New Build: Advice required

[Mikeparkie]

Hi there fellow Neowinian?s

It?s that time again and I?m in the market for a new PC.

I have a budget of between ?1000-?1500.

I mainly use the PC for media and some occasional gaming. The types of applications I use are Photoshop, CopyxtoDVD, Virtualbox, Chrome, VLC and a few games. Whilst I know I probably don?t need a monster rig with all the bells and whistles, it does need to be fairly quiet and able to run my dual display 24? monitors and provide me with enough future proofing for the next 2-3 years.

Case - FRACTAL DEFINE R4 BLACK PEARL QUIET MID-TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU) - Intel Core 7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache

Motherboard - ASUS? SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G

Memory - 32GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST QUAD-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)

Graphics Card - 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 650 - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive - 12x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ?R/?RW

Power Supply - 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling - Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (?59)

Memory - Intel Solid State 520 SSD 120GB, SSDSC2CW120A3K5 + 2TB data HDD - Already Own

With that in mind I am currently looking at the following specification from PC Specialist (thoughts/comments greatly appreciated):

[+PeterUK MVC]

You probably don't need the SABERTOOTH the Asus P9X79 or Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 covers everything your going to need for a Motherboard.

Better to go 600-650W+ for a PSU.

[Mindovermaster Moderator]

Unless you are compiling videos, I'd stay away from the i7, not needed. Get the i5 3570K.

You probably don't need 32GB, 16GB is plenty for any user.

I would rather get the Corsair H80i. I own it myself, and is said that it has better quality than the h60/h80.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Are you in any rush to build this PC?

Intel Haswell chips are just around the corner, personally I'd ditch the 6 core and just get a regular 4 core and put the extra cash into a better GPU, even though you don't do heavy gaming its better to have it and not need it but need it and not have it.

430W is pushing it, you would be better with 600W minimum.

[Mindovermaster Moderator]

even though you don't do heavy gaming its better to have it and not need it but need it and not have it.

I had to read that like 5 times before I understood that. :laugh:

Also, aren't Haswell on the 2011 socket?

[Livin in a box]

I had to read that like 5 times before I understood that. :laugh:

Also, aren't Haswell on the 2011 socket?

No, it'll be the LGA 1150 socket, Haswell and Broadwell will be using this.

As noted previously, I would get a better GPU as well, even if you aren't playing a huge amount of games.

[Mikeparkie]

Are you in any rush to build this PC?

Intel Haswell chips are just around the corner, personally I'd ditch the 6 core and just get a regular 4 core and put the extra cash into a better GPU, even though you don't do heavy gaming its better to have it and not need it but need it and not have it.

430W is pushing it, you would be better with 600W minimum.

No rush required, I was thinking about leaving it until Haswell, but didn't really read any massive improvements over the current gen i7's and agreed, that i'd probably need a little more juice (so 600W PSU).

[Ishanx]

overkill

[YounGMessiah]

How is it overkill? Reasoning? If he is heavy in Photoshop then its looking decent.

[Ishanx]

How is it overkill? Reasoning? If he is heavy in Photoshop then its looking decent.

Well, if he has the money, then it's cool. I am talking from the perspective of being cost-effective. 32 GB is a lot. 16 GB should actually do the job. If he isn't overclocking and doesn't need the i7 and can do with the i5, he can also ditch the cooling. Everything else seems alright from what little I know of computers. Just my 2c.

[YounGMessiah]

Well, if he has the money, then it's cool. I am talking from the perspective of being cost-effective. 32 GB is a lot. 16 GB should actually do the job. If he isn't overclocking and doesn't need the i7 and can do with the i5, he can also ditch the cooling. Everything else seems alright from what little I know of computers. Just my 2c.

Oh crap I didnt see the 32GB >.< yeah thats overkill IMO as well

Well if anything he can get the locked i7, but I think even if you dont overclock why not; that one is my opinion.

I am a fan of air cooling, so I agree with ditching the liquid cooling; especially since its not a true enthusiast build.

Sorry didnt mean to seem like I was striking out

[Mikeparkie]

Done a little more reading up and checked my usage and I think 16GB is going to be more than sufficient :)