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Initial post: 9 Jul 2012 19:06:35 BDT
NZXT Phantom Black Full Tower Case
OCZ 1000W Fatal1ty Series PSU
Gigabyte GTX 680 2GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card
Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Asus Maximus IV Extreme R3.0 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio EATX Motherboard
Cisco Linksys Wireless-N Dual-Band PCI Adapter

I'm planning to buy these items on Ebuyer, so whats everyones thoughts?

P.S Btw this would be my first build! :D

Posted on 11 Jul 2012 02:25:34 BDT
P.J. says:
My 2 cents,

Case is nice, I prefer a window so I can see my stuff but that's just personal opinion.
Terrawatt power supply is a massive overkill, you'll never need more than 550W with one graphics card and you would only need a terrawatt for something like quad-sli (4GPUs in SLi or Xfire). Just make sure it's 80+ certified, preferably gold with that budget.
Card is sick of course. Although at its price I would probably just go for 2 HD 7850s in SLi or something along the lines. By the way I'm using one HD 7850 and it maxes out all my games easily, even Crysis 2, so I don't see the point in going next gen yet.
CPU is great, I'm with a 3570K because I don't need the hyperthreading and aside from that the differences are next to negligible. If you're a HD video editor you'll want it though.
Board is good but I'd advise the Z77 chipset for the CPU you chose. Maximus V Extreme will use it but wont be available til 2015 so I'd go for a G1 Sniper 3 or something. Give it a little research maybe.
NIC has good reviews, don't have any experience with it though. Only advice from me here is don't go Edimax, but I'm sure Linksys will be fine.

Don't limit yourself to eBuyer, I got my mobo from them and they were good and all but google search your product and look at the shopping results, it compares prices for you like a boss.

Are you planning on water cooling or anything? Also how about RAM and storage?

In reply to an earlier post on 11 Jul 2012 12:10:47 BDT
Thanks for your reply :)
So i can get a cheaper PSU then?
I was going for a next gen computer so that i can have a few years of life worth out of it, you know, make it future proof?
Oh yes RAM, i have 8 GB of DDR3 from my comp. that i got to build for free at my college that i'm going to reuse. As for the storage i have 250GB internal on my old comp + 300 odd external so i think that will do for now :)
So a G1 Sniper 3 mobo for now then?

Posted on 11 Jul 2012 14:54:45 BDT
P.J. says:
No problem :)
Yes definitely, I'm currently on a 80+ regular 550W PSU but planning to upgrade to this: http://www.ebuyer.com/265709-ocz-zx-series-850w-80-gold-psu-fully-modular-psu-ocz-zx850w-un?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products (for some reason the ZX series doesn't do 750W so 850 will do.)
Well sure I would love a card like that, it'll probably last you for more than several years given its specs.
That's good RAM but maybe given your budget you should look into going 16GB or even 32GB; RAM's pretty cheap nowadays and the 8GB modules are only slightly more expensive. You'll never need that much RAM but if you're future-proofing I dunno what you might need in 5 years' time.
Is that an SSD or HDD? I would advise getting an SSD, they're insanely fast. I have a 120GB Agility 3 for my main disk and a 1TB HDD like a little warehouse for my files. If you do end up upgrading your storage the WD Caviar Black series is really high end and not dramatically expensive. The SSD I chose was best £/GB I could find so not sure about reliability in the long term but it's had no faults so far and reports 7.5 out of 7.9 on Windows 7 index.
Yeah that's my favourite mobo out there at the moment besides the not-yet-released Maximus V Extreme of course. The Asus P8Z77-V premium is another high end board but it looks terrible IMO, then there's the ASRock Extreme9 but I've heard ASRock boards aren't all that reliable, especially in the long-haul.

In reply to an earlier post on 12 Jul 2012 00:29:48 BDT
It's HDDs that i have :)
I've never really looked into SSDs before, always thought that they were better in the longer run because they have more memory?
I will consider upgrading my RAM aswell, most likely to 16GB as i don't see games getting any higher than 8 for the next decade or so...
I have changed my PSU to a 850W Gold 80+ just so happens to be the one you have recommended so thank you :)
Miiight keep the same MOBO that i have though unless there is a major reason why i should change to the G1 Sniper 3?

In reply to an earlier post on 12 Jul 2012 01:09:54 BDT
P.J. says:
SSDs are much, much faster and even a 60GB SSD will store your OS easily, thus your system will boot faster and run programs faster and install games, etc, faster. 120GB lets me have Windows 7 and I have about 5 games installed on it at any time, then my 1TB HDD stores my music and documents and movies, stuff like that. Up to you though man.
No it's a bit silly going 32GB IMO. 16 will easily last you until your next build in however many years that might be.
Good choice, I envy you :)
It's up to you. The Maximus series is fantastic, but it uses a last generation chipset (Z68) and if you're future-proofing and getting an ivy-bridge processor (you are) then the Z77 will simply handle it better and allow better overclocking opportunities. I'm a big fan of Asus's Maximus boards but the 3770K and the Z77 chipset were (literally) made for each other. Up to you in the end though.

In reply to an earlier post on 14 Jul 2012 02:17:29 BDT
I think i will consider an SSD :) If i already had my OS ( WIN. 7 64bit ) installed on a HDD will i be able to transfer it to a SSD? And would i require any other programs transfered over to the SSD, for example, any other essential start up programs?
What if i just got the 3770 i7 instead? Would it be more wise to keep my current board?

In reply to an earlier post on 14 Jul 2012 14:11:14 BDT
P.J. says:
Yeahh and if not an SSD at least an SSD cache, I don't have much experience with them but apparently they accelerate your system the same way. But I think they're just as expensive anyway. I used this on one of my computers using XP but apparently it works using 7 too: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/products/features/windows-easy-transfer but to be honest you just install 7 onto your new SSD then change the boot priority in the BIOS so that it boots Windows from your SSD, not your HDD, then you wont need to edit your old hard drive and you'll still be able to access all the files on it. Regarding previously installed programs, if you want them to appear at startup for some reason you'll have to just install it again on your SSD (which defeats the point of it being on your HDD so you can then uninstall it from that). Windows installs the essential startup files for you though.
No that's ivy bridge too and it costs less because it's not unlocked so you can't overclock it like the K series. If you want the same motherboard I'd go sandy bridge and get a 2700K, it's the best sandy bridge CPU out there.

In reply to an earlier post on 16 Jul 2012 02:10:14 BDT
Thanks Very much for your support :)
You've been a great help :D

Posted on 20 Jul 2012 13:13:03 BDT
P.J. says:
No problem, glad I could help :)
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