£1500 rough budget for new PC

Sunny87

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Hi everyone so I've been running a T1100 AMD CPU for a while and I hate it, it's done well but in the last few months the whole system has gone to pot so I figured I'd make the move back to intel.
Now I was planing on getting a single GTX690 but then for the same money/slightly less money I can get crossfired HD7970's 6000MHz.
So this was my planned setup and it hit's the mark all par the OS but I can't get an OEM copy of windows 7 so I might have to move over to 8 for £60...

Intel i7 3770K 3rd gen
Asus P8Z77
2x Gigabyte HD7970 3GBGDDR5
Coolermaster HAF XM with GX lite 700watt PSU
8GB Corsair Dominator RAM 2666MHz
internal Blu-ray drive
Segate 750GB hybrid SSD plus an extra 1TB drive for Steam games
Windows 8 64Bit

So what does everyone think? I'll be running on a 32" 1080p Samsung LED TV.
 
I would get rid of the 2666Mhz and just pick up 1600Mhz RAM. Also, what is the purpose for this PC? If it is for gaming I would probably knock the 3770K down to a I5-3570K.

I would go with a different PSU then the one you listed. For crossfire cards 700w will power them, but I'd opt for something around 800-850w range. This will allow you some headroom for the future.

When it comes to 690 vs 7970 CFX it all comes down to patience. When running two cards you will often run into driver issues and things such as micro stuttering. Additionally, it create much more heat and noise. So, if you can deal with things like that - go with the 7970's. If not, go with the 690.

For your storage, I would opt for a regular SSD instead of a hybrid and just buy a larger secondary drive.
 
I would get rid of the 2666Mhz and just pick up 1600Mhz RAM. Also, what is the purpose for this PC? If it is for gaming I would probably knock the 3770K down to a I5-3570K.

I would go with a different PSU then the one you listed. For crossfire cards 700w will power them, but I'd opt for something around 800-850w range. This will allow you some headroom for the future.

When it comes to 690 vs 7970 CFX it all comes down to patience. When running two cards you will often run into driver issues and things such as micro stuttering. Additionally, it create much more heat and noise. So, if you can deal with things like that - go with the 7970's. If not, go with the 690.

For your storage, I would opt for a regular SSD instead of a hybrid and just buy a larger secondary drive.

Yeah I was thinking about the PSU, I will keep the RAM as it's on special at the moment so works out cheaper so might try and get an OCZ 1000watt PSU.

It's going to be for gaming and video editing and photoshop, but with a primary focus on gaming, would like to max everything out, I thought about the i5 but again I'd get use out of the i7 so I'm still torn and so far what I have works perfect for the price range I'm looking at so I might stick with the i7 for now depends on what I change, if I change to an GTX690 then I might opt for an i5 so save money there.

I'm not worried about playing about with drivers getting things working as I'm an ICT guy by trade so doing that sort of thing comes naturally.
 
Yeah I was thinking about the PSU, I will keep the RAM as it's on special at the moment so works out cheaper so might try and get an OCZ 1000watt PSU.
Well, if you're working with programs that utilize RAM. It's always better to have more RAM rather than faster RAM. You will see better performance that way. Anyways, that is all up to you. But, as for the 1000w PSU. I wouldn't go quite that high. 850w would be a sweet spot for your build if you went the route of crossfire cards.
 
Well, if you're working with programs that utilize RAM. It's always better to have more RAM rather than faster RAM. You will see better performance that way. Anyways, that is all up to you. But, as for the 1000w PSU. I wouldn't go quite that high. 850w would be a sweet spot for your build if you went the route of crossfire cards.

Yeah I just checked out the price nearly died haha okay so some revisions...

Same motherboard
same twin graphics cards
same RAM but 2x8GB at 2666MHz
Sandisk extreme 240GB SSD x 1TB 64MB 7200RPM cache HDD
Coolermaster 850Watt PSU
intel i5 3570K

So far I've hit the £1765 mark and thats not too bad as that includes Windows 8 and 2 free games. I have a 2nd gen i5 in my laptop but I've not used them for gaming I hear the K series is the best though, sorry for my ignorance I've just come over from the AMD side.
 
When it comes to 690 vs 7970 CFX it all comes down to patience. When running two cards you will often run into driver issues and things such as micro stuttering. Additionally, it create much more heat and noise. So, if you can deal with things like that - go with the 7970's. If not, go with the 690.
The GTX 690 is also 2 GPUs but on one card, so you'll still run into driver issues and micro stuttering (although Nvidia drivers are generally more stable). Heat and noise will be lower though, however I don't think the premium is justified, you could buy 3x 7970 for the price of one 690.

I would also recommend ditching the 2666Mhz RAM and just going for a 2x8GB 1600Mhz kit, you won't see any real world benefits. You're much better off using the savings towards a 3770K.
 
The GTX 690 is also 2 GPUs but on one card, so you'll still run into driver issues and micro stuttering (although Nvidia drivers are generally more stable). Heat and noise will be lower though, however I don't think the premium is justified, you could buy 3x 7970 for the price of one 690

I am not sure what I was thinking lol. I think I had the GTX 680 in my head for some reason. Anyways, you're absolutely right.
 
Never buy Coolermaster PSUs, havent tried OCZ though. All the CM PSUs I have gotten have failed within a few weeks. I would only trust Seasonic and Corsair, possibly XFX. Make sure the PSU is >800W like blk said and make sure it is gold certified. Also, make sure the 7970s are GHz editions.
 
Seasonic have the highest reputation when it comes to PSUs, you'll find a lot of other brands are Seasonic made anyway, e.g. all XFX and some Corsair ones. Here's a handy guide.

I wouldn't bother with the Ghz editions unless they're around the same price as regular 7970's, they don't overclock any better and to be honest I doubt you'd need the full power of 2x 7970's at 1080p anyway.
 
Seasonic have the highest reputation when it comes to PSUs, you'll find a lot of other brands are Seasonic made anyway, e.g. all XFX and some Corsair ones. Here's a handy guide.

I wouldn't bother with the Ghz editions unless they're around the same price as regular 7970's, they don't overclock any better and to be honest I doubt you'd need the full power of 2x 7970's at 1080p anyway.
True! You showed me that guide before, nice stuff.
 
Ok so here is an updated list of the build I have so far based on the valuable information I have received so far from everyone, I'm just going to copy and paste my basket as I'm too tired to be typing it all out :)...


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And I already have the 1TB steam drive that will be coming out of my previous system as it's only a month old same with the SSD 2.5" to 3.5" fitting. And thats 2x 7970's that are Ghz editions that worked out cheaper than the previous.
 
Well, there are a few things you need to improve on your build.
1) The motherboard doesnt have 2 PCI-E slots. So you cannot put 2 cards in crossfire. I would recommend the P8Z77V-LK instead. Dont go cheap on motherboards.
2) The SSD you chose isnt the best, since it uses a Sandforce controller which isnt the most reliable. I would recommend a Samsung 840 Pro instead.
3) The Sapphire cards you picked are fine, but I prefer XFX since they offer a lifetime warranty. Unfortunately, I dont think XFX offers a 7970 GHz edition, at least from where you are buying it from. I would still get the XFX 7970 instead. You get a good warranty plus the GHz edition isnt much better. You can achieve that overclock yourself.
4) The RAM you chose is unnecessary. 1866MHz does not offer any noticeable improvement over 1600MHz. I would get this kit instead: http://www.ebuyer.com/352934-corsair-16gb-ddr3-1600mhz-vengeance-memory-cmz16gx3m2a1600c10
5) I would get a Gold PSU instead, especially with all that horsepower under the hood. Plus, the Corsair AX850 is on sale.
6) Finally, if you are planning on OCing the CPU, I would recommend buying the Hyper 212 Evo.
 
Well, there are a few things you need to improve on your build.
1) The motherboard doesnt have 2 PCI-E slots. So you cannot put 2 cards in crossfire. I would recommend the P8Z77V-LK instead. Dont go cheap on motherboards.
2) The SSD you chose isnt the best, since it uses a Sandforce controller which isnt the most reliable. I would recommend a Samsung 840 Pro instead.
3) The Sapphire cards you picked are fine, but I prefer XFX since they offer a lifetime warranty. Unfortunately, I dont think XFX offers a 7970 GHz edition, at least from where you are buying it from. I would still get the XFX 7970 instead. You get a good warranty plus the GHz edition isnt much better. You can achieve that overclock yourself.
4) The RAM you chose is unnecessary. 1866MHz does not offer any noticeable improvement over 1600MHz. I would get this kit instead: http://www.ebuyer.com/352934-corsair-16gb-ddr3-1600mhz-vengeance-memory-cmz16gx3m2a1600c10
5) I would get a Gold PSU instead, especially with all that horsepower under the hood. Plus, the Corsair AX850 is on sale.
6) Finally, if you are planning on OCing the CPU, I would recommend buying the Hyper 212 Evo.

I was under the impression the motherboard I chose supported AMD quad crossfire support from the description, Okay so I'll do another redesign and post it up in a sec.


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I was under the impression the motherboard I chose supported AMD quad crossfire support from the description, Okay so I'll do another redesign and post it up in a sec.
Well it's got 2 PCI-E slots but the second one runs at 2.0 x4 which might not have enough bandwidth for a 7970.

For the GPUs I'd get these Gigabyte 7970's, the cooler is very good and it's cheaper than any other version.

Also you might want to get a better case, 2x 7970's will get pretty hot. Something like the HAF XM you were planning originally or the 500R.
 
Well it's got 2 PCI-E slots but the second one runs at 2.0 x4 which might not have enough bandwidth for a 7970.

For the GPUs I'd get these Gigabyte 7970's, the cooler is very good and it's cheaper than any other version.

Also you might want to get a better case, 2x 7970's will get pretty hot. Something like the HAF XM you were planning originally or the 500R.

Well spotted I didn't notice that, well here is my revision again...

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Great build :D. But do you need this in a hurry? Haswell is right around the corner. In about a month it will be arriving.
 
Great build :D. But do you need this in a hurry? Haswell is right around the corner. In about a month it will be arriving.

I've been thinking about waiting for Haswell but will it be worth the extra cash for a 10% performance increase? And it's always hard to get new CPU's straight away here, it's not a rush build and is something I have been thinking about but a 10%-20% increase in performance.
 
Yeah, they have done a bunch of stuff under the hood. Another reason I would wait is that if you dont really want Haswell, you can get IB for cheaper.

What I will do is wait it out and see what price the haswell goes for, if it works out nearly the same as I want to spend currently I will go down that route as future proofing would be much easier, but if it's much more money but drives down the price of IB then I will stick to this design at a better price :)
 
Sounds good. Sorry for the idea of delaying :confused:. I just wanna get you the best PC for the money :D.

It's been on my mind no need to apologise you and everyone else has done me a massive favour and I'm truly grateful for the help, but seeing as I'll be on holiday soon and I think Haswell will be out by then I might just wait and see for the curiosity of price vs performance.
 
The price of the 4770K will probably be the same or slightly higher, but a decent LGA 1150 mobo might be a bit more expensive (as it's a new socket). Haswell still uses DDR3 RAM so that's the same. So overall I reckon the performance/price ratio won't be too different, although Haswell will have some new features.

It's really up to you - if you can wait until June and are planning to keep this build for 4-5 years it's probably wiser to wait for Haswell.
 
I think you should buy the PSU though, it is a really good price since it is on sale at the moment where you are buying it from. It is usually more expensive than the HX (still Gold and modular), but at eBuyer it is cheaper at the moment. I dont think they will change from here till Haswell. I would wait to buy everything else though. Prices may decrease and such, plus the RAM may need an update to support Haswell. Finally, there is a new rumor saying nVidia will launch their 700 series at Computex 13'.
 
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