Final spec.. what do you think?

[maczak]

so heres my final spec! Tell me what you think and I welcome any suggestions that may improve my spec.

Case
PCS COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE

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

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™

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

Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory -
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

DVD DRIVE
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

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

Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)

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

Sound Card Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

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

£1236... the only thing I am worried about is perhaps my CPU cooler? Should I opt for another one as I probably want to overglock my cpu a bit.
Thanks in advance

 

[maczak]

anyone got any feedback please ?

 

[Tehmoe]

Titan is prefect fine CPU cooler even at the max Overclock your cpu can get so nothing to worry about there. Do you really know what your doing with overclocking, make sure you do all your research and know exactly what your doing.

System seems great, only thing I would change is to add the £5 silver warranty.

 

[maczak]

Titan is prefect fine CPU cooler even at the max Overclock your cpu can get so nothing to worry about there. Do you really know what your doing with overclocking, make sure you do all your research and know exactly what your doing.

System seems great, only thing I would change is to add the £5 silver warranty.

Yeah I added the silver warranty as well I just left it out of the spec details. Ive never really overclocked anything apart from well.. using msi afterburner really. I have read that people are overclocking their 2500k's to 4.4ghz safely? Is this indeed safe and something I should consider?

 

[Tehmoe]

Yeah I added the silver warranty as well I just left it out of the spec details. Ive never really overclocked anything apart from well.. using msi afterburner really. I have read that people are overclocking their 2500k's to 4.4ghz safely? Is this indeed safe and something I should consider?

They hit 4.6ghz most of the time without any problems, I think you should really do a lot of research and tbh right now you wont need that extra power and day to day overclocking makes no difference. You only notice a difference in CPU intensive tasks.

For now I would say leave it as it is, when you start to notice it maybe slow down on programs you use then you should try to overclock.

 

[tom_gr7]

nice spec dude, but make i'd re create ya build, as theres new p8z68 gen 3 motherboard, ya may as well get one of them, for extra future proofing.

Personally i'd up the case, to atleast eh coolermaster 690 II, those 6950's will get pretty toasty.

 

[maczak]

nice spec dude, but make i'd re create ya build, as theres new p8z68 gen 3 motherboard, ya may as well get one of them, for extra future proofing.

Personally i'd up the case, to atleast eh coolermaster 690 II, those 6950's will get pretty toasty.

I wish I could but my desk doesnt have enough room to put a full tower on it or under it. My room is pretty small and my desk has to be in the corner...*sigh*. Is the heat of the crossfire 6950s something I should worry about...or will my current case be alright, not the best I know but satisfactory.I am sort of above my budget at the moment, how much more is that motherboard? I thought the one I picked was pretty decent.

 

[maczak]

They hit 4.6ghz most of the time without any problems, I think you should really do a lot of research and tbh right now you wont need that extra power and day to day overclocking makes no difference. You only notice a difference in CPU intensive tasks.

For now I would say leave it as it is, when you start to notice it maybe slow down on programs you use then you should try to overclock.

oh okay I will mostly be gaming , so I guess I will do that thanks

 

[Tehmoe]

I wish I could but my desk doesnt have enough room to put a full tower on it or under it. My room is pretty small and my desk has to be in the corner...*sigh*. Is the heat of the crossfire 6950s something I should worry about...or will my current case be alright, not the best I know but satisfactory.I am sort of above my budget at the moment, how much more is that motherboard? I thought the one I picked was pretty decent.

the Gen 3 just has more features, if you can afford it I guess its nice, if not then no worries yours is plenty good.

the Cooler Master CM-690 II is a mid tower case and personally one of my fav mid towers and has really good cooling, not really used the 922 as the look didn't really apply to me.

oh okay I will mostly be gaming , so I guess I will do that thanks

Gaming at 1080p you won't notice any difference in overclocking for now so don't worry about it, although might help a little as you have a xfire set up but your computer will destroy games for a good few years before you have any need to worry man .

 

[maczak]

the Gen 3 just has more features, if you can afford it I guess its nice, if not then no worries yours is plenty good.

the Cooler Master CM-690 II is a mid tower case and personally one of my fav mid towers and has really good cooling, not really used the 922 as the look didn't really apply to me.


Gaming at 1080p you won't notice any difference in overclocking for now so don't worry about it, although might help a little as you have a xfire set up but your computer will destroy games for a good few years before you have any need to worry man .

Yeah tbh im not very worried about the look of the case ... from where I sit I cant even see it lol. That mid tower is a few cm too large, but from what people are saying I think il be fine. Thanks again for help bro

 

[Tehmoe]

Yeah tbh im not very worried about the look of the case ... from where I sit I cant even see it lol. That mid tower is a few cm too large, but from what people are saying I think il be fine. Thanks again for help bro

NP man and enjoy .

 

[maczak]

NP man and enjoy .

You know what I have one more question...... I am completely lost in buying a new monitor. I researched it for a while and some people are saying stay away from 16:9 as its mostly for movies and I will be losing a row of 120 pixels this that etc. But I cant find any 16:10 monitors that are fullHD. My monitor cant be larger than 22" but it has to be full hd 1080p... hdmi output isnt neccessary. Can you reccommend me any good gaming monitors for under £150?

 

[Tehmoe]

You know what I have one more question...... I am completely lost in buying a new monitor. I researched it for a while and some people are saying stay away from 16:9 as its mostly for movies and I will be losing a row of 120 pixels this that etc. But I cant find any 16:10 monitors that are fullHD. My monitor cant be larger than 22" but it has to be full hd 1080p... hdmi output isnt neccessary. Can you reccommend me any good gaming monitors for under £150?

Don't listen to people theres no difference with 16:10 and 16:9. Ive used both on laptops didnt notice anything different and I tend to watch alot of TV, if your looking at a gaming laptop I would get any good 1080p 22" with LED back light, also look for something with a low fresh rate something like 2ms is great however 5ms is fine if your build cant fit it.

Also confused as why you should stay away from 16:9 really confusing me as 16:10 isnt the going to lead to the black bar aswell as dvd/blu ray are 2.35:1. Personally Ill go with the 16:9.