PC Build

[Kruziik_Kel]

im looking for a new PC (may have seen the other thread) and can probably spend a fair amount on the parts cobbled together this:

CPU

i7-3960X Processor - 3.3GHz

Mobo

Asus Sabertooth X79 Socket 2011

PSU

Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2UK OR Seasonic X750 80 Plus Gold

GPU

Sapphire 21197-00-40G HD 7970 Graphics Card 3GB, GDDR5 OR Palit GeForce GTX 680 Jetstream Graphics Card 2GB GDDR5

RAM

Komputerbay 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz DIMM with Blue Low Profile Heatspreaders OR 2x G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws X DDR3 PC12800 1600MHz

Case

NZXT Phantom 410 White

OCZ 1TB RevoDrive Hybrid SSD OR Seagate ST31000524AS 3.5 inch 1TB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

Sony AD-5280S-0B SATA DVD Optical Drive

Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard

NZXT Avatar S 1600DPI Laser Gaming Mouse

Whats your thoughts?

[The_DarthMoogle]

I'd cut back on the RAM to 16GB, meaning you can also just get Windows 7 Home Premium, (Only Ultimate works with more than 16GB)

and invest in a GTX570. Although you can link two graphics cards together, the 570 alone is affordable and massively more powerful than your current option.

EDIT : Just realised your current motherboard doesn't accept the two 470's anyway.

[Kruziik_Kel]

I'd cut back on the RAM to 16GB, meaning you can also just get Windows 7 Home Premium, (Only Ultimate works with more than 16GB)

and invest in a GTX570. Although you can link two graphics cards together, the 570 alone is affordable and massively more powerful than your current option.

EDIT : Just realised your current motherboard doesn't accept the two 470's anyway.

oh yeah damn forgot I swapped the mobo from the other one forgot about that with the ram too damn thats less than half the price and thanks for the GPU

[Sacrieur]

Radeon 7970 isn't very powerful compared to your processor.

Forget about LGA 1366, it's discontinued. Go for LGA 2011 and get a sandy bridge extreme edition CPU, make sure you have two PCI-E slots with plenty of space. GTX 670 should do nicely (although two would be better). Although if you can spend that much on a CPU you may be able to just get a GTX 690 and a motherboard with just one pci-e slot (but you'll need a lot of space).

RAM is going to need to operate at 1600MHz, since we're going for a high profile build.

Just make sure your case is full-sized to accommodate everything.

And skip out on the corsair PSU and opt for a Seasonic X650 or X750 PLUS GOLD.

[Kruziik_Kel]

Radeon 7970 isn't very powerful compared to your processor.

Forget about LGA 1366, it's discontinued. Go for LGA 2011 and get a sandy bridge extreme edition CPU, make sure you have two PCI-E slots with plenty of space. GTX 670 should do nicely (although two would be better). Although if you can spend that much on a CPU you may be able to just get a GTX 690 and a motherboard with just one pci-e slot (but you'll need a lot of space).

RAM is going to need to operate at 1600MHz, since we're going for a high profile build.

Just make sure your case is full-sized to accommodate everything.

And skip out on the corsair PSU and opt for a Seasonic X650 or X750 PLUS GOLD.

so i7 sandybridge extreme edition about the same price as the older one thanks for the suggestion

can get an asus sabertooth x79 for just a little more than the x58 the seasonic X750 is probably the biggest price increase about £70 but it is gold certified and im sure I can get it cheaper probably skip out the GTX 690 its about £800 (about £50 more than the CPU) had a look on AMD and it came up with the 7970 when I said mega tasking on multiple monitors playing ultra high res games so id guess thats the best they can offer and GTX 670 is probably about my limit on nvidia will look for faster RAM

EDIT

RAM's looking like either a pair of G-Skill 8GBXL Ripjaws X DDR3 or

Komputerbay 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz DIMM with Black Low Profile Heatspreaders

[Sacrieur]

For multiple monitors running games on max settings with high resolution you'll need two GTX 690s, at least. Depending on the number of monitors.

[Kruziik_Kel]

For multiple monitors running games on max settings with high resolution you'll need two GTX 690s, at least. Depending on the number of monitors.

might go 2 at some point its singe at the moment that was just to see what the best they had to offer I wont be running everything on max high yes like I said unless I can hunt down a cheaper GTX690 £800 cant be worth it when you could get 4 GTX670's for that

EDIT hunted down a GTX680 for a good price about equal with the radeon if not slightly better according to this

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/508?vs=555