4 more days!!!

[Venomz1337]

In 4 days I'll be purchasing my first gaming rig and this is pretty much what I've come to. The price started at £993 but since I've joined the LTT Forums, it has become £1320 :D. I guess it's worth the additional costs and anyway, here's the build!

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/ab98e5b880d44bf5a002226459693b61

 

I can still have some last minute changes but PLEASE do not increase the price. 

 

Cheers,

Venomz1337

[Joshua]

You seem to care a lot about the price, I'm just saying that a hell of a lot of your stuff is way overkill for gaming so reducing the price and not noticing a decrease in performance is possible.

[defunkt]

Have you looked around for better prices? Scan probably aren't the cheapest for everything.

[Samdb]

Please post  in the right section.

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/forum/18-new-builds-and-planning/

[Ddm5]

Have you looked around for better prices? Scan probably aren't the cheapest for everything.

Don't be surprised, i've bought all of my stuff from scan to be honest, they are pretty much the best in the U.k for most of the parts.

[defunkt]

Don't be surprised, i've bought all of my stuff from scan to be honest, they are pretty much the best in the U.k for most of the parts.

Amazon are really good and normally cheap as heck

[qwertywarrior]

everything seems perfect

but i normally buy a heatsink for my cpu since they last for ever and i can just reuse them over and over again

i have a thermalright 120 i bought in 2007

[MegaDave91]

Nice and balanced rig man

 

One thing I would do is I would get a 750w PSU and get the GD65 instead of the GD45 mobo.

[Ddm5]

Amazon are really good and normally cheap as heck

Yea, but I'd rather go through scan, wonderful customer service and Rma's aswell, just generally better in my opinion.

[Legend932]

Cool build, quick question, were you a console peasant before this? if so, welcome to the glorious pc gaming master race, console peasant, enjoy your stay, one day you will become a true noble man, a pc is not everything but it is a start : )

[Frix]

Scan ebuyer and  Amazon are pretty much the only places in the UK where you can get the best parts, I cant think of anywhere else, i've always got all my parts from Amazon

[Venomz1337]

Cool build, quick question, were you a console peasant before this? if so, welcome to the glorious pc gaming master race, console peasant, enjoy your stay, one day you will become a true noble man, a pc is not everything but it is a start : )

 

Yes, indeed I was, since 2005 I started gaming when I was like 7/8 got my first 360 and stuck with it ever since till recently.

[Venomz1337]

Nice and balanced rig man

 

One thing I would do is I would get a 750w PSU and get the GD65 instead of the GD45 mobo.

 

I'd rather spend an additional £17 for a 860 watt PSU over a 760.

 

Anyways, what do you think of the Asus VI Hero?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-maximus-vi-hero-intel-z87-s-1150-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-hdmi-atx

[Venomz1337]

everything seems perfect

but i normally buy a heatsink for my cpu since they last for ever and i can just reuse them over and over again

i have a thermalright 120 i bought in 2007

 

The H100i has a 7 year warranty

[WoodenMarker]

I'd rather spend an additional £17 for a 860 watt PSU over a 760.

 

Anyways, what do you think of the Asus VI Hero?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-maximus-vi-hero-intel-z87-s-1150-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-hdmi-atx

The PSU is overkill for even sli titans and a custom cooling loop. A 750w bronze would be enough.

 

The Hero is good if for some odd reason you can't just get a cheaper mobo and a cheap dedicated sound card which would be much better.

 

Bump down to the 840 non pro. The difference in performance is negligible.

Don't get the pro series ram as they're only useful if you're overclocking it which would get you no extra performance.

Go with the cheapest CL 1600 ram you can find instead.

A 7970 is also much cheaper and is nearly neck to neck with the 770 and has more vram.

[Venomz1337]

The PSU is overkill for even sli titans and a custom cooling loop. A 750w bronze would be enough.

 

The Hero is good if for some odd reason you can't just get a cheaper mobo and a cheap dedicated sound card which would be much better.

 

Bump down to the 840 non pro. The difference in performance is negligible.

 

I could, get a MSI GD45 and use the soundcard out of my current pc. Sounds like a good idea?

[WoodenMarker]

I could, get a MSI GD45 and use the soundcard out of my current pc. Sounds like a good idea?

There's no GD45. If you're talking about GD65 or G45, get the G45--and yes, it's a good idea.

 

Edits to:

Ram: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-racing-red-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

SSD: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-samsung-840-basic-25-ssd-7mm-3-core-mdx-toggle-nand-read-530mb-s-write-130mb-s-256mb-cache-85k

GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-vtx3d-radeon-hd-7970-1375mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-mdport-dl-dvi-hdmi-plusfree-games

PSU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/800w-corsair-2013-edition-gs-cp-9020065-uk-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx

[Venomz1337]

There's no GD45. If you're talking about GD65 or G45, get the G45--and yes, it's a good idea.

 

Edits to:

Ram: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-vengeance-racing-red-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-15v

SSD: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-samsung-840-basic-25-ssd-7mm-3-core-mdx-toggle-nand-read-530mb-s-write-130mb-s-256mb-cache-85k

GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/3gb-vtx3d-radeon-hd-7970-1375mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-925mhz-2048-cores-mdport-dl-dvi-hdmi-plusfree-games

PSU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/800w-corsair-2013-edition-gs-cp-9020065-uk-85-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx

 

Ugly ram, SSD only has 3 years warranty + low iops, don't want an AMD GPU as benchmarks show that the NVIDIA GPU's are better in both gaming and general use. A non-modular PSU, naah, I'm alright I want to be able to aesthetically be pleased with my computer.

[WoodenMarker]

Ugly ram, SSD only has 3 years warranty + low iops, don't want an AMD GPU as benchmarks show that the NVIDIA GPU's are better in both gaming and general use. A non-modular PSU, naah, I'm alright I want to be able to aesthetically be pleased with my computer.

...Low iops? The only iops that matter is the random read, not the write.

The 7970 is quite cheaper and the performance is quite close. 

Check the description for graphs. Linus actually overclocks the cards since that's a more realistic test and the 7970 is the better overclocker.

I couldn't find the modular filter on the site. Just grab a 750-850w modular psu. 

[Venomz1337]

...Low iops? The only iops that matter is the random read, not the write.

The 7970 is quite cheaper and the performance is quite close. 

Check the description for graphs. Linus actually overclocks the cards since that's a more realistic test and the 7970 is the better overclocker.

I couldn't find the modular filter on the site. Just grab a 750-850w modular psu. 

 

I'm not too sure, I prefer Nvidia to AMD from family experiences and as for the SSD, there's a 13k IOPS difference + 2 more years of warranty on the PRO. The PSU will stay as it is, I've heard many stories of 'cheaper' PSU's that killed people's systems. Oh and, the AX series has no rainbow looking cables. And also, don't forget, those benchmarks were done more or less before the 770 was fully released therefore, shit drivers.

[WoodenMarker]

I'm not too sure, I prefer Nvidia to AMD from family experiences and as for the SSD, there's a 13k IOPS difference + 2 more years of warranty on the PRO. The PSU will stay as it is, I've heard many stories of 'cheaper' PSU's that killed people's systems. Oh and, the AX series has no rainbow looking cables. And also, don't forget, those benchmarks were done more or less before the 770 was fully released therefore, shit drivers.

Well if you are scarred from AMD, there's not much I can do other than tell you that AMD is good and there are reasons why people still buy them.

The 13k iops difference is unnoticeable. Once you're using any of the higher-tiered ssds, the differences of speed in real life usage is within margin of error. Don't spend extra money on something you won't even notice.

There are many good psus that are still good and not in the AX series. If you're getting it for the black cables though, there's nothing wrong with that.

 

The 7970 in Linus' video could have actually been overclocked more. What I'm saying is that the 7970 is nearly neck to neck with the 770 while being much cheaper. 

[Venomz1337]

Well if you are scarred from AMD, there's not much I can do other than tell you that AMD is good and there are reasons why people still buy them.

The 13k iops difference is unnoticeable. Once you're using any of the higher-tiered ssds, the differences of speed in real life usage is within margin of error. Don't spend extra money on something you won't even notice.

There are many good psus that are still good and not in the AX series. If you're getting it for the black cables though, there's nothing wrong with that.

 

The 7970 in Linus' video could have actually been overclocked more. What I'm saying is that the 7970 is nearly neck to neck with the 770 while being much cheaper. 

 

You ignored the fact that I said the PRO has two more years of warranty (which matters in SSD's) and again, I was going to get a 7970 when the choice was either that or the 670 but now, since the 770 has been released, I'll go with that. And here are some benchmarks;

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/05/31/nvidia-geforce-gtx-770-2gb-review/7

 

P.S. I'm not into overclocking.

[WoodenMarker]

You ignored the fact that I said the PRO has two more years of warranty (which matters in SSD's) and again, I was going to get a 7970 when the choice was either that or the 670 but now, since the 770 has been released, I'll go with that. And here are some benchmarks;

 

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/05/31/nvidia-geforce-gtx-770-2gb-review/7

 

P.S. I'm not into overclocking.

If you're big on warranties, that's your thing. I'm talking about specs. I don't think it matters that much for ssds as much as hdds. Most of ssds will probably last at least 10 years. 

It's a shame you're not into overclocking as it's almost guaranteed to work with gpus and it's ridiculously easy.

You just slide some sliders and test if it's stable. If not, your driver crashes and you screen flickers with a notification for you to change your settings.

This is why I don't care for stock gpu benchmarks. Nearly all gpus are made to be overclocked nowadays. To not overclock your gpu is like to not overclock a K series cpu on a z87 motherboard.

[Venomz1337]

If you're big on warranties, that's your thing. I'm talking about specs. I don't think it matters that much for ssds as much as hdds. Most of ssds will probably last at least 10 years. 

It's a shame you're not into overclocking as it's almost guaranteed to work with gpus and it's ridiculously easy.

You just slide some sliders and test if it's stable. If not, your driver crashes and you screen flickers with a notification for you to change your settings.

This is why I don't care for stock gpu benchmarks. Nearly all gpus are made to be overclocked nowadays. To not overclock your gpu is like to not overclock a K series cpu on a z87 motherboard.

 

I'm not a PC guru but I thought/think that if you overclock, it shortens the life expectancy of your product.

[WoodenMarker]

I'm not a PC guru but I thought/think that if you overclock, it shortens the life expectancy of your product.

It most likely will but it's not like the the part won't still last at least several years.