CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Just ordered core components of a new PC, the spec is; CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz Mobo: Asus P8P67 ATX RAM: 8GB (2x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 GPU: KFA2 GTX 580 HDD: OCZ Vertex 2 60GB CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H70 I already have a case, keyboard/mouse, monitor, storage HDDs, PSU and optical drive. The cost was just over £1000, from two websites (Scan.co.uk and Overclockers.co.uk) because either one didn't have all I wanted. That includes the price for 2x next day deliveries. I built it because my current Q6600/8800GTX/4GB RAM system is keeling over, unable to play games on half-decent graphics when it could last year. It's had an abusive 3.5 year life span really. Hoping this one will last just as long, if not longer. The motherboard is one of those with the bad Cougar Point chipsets, but I only plan on sticking my DVD drive into the 3Gbs port, all the drives going in the uneffected 6Gbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Looks like a very nice build, I can personally say that the corsair H70 does its job very well, and the corsair vengeance memory is very stable and fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Looks like a very nice build, I can personally say that the corsair H70 does its job very well, and the corsair vengeance memory is very stable and fast. How quiet is the H70? If the stock cooler is good enough to cool, and quieter than the H70, I may simply return the H70. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Personally I'm not bothered about noise, but I think its quiet to be honest considering the fact that it has two fans running at 2000 RPM (which can be lowered to 1500) and it keeps my i7 (which is over-clocked from 2.8 to 3.6GHz) at a cool 20 Celsius idle and 35 under prime95 maximum load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Looks very nice, got some good of hardware in there, decent price too! Not too sure how quiet the H70 is, but I've read it's an awesome cooler so wouldn't worry about the noise as long as it cool the CPU down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 The sound is a concern really. The computer is in the bedroom, with whom I share with my girlfriend. The computer I have now is very loud, mainly because the hard drive is a Western Digital Raptor 10,000RPM. The needle is very loud. The GPU fan on the 8800GTX is loud under load as well. She has exams coming up, so not needing the computer, she'd be revising through her text books and files. Meaning I'd be using headphones on the computer, and the computer needs to be pretty quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Won't it have fan controllers your new build? They come in pretty handy TYPICAL SOUND LEVELS Jet takeoff (200 feet) 120 dBA Construction Site 110 dBA Intolerable Shout (5 feet) 100 dBA Heavy truck (50 feet) 90 dBA Very noisy Urban street dBA Automobile interior 70 dBA Noisy Normal conversation (3 feet) 60 dBA Office, classroom 50 dBA Moderate Living room 40 dBA Bedroom at night 30 dBA Quiet Broadcast studio 20 dBA Rustling leaves 10 dBA Barely audible The H70 at full load is 44dB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 I guess we'll find out tomorrow evening, when I start putting it together (providing it is delivered on time!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I guess we'll find out tomorrow evening, when I start putting it together (providing it is delivered on time!). Yea I guess thats the best thing to do, because everybody has different sensitivities to sound and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I don't think my games would fit on 60GB. O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotteh Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I don't think my games would fit on 60GB. O.o Aye, I don't think mine would neither, considering all the Gmod downloadable content. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 I don't think my games would fit on 60GB. O.o Mine don't. That drive is solely for the operating system. My game installations, multimedia, documents and installers live on 2x 1TB drives. I've also ordered a 2TB drive for backup only purposes. I'd have no personal information on the OS drive, all the Documents, Pictures, Music folders from the home folder will be redirected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 it looks good, hope it goes good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 SSD's are awesome, but I run my games from them not my OS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Just installed the system, but cannot install Nvidia GTX 580 yet. I am lacking an 8-pin power cable to go from the PSU to card. Will this do? http://www.maplin.co.uk/8-pin-12v-to-4-pin-power-cable-99521 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Yea should, can I ask what wattage your PSU is and how many amps on the +12v rail? Edit: Just a bit off-topic here are you going to OC your CPU, I've seen them hit 5GHz on air no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmy Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks nice but I don't think even half my steam folder would fit on 60gb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks nice but I don't think even half my steam folder would fit on 60gb. He has 2x1TB drives for storage if you read the earlier posts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHiLL Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Well, the system is now up and running. Just performing updates, finishing driver and software installations. I had a problem yesterday where I had forgotten to buy thermal paste, thinking the CPU would come with it, but it was OEM, and didn't. So I went to Malpin and bought it. I then found out later in the evening that I didn't have an 8-pin power connection for the graphics card. I went to my parents this morning and found one in a box of bits. The system seems very fast. Shaunno, the PSU is a Coolmaster 700W Plus. I don't know the voltages or anything, but it appears to be dealing with all the system so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmy Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks nice but I don't think even half my steam folder would fit on 60gb. He has 2x1TB drives for storage if you read the earlier posts Ah okay, I must have missed them. I use and external Hard Drive for storage but I have a 500 gb internal hard drive and another 150 gb internal for main use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Well, the system is now up and running. Just performing updates, finishing driver and software installations. I had a problem yesterday where I had forgotten to buy thermal paste, thinking the CPU would come with it, but it was OEM, and didn't. So I went to Malpin and bought it. I then found out later in the evening that I didn't have an 8-pin power connection for the graphics card. I went to my parents this morning and found one in a box of bits. The system seems very fast. Shaunno, the PSU is a Coolmaster 700W Plus. I don't know the voltages or anything, but it appears to be dealing with all the system so far. Glad its up and running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richio Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglist0682 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 it sounds good - I need to start building a PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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