bestbitter Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Looking at getting a new desktop, here are the specs: Case: Xigmatek Midgard Case Power Supply: Corsair HX750 750W Modular Power Supply Processor: Core i5 2500K 6MB Cache Socket 1155 CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Scorpion HDT-S1283 CPU Cooler Graphics Card 1: nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI Express Memory: 4GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz C9 Dual Channel Memory Kit (2 x 2GB) Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) Motherboard Hard Disk Drive One: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 32MB Cache SATA 300 Optical Drive One: DVD-RW 22x Sound Card: Onboard HD 7.1 Audio What do people think of this setup? Is there anything else I should be looking at? How well will this perform? Advice please, many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I just built a rig with some fairly similar components. I have the same processor, but a different ASUS board (the Sabertooth P67), 8GB Ram, and an AMD card. My runs beautifully. Overclocked to 4.3 GHz with one click and it barely tops over 50c under full load. So yeah, you should expect some really solid performance out of it. Nothing major I would change. Small recommendation would be to maybe look at a faster drive for the OS and maybe some primary programs. The Samsung Spinpoints are nice drives (have 2 of them) but not the fastest. Whether you jumped to a smaller SSD or even just a faster smaller drive, you might see a performance increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Hi, What do people think of this setup, Many Thanks. Processor (CPU): AMD AM3 PhenomII X6 1055T 9MB Cache STANDARD 2.8Ghz Per Core = 16.8Ghz Total Power OVERCLOCKED To 3.5Ghz Per Core = 21Ghz Total Power* Stable 25% Overclock For Performance Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3 Featuring AMD 770 Chipset With 16 x PCI-E, 2 X PCI & 16GB DDR3 RAM Support & NEW USB3.0 Ports Memory: CRUCIAL 4GB DDR3 1333Mhz PC10600 Premium Performance Branded Ram Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 2 x 500GB SATA2, 7200 RPM & 16MB Cache SET UP IN RAID0 FOR PERFORMANCE = 1TB Optical Drive: SONY 24XDVD+/-RW Lightscribe With Dual Layer/Format Graphics Card: GIGABYTE ATI Radeon 5850 1024MB Direct X11 & Pixel Shader 5 With DUAL DVI & HDMI Outputs Case: CoolerMaster Scout Gaming Case With 750W PSU Connections: 12 x USB2.0 & 2 x USB3.0, Gigabite LAN 10/100/1000 7.1 HD Audio & 1 x Firewire & Mini Firewire Ports 1 x Coaxial & 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out connector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 It really depends on what you're using it for. I have my own preferences that fit my tendencies. I typically go with the biggest power supply I can because it's not unusual for me to stack a ton of stuff onto the base config of a rig (high end video cards in SLI, more USB slots, additional drives, ridiculous cooling, etc). Personally, I wouldn't touch an ATi card due to their uneven performance with their drivers (fool me thrice....) but it's fine for normal use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milamber Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I just ordered the following beast. Should get it after Easter. AU$4000 but well worth it for watching movies and gaming. It'll be the first time my new PC won't be 2 years out of date already. Intel Core i5 2500 Processor, 3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket LGA1155 Asus P8P67 EVO M/B, Socket 1155, Intel P67 Chipset 2x ASUS GTX570 1280mb, PCIE G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3-1600 Alienware OptX AW2310 23" 3ms 1920x1080 Full HD 120Hz 3D WideScreen LCD Monitor 850W "Corsair" AX-850 ATX Power Supply CoolerMaster HAF RC-932 Tower Case OCZ Vertex2 120GB SSD 285/275 R/W/MB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA2/SATA 3 (1TB ) 7200RPM/64MB Cache Pioneer BDR-206BKRP 12X Blu-Ray Writer Drive, SATA ASUS Xonar DX PCI Express 7.1 Audio Card Logitech Z623 2.1 Speakers Microsoft SideWinder X4 Keyboard Microsoft Sidewinder X5 Gaming Mouse Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (OEM) NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hi, What do people think of this setup, Many Thanks. As Remi says, it really depends on what you want to do with it. For a bit more money, the Intel i5-2500 (or 2500K if you want to overclock) will outperform the Phenom II 1055, despite the additional two cores. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=147 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 What I want to do with it is mainly play games. Mainly things like TEW, WMMA and CBH (when it comes out!), also would play games like Football Manager (on high settings preferably) and possibly things like Dawn of War II etc. Would also use it for storing my music collection (which is rather large), photos etc. Thanks to everybody who has given me advice thus far, but I only have a limited budget so the cheaper the better and would'nt want to/be able to upgrade for a while with two kids and a house to redecorate! So once again sorry to keep banging on about it but I want to make sure I get as much impartial advice as possible as I am not very tech savvy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 What I want to do with it is mainly play games. Mainly things like TEW, WMMA and CBH (when it comes out!), also would play games like Football Manager (on high settings preferably) and possibly things like Dawn of War II etc. Would also use it for storing my music collection (which is rather large), photos etc. The games you mention don't require that kind of rig. Heck, you won't even see much of an improvement with TEW and WMMA (since they're designed to be played on FAR lesser rigs). Music and photos = hard drive, so if you plan to keep this rig for a couple years (or up to half a decade), get the biggest single drive you possibly can. I would say get two, set up in a master-slave RAID configuration, but that would break your budget. Speed is great for gaming but if that speed is largely wasted on the games you plan to play, size trumps the speed (since more drive space is universally useful). Plus, the fastest drives are often the most expensive so if you don't have a burning need for that extra speed, it's a waste. Again, the only advice I'd give is to ditch the ATi card and replace it with an nVidia. The reason being, ATi is somewhat notorious in the gaming community for releasing poor drivers. For the non-tech savvy folks who wouldn't know where to get 3rd party drivers that work, that could be an issue. Also, in my experience, the cards most likely to have issues with many current games, are those made by ATi. Don't take my word for it. Go to the forums for any game you play or have considered playing and look through their tech support forum. Make a note of how many times you see an ATi user post versus how many nVidia users. Also look at the threads stickied to the top of the forum. This isn't ATi hate since, on paper, Radeons beat the pants off GeForce cards in bang for your buck performance. But that's on paper. When I stick my $350 Radeon (HD 5870) into my computer and, after updating the driver, get a Blue Screen of FAIL within minutes of logging in to a game, that's a problem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Does anybody know of a good UK based company to get a PC?. Was going to use Palicomp or Wired2Fire but am a bit worried about their reliability/customer service after reading various reviews. Again many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbitter Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Processor Intel® CoreTM i7 2600 (3.4GHz/8MB cache) Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Memory1 6GB1 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz Hard Drive 1000GB2 SATA hard drive (7200RPM) Video Card 1024MB AMD RadeonTM HD6670 Optical Drive DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with Roxio and DVD Burn software Again thoughts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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