GTX 560 Ti Brand?

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Mr.E

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Hello all,

I am thinking of getting a new desktop and I'll use the GTX 560 Ti as my GPU. Before I buy it though, I was wondering whether I could find out what brand the GPU will be. That is, is there a specific brand PC Specialist uses like Asus, Evga, MSI, etc?
Apologies if the answer to this question is in an obvious place, but I couldn't find it.

Thanks in advance.

-E
 
M

Mr.E

Active member
Thank you both for the quick response. I'll try to check with pcs when they open tomorrow and I'll post back here when I find out for sure what they use.

In the meantime, just in case anyone can give me comments and/or suggestions, the spec I have in mind is:

Case COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED 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 SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE
Processor Cooling TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD
Monitor IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD1920x1080

Thanks,
-E
 
NMEBowen

NMEBowen

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as corfate said go for the cavier black as it will roughly double the speed of boot times aswell as greatly increase read and write times aswell as a great increase in reliability
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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will look good with caviar black drive, as others said.

dont forget the warranty for a fiver.
 
M

Mr.E

Active member
Thank you for the suggestions! I'll definitely get the caviar black and the warranty but I don't think I can go any higher in terms of the price... :/

Quick question, though: It looks like getting the 8GB Samsung RAM at 1333Mhz or the 8GB Kingston hyper-x at 1600Mhz cost exactly the same. I assume the Kingston is a bit better but I've never had any experience with either brand. Does anyone have any ideas about which one gives performs better?

-E
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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i have the kingston ram, the only thing you will need to do is check its set to "XMP" in the bios, to ensure its running at 1600mhz. I have had no problems with it. if its the same price as the samsung, go for it, thats why i went for it.
 
M

Mr.E

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tom_gr7 said:
i have the kingston ram, the only thing you will need to do is check its set to "XMP" in the bios, to ensure its running at 1600mhz. I have had no problems with it. if its the same price as the samsung, go for it, thats why i went for it.
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Cool, thank you. I think I'll go for those then.
 
M

Mr.E

Active member
Hi all,

A quick update: I bought my new PC! I'm extremely excited and I can't wait to receive it!
The specs are as follows.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED 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 NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
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
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 (£72)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Also, for those of you that wanted to know, I checked the GPU brand with PCS support and they do use Palit.
If anyone is interested in updates after I receive the computer, let me know and I'd be happy to update this thread.

-E
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

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looks good dude,

whan ya get the pc, do a little review with pics in the show of your pc section.
 
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