Building New PC - Research Phase

[dazz 69]

I know I'm being a jerk (lately?) but IB is not the 3rd generation Intel core chips. It's just a tick, not a new generation

[lodestar 186]

I don't want to wait for IB anyway, i can easily upgrade this configuration later.

 

Thanks

 

The memory standard for that board:

 

DDR3 2200(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066

 

Thanks a lot for that

[ALEXEI 0]

After a reasonably long wait for the Ivy Bridge CPU's to come out, ive finally come out with this. ANy suggestions on what needs improving? Could we keep it under £900 though. Just to let you know, I already have a moniter:

 

Sony AD-7261S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, Lightscribe, OEM

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£13.38 £16.06 £49.98

LN10264 SilverStone TJ05S-X Silver Aluminum Front Full Tower Case with Side Window w/o PSU

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£49.98 £59.98 £19.97

LN35910 Akasa Intel Performance 3x Heat Pipe mini-ITX Low Profile/Height Multimedia CPU Cooler S775/1155/1156/1366

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£19.97 £23.96 £219.17

LN42833 Intel Core i7 3770K,1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 650MHz GPU, 8MB Smart Cache, 35x Ratio, 77W,Retail

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£219.17 £263.00 £112.56

LN39374 1GB PNY GTX 560 XLR8 Edition, 40nm, 4008MHz GDDR5, GPU 810MHz, Shader 1620MHz, 336 Cores, 2 x DVI-I, mHDMI

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£112.56 £135.07 £4.95

LN15304 Colors IT ACT KB-8108 Multimedia Office Pro Keyboard, Silver/Black with MIC/Speakers SKYPE Ready

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£4.95 £5.94 £69.20

LN42857 2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms OEM NCQ

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£69.20 £83.04 £3.98

LN28991 Logitech B110 Optical USB Mouse, Black, 3 Button with Scroll Wheel, 800dpi, PC/MAC Retail

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£3.98 £4.78 £87.16

LN42313 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Racing Red, PC3-14900 (1866), Non-ECC, CAS 9-10-9-27, XMP, 1.5V, X79, Z68 & P67

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£87.16 £104.59 £65.77

LN43806 Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, PCIe 3.0, D-Sub/ DVI-D/ HDMI, ATX

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£65.77 £78.92 £14.06

LN35625 Edimax EW-7612PIn 300Mbps Wireless 802.11 b/g/n PCI Express Adapter

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£14.06 £16.87 £9.33

LN34091 3m ICIDU HDMI AV Cable, HDMI A Male - HDMI A Male V59

 

 

All works out at about £821. Any good?

[aceridgey 330]

hold steady,

 

When you get a decent cpu cooler [dark rock pro is my suggestion], you need LOW PROFILE RAM, or it wont fit ;).

 

The cpu cooler isn't great, try and go for the above

 

I would go with the sandybridge over the IVY, I bought mine 2weeks ago. IVY bridge needs more volts and doesn't overclock as well, which FSX really benefits from.

 

Also, ASUS boards are better than gigabyte in my opinion, I would go with the P8Z77.

 

560 Is ok, try and squeeze to a 670.

 

Alex

[Paul_Smith 92]

Are you really asking us our opinion on which DVD drive you should have? And I suppose the numerous treads suggesting that there is no point in getting an i7 obviously passed you by.

[ALEXEI 0]

Paul,

 

Im a complete rookie when it comes to constructing a computer so I need all the help I can get. As for the I7 threads, you are completely right and I apologise.

 

Alex,

 

What do you mean by Low profile ram??

[ALEXEI 0]

Pioneer DVR-S19LBK 24x DVD±R, 12x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail Labelflash

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£14.07 £16.88 £49.98

LN10264 SilverStone TJ05S-X Silver Aluminum Front Full Tower Case with Side Window w/o PSU

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£49.98 £59.98 £149.15

LN43078 Intel Core i5 2550K, S 1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core 3.4GHz, 6MB Smart Cache, 34x Ratio, 95W, Retail

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£149.15 £178.98 £54.17

LN44859 Be Quiet DARK ROCK PRO 2 Performance CPU Cooler with 2x120mm Silent Wings Fans All Intel & AMD CPU

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£54.17 £65.00 £62.12

LN26793 12GB (6x2GB) Corsair XMS3 Classic, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) NonECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.60V

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£62.12 £74.54 £10.98

LN35624 Edimax EW-7711In 150Mbps Wireless 802.11b/g/n 32 bit PCI Adapter

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£10.98 £13.18 £72.77

LN44303 Asus P8Z77-M, Intel Z77, S 1155, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 3.0 (x16), D-Sub (VGA)/ DVI-D/ HDMI, Micro ATX

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£72.77 £87.32 £64.65

LN40446 650W PSU, Corsair Enthusiast Series 9020002, Modular, 85% Eff', 80 PLUS Bronze, SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, Quiet Fan, ATX

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£64.65 £77.58 £3.98

LN28991 Logitech B110 Optical USB Mouse, Black, 3 Button with Scroll Wheel, 800dpi, PC/MAC Retail

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£3.98 £4.78 £4.95

LN15304 Colors IT ACT KB-8108 Multimedia Office Pro Keyboard, Silver/Black with MIC/Speakers SKYPE Ready

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£4.95 £5.94 £142.56

LN37607 1GB MSI GTX 560Ti OC Twin Frozr II 40nm, 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 880MHz, Shader 1760MHz, 384 Cores

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£142.56 £171.07 £69.20

LN42857 2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 3 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms OEM NCQ

 

 

Comes to £851

[dazz 69]

Get this CPU and this RAM instead.

[themose 11]

I agree with you Dazz,

 

I'm upgrading my machine in the next 2-4 weeks.

I'll be using an I5 Ivy and the fastest Ram I can get my hands on.

Already got a 570 GPU so I'll keep that, throw in a 120gb SSD for FSX and a H100 Corsair cooler.

 

Gotta say though my Original I7 920 oc @ 4ghz has done me proud the last 2 years.

That was the CPU that really set FSX alight

[ALEXEI 0]

Thanks for your help Dazz. Is it not worth getting 12GB or 16GB?