Going to build a new gamign rig just wanted to know if theres anything i missed/could be improved
http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/2c087c3291764d17be6a7a8ca7eaa8b0 (http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/2c087c3291764d17be6a7a8ca7eaa8b0)
Probably get a 3d screen, and yes i know Nvidia is generally better for 3d gaming, but 3 screen eyeinfinity really appeals to me.
Also hoping to stick 2 more gpu's and 3d screens in there in the future.
If money is a concern at all there's a few areas I would change to save a bit:
- The i7 2600K isn't a huge upgrade over the i5 2500K, and if you're going with an aftermarket cooler then you don't need a retail box, you can get OEM which is about £5 cheaper: i5 2500k £161.75 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2500k-unlocked-s1155-sandy-bridge-quad-33ghz-hd2000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-oem)
- The motherboard that you've got selected is really only suitable for dual GPU's as the third PCIe slot is restricted to 1/4 of max bandwidth if the other two are populated (the other two will run at x8/x8 if they're both in use which won't have a huge performance penalty).
- The SSD you've picked has a reputation for having alot of issues lately (along with every other SSD using the Sandforce 22XX series), personally I'd recommend going with a Crucial M4 instead which has a much better reputation: 128GB Crucial M4 £151.34 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-crucial-realssd-m4-25-sata-6gb-s-ssd-mlc-flash-read-500mb-s-write-175mb-s-new-version)
- 16gb of ram is excessive for gaming, you'll never use anything like that, but it does seem to be an alright price. I'd probably downgrade to 8gb: 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair XMS3 £42.19 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-27-165v)
- That Hard drive seems really expensive, you've got a fast SSD for your OS & Software so I'd go for a cheap low power 2TB drive like this: Seagate Barracuda 2TB £125.39 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-seagate-st2000dl003-barracuda-green-sata-6gb-s-5900rpm-64mb-cache-8ms-ncq-oem-i-am-looking-for-a)
Overall your savings would be (doing the above):
- £80 on the CPU
- £40 on the RAM
- £50 on the Hard drive
Which easily covers the extra expense of the more reliable SSD as well as getting you a significant way towards a second Graphics Card (Or you could go for two of these instead straight away: XFX HD6950 2GB version £196.43 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-xfx-hd-6950-pci-e-21-%28x16%29-5000mhz-gddr5-gpu-800mhz-1408-cores-dvi-hdmi-mdp))
Fucking JC
No built in pee jar? :(