New build advice

[deano_deano]

Hi people,

I'm a little bit out of the loop these days and was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to help me spec a build. I already have a monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers and I'm not too price sensitive but am expecting to spent £1200-2000. I would like a pretty quiet system and need a system drive of 150GB+ and storage of 500GB+. I'd like to play a few more games (BF3, Max Payne 3 etc) and run a Dell U2410 monitor so would like to get the most out of it.

I was thinking of going for a Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz processor, Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case, and either an X-FI Titanium or ASUS Xonar STX but am happy for an opinions/alternatives to these and recommendations on all other parts.

Thank you in advance

 

[stulid]

Did you already have the monitor? if not I left enough money free to get one.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 760w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
Total : £1,594.57 (includes shipping : £14.75).




If its mainly for gaming then just use a 3570K instead.

The Seasonic PSU has a fan control function that keeps it from spinning up until 20% load.

http://www.seasonicusa.com/X.htm

 

[stulid]

The Fractal R4 is a quiet case also as it has sound deadening material applied to the inside panels,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 760w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £99.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
Total : £1,497.37 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[Idleman]

Do you need an OS?

 

[bremen1874]

Stulid – a genuine question, not just trolling…

For a single GPU system why spend so much on the motherboard when even the Z77-D3H would be fine?

 

[Idleman]

Ignore, found my glasses.

 

[deano_deano]

Cheers guys

I already have the OS and monitor.

Any further recommendations would be very grateful. I am happy to push the budget if it was considered worthwhile.

 

[stulid]

Would be better with an ssd and hdd.

Which it has

OCZ SSD

Seagate HDD

 

[stulid]

Stulid – a genuine question, not just trolling…

For a single GPU system why spend so much on the motherboard when even the Z77-D3H would be fine?

It would do the job and overclock to a nice average, but the option for SLI is there if needed and the new IR3550 power stages run cool.

 

[bremen1874]

As I'm bored waiting for data to copy between a couple of servers here's a slighly shaved version that saves a couple of hundred and does much the same.

The boot drive is a bit under the suggested 150GB, but it should be big enough for most people.

Loose the Blu-ray and drop the PSU down and another hundred could come off.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 760w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1866C10DC) £35.99
Total : £1,266.56 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 

[Idleman]

If you require a BluRay drive you can always swap out the dvd/rw.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Sound Card (70SB127000001) £157.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Seasonic X-Series 760w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1600C9DC) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-S19LBK DVD Rewriter including Labelflash - Retail £20.99
Total : £1,477.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[deano_deano]

Cheers for the responses everyone, it has made my choices easier