ATX / Intel P67 / DDR3 / 3xPCI-E / SATA 3.0 / USB 3.0 / Firewire
Antec Three Hundred Gamer Case - Svart (No PSU)
Corsair PowerSupply (PSU) 800W Gaming series 80 Plus
Corsair XMS3 Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz
Intel Core i7-2600K 3,4GHz / 8MB / Socket 1155 (Boxed)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Engelsk (64-bit) (OEM) (DVD)
Samsung DVD±RW Samsung 22X SATA Bulk
XFX Radeon HD6950 2GB (HD-695X-CNFC) - PCI-E / DP / HDMI / DVI

Still undecided on SSD and Storage, so yeah, Advice would be much appreciated if anything looks out of place  It's my birthday gift to myself 

I think the i7 is a waste of money over a high end AMD TBH. Just hook up a liquid cooling system (like $100) and overclock.

[nikomas]

Stock cooling... Yes, proboably... My first PC build

I figured I might switch the I7 for the I5 2500k for a better card, I'd proboably use a nvidia thou since that's what I'm more used to.

Either way, It's my first home build so I'll take any advice I can get, speaking of, any advice on a good SSD?

[BigDick]

So, building a new PC and this is what I think I'll be getting this weekend... Advice would be much appreciated...

ASUS P8P67 PRO B3 - ATX / Intel P67 / DDR3 / 3xPCI-E / SATA 3.0 / USB 3.0 / Firewire with 126€ here very expensive when u don't want to break OC records - maybe something like Gigabyte GA-P67A-D3-B3 or some other for 75-80€
Antec Three Hundred Gamer Case - Svart (No PSU)
Corsair PowerSupply (PSU) 800W Gaming series 80 Plus oversized 500W is enough without SLI
Corsair XMS3 Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz expensive imho maybe something like g.skill ripjaws X 1600 for half price?
Intel Core i7-2600K 3,4GHz / 8MB / Socket 1155 (Boxed) core i5 2500k
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Engelsk (64-bit) (OEM) (DVD)
Samsung DVD±RW Samsung 22X SATA Bulk
XFX Radeon HD6950 2GB (HD-695X-CNFC) - PCI-E / DP / HDMI / DVI do yourself a favor and replace this with cheapest nv GTX560-Ti you can get

furthermore i wouldn't use the boxed cooler but a good bigass air cooler from EKL, Scythe, Noctuna or Prolimatech for 30-40€

Still undecided on SSD and Storage, so yeah, Advice would be much appreciated if anything looks out of place   It's my birthday gift to myself  

if u get an SSD too get one of the Crucial M4 series - (128-256GB for OS and programms) and a normal SATA HD for data, P0RN and most games

[Sachaztan]

If it's your first build then don't even attempt liquid cooling. tbh I think intel and amd are about as good but I prefer amd.

For storage go for a SSD drive for your OS, software and maybe a few games. For every other files use a standard disc drive. Since you wont be using this for your most important software and OS read/write speed isnt important on that one so you can safely go for a budget variant. The SSD should be at least 50 GB large.

Btw are you Swedish? I noticed a Swedish word in there.

[nikomas]

Yes, Swedish indeed... Lets call this revision 1 then...


ASUS GeForce GTX 570 1280MB (ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5) - PCI-E / DVI / HDMI
ASUS P8P67 PRO B3 - ATX / Intel P67 / DDR3 / 3xPCI-E / SATA 3.0 / USB 3.0 / Firewire
Fractal Design Define R3 - Svart (Ej PSU / USB 3.0) (Comes with 2 fans, that aint enough you think?)
Corsair PowerSupply (PSU) 800W Gaming series 80 Plus (I want wiggle room if I go SLI later)
Corsair XMS3 Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz
Intel 120GB 320 Series Intern SATA 2.5" (SSD) (SSDSA2CW120G310) - Bulk
Intel Core i5-2500K 3,3GHz / 6MB / Socket 1155 (Boxed) (Advice taken, you were not the only one saying that)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Engelsk (64-bit) (OEM) (DVD)
Samsung DVD±RW Samsung 22X SATA Bulk Svart

I still need a storage drive, any suggestions for a good 2tb one?

[Sachaztan]

Here's something you should know about RAM memory.

The most important factor is what technology it uses. DDR3 is the newest one so you got that one nailed.
The 2nd most is the speed of it, both hertz and cl. The one you have selected has a good hertz, but it's only cl 9. The lower cl the better.
The prob least important aspect is how much of it you got. When it comes to RAM it's all about having an adequate amount and 4 GB will be sufficient a long time.

So what do you want from your computer? If you are a hardcore FPS gamer than every ms counts and you need a faster one, and to make up for the increased cost you can settle for less amount. If your work/hobbies requires the specific usage of a large amount of RAM you might need more. If you merely want to have a computer for use of pretty much everything else and don't want to replace parts all too often then the one you have picked will be splendid.

When it comes to harddrives you're going to want a quiete stable one, I think this one will be nicely at 2 TB
http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=622010

If waiting those few extra seconds when it comes to starting up your computer, launching programs, installing/uninstalling etc then you don't even have to use a SSD drive with that one.

[nikomas]

Thanks for the help, and well, the SSD is really that nice extra.

I'm not really much of an FPS gamer to be honest and I've learnt to be perfectly fine with whatever fps I can get, but now that I have the money saved I was hoping to go for that something extra this time, been running a gt220 for the last years now.

Any alternative recommended for the ram then? I plan to use it for both gaming and work (Video and editing/producing and stuff) so I'd like to have all the bases covered.

So, this is my final revision then... anything that strikes out?

ASUS GeForce GTX 570 1280MB (ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5) - PCI-E / DVI / HDMI
ASUS P8P67 PRO B3 - ATX / Intel P67 / DDR3 / 3xPCI-E / SATA 3.0 / USB 3.0 / Firewire
Corsair PowerSupply (PSU) 850W Enthusiast Series
Corsair XMS3 Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz
Fractal Design Define R3 - Vit (Ej PSU)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3,3GHz / 6MB / Socket 1155 (Boxed)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Engelsk (64-bit) (OEM) (DVD)
Samsung DVD±RW Samsung 22X SATA Bulk Svart
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB (7200RPM / 64MB Cache / SATA6)

SSD got axed, I dont really think I need something that fast when I think about it...

[PonySlaystation]

Yeah, the CPU  is only quad core, it's only 3,3 GHz and it has a really expensive built in graphics card which is what brings the price up so much. For the same price you can get a faster AMD 8-core.

Personally, I would not pay for windows (their operating systems are really overpriced) or buy a white chassis (it gets dirtier easier).

[Killer344]

Yeah, the CPU  is only quad core, it's only 3,3 GHz and it has a really expensive built in graphics card which is what brings the price up so much. For the same price you can get a faster AMD 8-core.

Lmao, AMD's bulldozer are so bad they even get bested by their older CPUs on single threads, on extremely heavy multi-threaded stuff they barely manage to beat a 2500k, and that's an almost year old CPU.



This is AMD right now in a nutshell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArxcnpXStE

[BigDick]

this describes the bulldozer perfectly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWWbr6qKM0 <- REALY WORTH TO WATCH!!!

but if u prefer some benchmarks take a look here


http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-8150.html



but hey sometimes the bulldozer is miles ahead like in power consumption  

[nikomas]

So... going for another cpu cooler than stock is a preferred idea then?

http://www.webhallen.com/hardvara/108849-noctua_cpu-kylare_nh-u9b_se2-1366-1156-1155-775-am3

how's that thing look? I'd probably prefer to go with the stock one thou.

[Killer344]

http://www.webhallen.com/hardvara/102336-cooler_master_cpu-kylare_hyper_212_plus-socket_775-1366-1156-1155-am2-3

That one, you won't need more.

[nikomas]

Thanks for advice... I think I managed to put it together fine (been running for 3 days now)...

Everything works aside from EIR, lol, the client just wont work on me and drops connection constantly.