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New build, thoughts?
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19-01-2012 2:52pm#1
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Hi Tij, sorry should have specified that this build will be in the main for gaming, watching the odd movie and also photo editing through Photoshop.
Agree on the 2600K being overkill for gaming alone, have the 2500K on my HTPC build and have to say very happy with it. Had a look through a few threads regarding media apps since posting and didn't see much of a difference between the two when using photoshop so might just go with the 2500K.
Heard about the fail rates on the original run of the Vertex 3 drives but as far as I know this has been addressed, at least seem to recall reading that in PC Format. Also I have this drive in my HTPC and have to say I have been really impressed with it's performance to date so think I'll stick with it.
No reason in particular for Dabs, just did a like for like with Scan who I'd normally go with and saw a healthy price difference in favour of Dabs.ie which surprised me
Did a load test on the PSU assuming I dropped a GTX 580 in over the next months and came in at 496W so not a lot of room to maneuver if I went with a few extra drives/fans/etc over the next while..... actually scratch that, since my last build now have a general nas server so no need for additional drives, plus going on past performance I tend to do a full build every 3 years rather than an incremental so at that point will probably be changing the PSU anyway 0 -
Hi Tij, sorry should have specified that this build will be in the main for gaming, watching the odd movie and also photo editing through Photoshop.
Agree on the 2600K being overkill for gaming alone, have the 2500K on my HTPC build and have to say very happy with it. Had a look through a few threads regarding media apps since posting and didn't see much of a difference between the two when using photoshop so might just go with the 2500K.
Heard about the fail rates on the original run of the Vertex 3 drives but as far as I know this has been addressed, at least seem to recall reading that in PC Format. Also I have this drive in my HTPC and have to say I have been really impressed with it's performance to date so think I'll stick with it.
No reason in particular for Dabs, just did a like for like with Scan who I'd normally go with and saw a healthy price difference in favour of Dabs.ie which surprised me
Did a load test on the PSU assuming I dropped a GTX 580 in over the next months and came in at 496W so not a lot of room to maneuver if I went with a few extra drives/fans/etc over the next while..... actually scratch that, since my last build now have a general nas server so no need for additional drives, plus going on past performance I tend to do a full build every 3 years rather than an incremental so at that point will probably be changing the PSU anyway
Is there a requirement for using dabs4work.ie as opposed to dabs.ie. Never seen dabs4work.ie and I'm curious because they seem to be very cheap.
EDIT: Here's a build from HWVS to compare to.
Item| Price
Total build cost: €966.59 + €30 shipping
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155 |€197.91
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile blau PC3-12800U CL9 |€39.95
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 6,4cm (2,5") SATA3 |€141.74
Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T, ATX, ohne Netzteil |€149.93
Sapphire HD 6950 Dirt3, 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express |€234.61
SEAGATE Barracuda Green 2TB 5900.3 SATA 3 6Gb/s 64MB 8,9cm (3,5") |€115.00
Scythe Mugen 3, für alle Sockel geeignet |€34.44
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W |€53.01
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Sorry Tij, as Karl rightly pointed out this is a business account. Did up a list earlier under my general account but forgot I had logged in under that one this time around!
. Actual prices shown there are without VAT.
The overall price I quoted earlier in the thread is with VAT.
Cheers for the alternative list btw, not too sure of the Amazon psu, very little I could find on them in English so may stick with a coolermaster or corsair psu which are brands I've always liked in the past.
Never bought off hardwareversand before. Was going to years back but the whole money transfer instead of paying by card put me off. Is this still the case?
Prices look very good overall.0 -
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Sorry Tij, as Karl rightly pointed out this is a business account. Did up a list earlier under my general account but forgot I had logged in under that one this time around!. Actual prices shown there are without VAT.
The overall price I quoted earlier in the thread is with VAT.
Cheers for the alternative list btw, not too sure of the Amazon psu, very little I could find on them in English so may stick with a coolermaster or corsair psu which are brands I've always liked in the past.
Never bought off hardwareversand before. Was going to years back but the whole money transfer instead of paying by card put me off. Is this still the case?
Prices look very good overall.
That line of Amazon PSU's are very good and reliable. If you want to go with a Corsair go with this one.
Yeah it's still a bank transfer. You can do it through online banking on AIB and BoI. Or just go down to the bank with all the information. It's very safe and a lot of the people around here can vouch for HWVS. It's unlikely you'd find anything of comparable prices for such a large build. The only issue is the delivery times since it has to come from Germany.0 -
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delivery time wouldn't be a huge issue as long as it's not weeks! I'll have a look around the site over the weekend and think about it.
By the way meant to ask in my last post. You have the 6950 listed as a graphics card, not as conversant with the ATI cards as I used to be. How would this stack up against my current GTX560 TI? Would I be justified in buying the new card or use the existing card out of my HTPC for now and buy a more powerful card down the line when the 580 price falls?
Thanks again!
Ok answered my own question doing a comparison on Toms Hardware. Not a massive difference between the two so think until there's a reasonable price drop on the 580's I'll take the 560TI out of my HTPC. Hardly ever game on it anyway. Despite a 42" screen still prefer a desktop monitor to a sore neck looking up at the wall
/edit beat me to it
Tij da feen wrote: »A 6950 is better than a 560ti but I would actually recommend using the 560ti for now and then buy a 7950/7870 when they release soon.
Regarding the 580 yeah think the price as it stands is ridiculous, not a chance I could justify paying that. As you say I'll wait and see what the amd 7*** series affects prices.0 -
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