Personal build update

ixi_your_face · April 22, 2013

So, i've been wanting to upgrade my PC for a while, and with Haswell and the 700 series on it's way i figure it's a good time to start the planning. I've decided on a rough budget of £1200, I'm not salvaging anything from my old PC, i'll copy the files on my HDD to a new one however.

I'd like to do a Water Cooled system, on the new haswell architecture and the 700 series. Obviously i can't make a real build plan on that as i don't know what the Specs will turn out to be. But based on speculation i've put a rough idea up.

So, the planned specs will be equivalent to, or better than :

i5 3570K
GTX 670 SLI maybe a single card, undecided as of yet.
at least 6TB of HDD storage and games and OS stored across 2 SSDs.

It'll probably turn out to be an M-ATX build inside the Corsair 350D, but i really like the look of the Corsair C70 so i might also go for an ATX build too.

My only issue is i'm quite new to custom water cooling loops, i know the basics, pump under rad type of thing. But i'd like this to be my build for a good 3-4 years unless i get bored of it.

It'll be used for gaming and, should i get into college, 3d modeling and game design.

The style of the build will be determined by the look of the chassis.

If i go for the 350D, it'll be a subtle, small build.

If i go for the C70, it'll be a show off build with industrial/military looks.

All of the other components will be decided when i get to look at the mobos at launch.

Afterwords, it's just closing my eyes and hoping that the die shrink doesn't come right after i finish building it.