Finally bought a desktop PC

[Tylerd94]

After years of only having a laptop I thought it might be practical to buy Desktop simply making it much easier to game, I am just wondering what everyone thinks of my build, I will certainly be starting a youtube channel when it arrives


Case NZXT PHANTOM WHITE GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
2nd Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB VELOCIRAPTOR WD1000DHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£158)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO II FAT BOY PUSH/PULL CONFIG LIQUID CPU COOLER (£69)
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities KILLER 2100 GAMING NETWORK PCI-E CARD - FOR ONLINE GAMING (£55)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor IIYAMA G2773HS 27" PRO GAMER, 120Hz LED PANEL, 1MS RESPONSE (£299)
Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

[keynes]

I put the SSD as the main drive, are you planning to run 3 monitors? It seems that drivers are not yet optimised to benefit from quad sli gtx 690:
http://m.hexus.net/tech/reviews/grap...rround/?page=3
I would get another sli combination, either sli gtx 680 or 670 would max possibly any game at high settings.

[scotho]

Rubensolo knows all!

[vanthus]

Awesome build, a few things I would change,for gaming 16GB is overkill,8GB will be plenty,also if not overclocking drop the coolit eco & CPU ,really very little advantage if any in overclocking for gaming.Make your first hard drive the SSD & get a Caviar black for your second hard drive.
Dont forget to get at least silver warranty.

[Tylerd94]

Thank you for the help I was just going to run using the 1 monitor, and I had it at 16GB instead of 8GB just because I wanted to be positively sure, I'd rather overkill than underkill, I will not be overclocking, first off I don't know how to and secondly it isn't the safest thing to be doing. Also I made the Velociraptor my main HDD instead of the SSD because I hear often that SSD's can fail within less than a year, I still have time to Amend the order, if switching my SSD and HDD over is actually a good idea then I shall do so

[keynes]

Thank you for the help I was just going to run using the 1 monitor, and I had it at 16GB instead of 8GB just because I wanted to be positively sure, I'd rather overkill than underkill, I will not be overclocking, first off I don't know how to and secondly it isn't the safest thing to be doing. Also I made the Velociraptor my main HDD instead of the SSD because I hear often that SSD's can fail within less than a year, I still have time to Amend the order, if switching my SSD and HDD over is actually a good idea then I shall do so

Morning,
If you are not planning in overclocking you don't need the i7-3770k (k is for overclocking), you can get the i7-3770 instead as well as the triple copper heatpipe instead of the coolit fatboy. The intel 520 SSD comes with a 5 year warranty, SSDs are more reliable and I doubt it will fail in less than a year. If you are only gaming in one monitor 2 x GTX 670 will max games at high settings, having the gtx 690 is going to be overkill and way more expensive. And try getting at least silver warranty for £5, it increases delivery/collection cost from 1 month to a year in case there is a fault with your PC.

[Tylerd94]

Morning,
If you are not planning in overclocking you don't need the i7-3770k (k is for overclocking), you can get the i7-3770 instead as well as the triple copper heatpipe instead of the coolit fatboy. The intel 520 SSD comes with a 5 year warranty, SSDs are more reliable and I doubt it will fail in less than a year. If you are only gaming in one monitor 2 x GTX 670 will max games at high settings, having the gtx 690 is going to be overkill and way more expensive. And try getting at least silver warranty for £5, it increases delivery/collection cost from 1 month to a year in case there is a fault with your PC.

Thank you for the message I will stick to the gtx 690 simply because that way I won't need to upgrade for several years were as the 670 may be on it's way out.

I am having an issue in changing anything right now even if I want to just change the warranty I am getting this message with X's I am not understanding what has happened my product is in build so obviously there is no issue with my case or I would have been told before buying it.



The case you have selected supports x 3.5" hard disk drives and x 2.5" hard disk drives. You have selected 1 x 3.5" hard drives and 1 x 2.5" hard drives. Please change your hard drive selection or alternatively choose a different case.


The case you have selected supports x 3.5" hard disk drives and x 2.5" hard disk drives. You have selected 1 x 3.5" hard drives and 1 x 2.5" hard drives. Please change your hard drive selection or alternatively choose a different case.