£1500 new build

[alanl]

Hi
I've had current my current system for about 5 years now so its starting to show its age. I use it mainly for gaming, watching films (and some work using Excel / Access). I have a budget of up 1500. I already have monitor/ keyboard/ mouse. Ill probably want to do a bit of o/c in the future as well.

So I'd be grateful for any thoughts on the spec below:

Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS 1000 SILVER SILENT CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£69)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)

TV Card
PCTV SYSTEMS DVB-T DUAL TUNER DIGITAL FREEVIEW TV CARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

£1549 inc VAT and Delivery

 

[Corfate]

Couple of things:

-Add a caviar black as the second storage HDD, 120GB will fill up fast
- drop the liquid cooling and go for the fenrir, cheaper, less risky, and the liquid cooling is overkill unless you overclock
-Drop the 2500k to the 2500 version. The K is only for overclocking, you'll see no difference in performance.
-Drop the RAM to 8GB, 16gb is overkill
-Silver warranty for a fiver

Other than those things, cracking build

 

[alanl]

I've made a few minor tweaks (thanks Corfate), but wondered whether its worth upgrading the graphics card?

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 500R WHITE MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Quote Value: £1,463.00

 

[Corfate]

One last thing i'd upgrade is the PSU to the 650W Corsair one, more reliable and looks better with the braided cables and black design

I absolutely love that case! Please give us pictures!

Erm, no, that card will be perfectly fine for you Will handle games on max for a while to come

 

[abrdar]

I was thinking of buying a similar spec, and I was wondering - does the Titan Fenrir cooler interfere with the side fans if I were to mount some?

 

[alanl]

As I may dabble in overclocking in the future, is the TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39) ok ? If not what would be best?
thanks

 

[tom_gr7]

I was thinking of buying a similar spec, and I was wondering - does the Titan Fenrir cooler interfere with the side fans if I were to mount some?

It may do on a cases such as the t900 and the nzxt phantom, as the standard 200mm side fan on the phantom is 30mm in depth, so only leaves 150mm height left for the cpu cooler and the titan is about 160mm height.

As I may dabble in overclocking in the future, is the TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39) ok ? If not what would be best

thanks

The titan is perfectly fine for the overclocking

 

[alanl]

If I dropped the gfx down to a 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready from the 1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready, will I really notice much difference?

 

[Atuleon]

If I dropped the gfx down to a 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready from the 1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready, will I really notice much difference?

I've been looking at a few benchmark comparisons, and I think there is about a 10% performance difference between 570 and 580. So I guess it's down to you to decide whether the 10% is worth the extra cash (something like £200 difference?). If it helps, here is the link, so you can compare yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twM0vtKME7w

Also, please can you all comment on my spec that is similar, I am wondering if I have bottlenecked myself anywhere, or whether I can reduce some of the components to save cash without feeling too much of a difference?
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forum...the-bottleneck-2-What-to-reduce-to-save-costs

 

[abrdar]

It may do on a cases such as the t900 and the nzxt phantom, as the standard 200mm side fan on the phantom is 30mm in depth, so only leaves 150mm height left for the cpu cooler and the titan is about 160mm height.



The titan is perfectly fine for the overclocking

Would the titan interfere with the 500r side fans tho, because it does have a slight bulge to allow for bigger cpu coolers?

 

[TJWhonley]

from what I make of it the titan would interfere with the side fan because

It may do on a cases such as the t900 and the nzxt phantom, as the standard 200mm side fan on the phantom is 30mm in depth, so only leaves 150mm height left for the cpu cooler and the titan is about 160mm height.



The titan is perfectly fine for the overclocking

if you do the maths then 150mm-160mm=-10mm which would indicate that no, it would not fit. just bear in mind i am only acting on tom gr7's stats, i do not actually know this. hope this cleared up the confusion tho ;D