Good for O.C. Gaming?

[vimto1]

Hey guys,

This is the spec im thinking of buying when I have saved up enough money It'll be my first custom built pc, so i thought; why not, lets just spoil myself System will be used for Gaming - highest setting system will allow, interweb surfing - pcs forums of course, storing all the pictures i take. So, here is the spec;

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Overclocked CPU
OVERCLOCKED AMD PHENOM II X6 1100T (3.30GHz @ MAX 3.90GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH 990FX - TUF SERIES MILITARY GRADE MOTHERBOARD
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR(£208)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£99)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
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
Quantity
1

Price: £1,511.00 including VAT and delivery.

Forgot to metion my budget of £1,600. Any improvement suggestion is appreciated

 

[Wozza63]

For a start get an i7 it will perform much better than the AMDs also instead of 2x6970 get a 590, you can then add a second one later (or now) and you will have four cores, you could also get a better case such as the sniper or haf-x which shuld fit into your budget. Bearing in mind that etting one 590 is probably cheaper you could get a small SSD OS drive for fast loading of OS and a few games. Also no real need for the sabertooth board

 

[mantadog]

If you are planning to upgrade but need a few weeks/months to save up for it. The next offering from AMD shouldnt be too long untill it shows it face. You could wait it out for that or if you plan to buy in the next couple of weeks before AMD release their new chip get an intel CPU atleast the i5, probably an i7 would suit you best.

Having 2 high end cards almost requires a small power station on your door step. One card is sufficient at the moment, i would go with a single GTX 580 for now and add in a 2nd at a later date IF you need to. Or again if you plan to wait their is a new batch of card from nvidia coming out, posssibly not till next year tho. But their is a slim chance of release this year as far as i know.

 

[vimto1]

I specced up an intel system like the previous one ^^ but with intel and the changes you suggested and it came out nearly a £1000 over budget, lol. So I changed the case back to the first option and got rid of the 2nd 590 card and it went down to £1,810. So i figured, if I carry on saving for a bit longer I can afford to buy the system at that price, and then once I get it, save up again for a while and buy thre second GPU in the future, and some extra fans if needed, what you think about that?

Changes made;

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 590 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)

 

[vimto1]

Saw your comment after i posted mine :| Given what you said, i think i will wait, give me chance to save some more money So you think the AMD chips that'll be released will be better than the Intel ones out atm?

 

[Wozza63]

Yes buy a second card later when many others will have been released dropping the price of the one you have, before you do this though, try poceeding with 2x590s because you may need a bigger PSU which PCS do not supply, you may be able to send a 1500w one in if you can affod that

 

[vimto1]

i tried proceeding with the 2x590's and the Corsair 1200W Pro Series PSU and it seemed successful becaused no little message came up saggesting a change.

 

[Wozza63]

Nownput on the smallest PSU to find out what the wattage says, it will say the max watage is ___w we recommend you upgrade to a 1200w PSU

If its really close it may be better getting a much larger one, then you will still be able to upgrade RAM, HDDs, fans etc

 

[vimto1]

Nownput on the smallest PSU to find out what the wattage says, it will say the max watage is ___w we recommend you upgrade to a 1200w PSU

If its really close it may be better getting a much larger one, then you will still be able to upgrade RAM, HDDs, fans etc

I lowered the PSU and proceeded and it said (with only 1 GTX 590 remember) that it only needed a 750W PSU.

EDIT; Max wattage with only 1 GPU is 683W. Max wattage with 2 GPU's is 1121W

 

[Wozza63]

No no no leave on two 590s then lower the psu, then click proceed and i will say how much it requires exactly, i have a feeling it may be at like 1180w which is too close really although can be done

 

[vimto1]

No no no leave on two 590s then lower the psu, then click proceed and i will say how much it requires exactly, i have a feeling it may be at like 1180w which is too close really although can be done

Max wattage of system with 2 GTX 590's is 1121W... Should i stick with the corsair 1200W or send in a higher wattage one when i eventually order?

 

[Wozza63]

1200w should be ok then, but you will be restricted on making upgrades, RAM and HDDs should be ok, if you do add a second drive laer, make it a caviar green thy use less power

 

[vimto1]

how much do you think it would cost to send in a power supply in for PCS to fit? Given i do want to eventually upgrade it.

 

[Wozza63]

Im sure they wouldnt charge you, but you would have to pay for it from anoter site and for p+p , you would also need to get confirmation from someone that you can dp this, they dont always let you

 

[vimto1]

Im sure they wouldnt charge you, but you would have to pay for it from anoter site and for p+p , you would also need to get confirmation from someone that you can dp this, they dont always let you

What wouldnt i be able to do? And why not?

 

[Wozza63]

Pcs may not let you do that for various reasons

 

[vimto1]

Do you think a 120GB SSD would be big enough for what i want to do?

 

[iTzMEKKAOUI]

depends.

 

[vimto1]

On what?

 

[UndeadJack]

Should have a ssd and a 1tb HDD. I have filled my 1tb externals full of stuff