Building a new rig and need a fair bit of advice :)

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  1. Posts : 19
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
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    Building a new rig and need a fair bit of advice :)


    hello call me Rishi

    well i building myself a new computer from scratch im taking the my HDDs from the one i am using now a 500gb and a 2tb

    the reason i want to build is cuz the one im using now is a piece of crap ill post the WEI score sheet if anyone want to see it lol

    right down to business

    GPU

    Mother Board

    Case

    i need some help with water cooling
    how much ram i may need
    if anything can be improved
    bluray drive
    case fans
    power supply
    and anything else you guys can think of thanks
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  2. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    You need to tell us a bit more about what you use your computer for? Your needs will really dictate video card recommendations, RAM, etc.

    Plus, are you certain of overclocking? Because without that, you often have no need for watercooling.
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  3. Posts : 19
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    Thread Starter
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    i may overclock im not 100% sure

    i use my pc for everything some gaming but i really want tot start using my pc as a gaming rig , photo-shopping, downloading, creating dvds, converting files (like mkv to mp4)
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  4. Posts : 409
    Win 10 Home Premium 64 Bit
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    heartagram616 said:
    i may overclock im not 100% sure

    i use my pc for everything some gaming but i really want tot start using my pc as a gaming rig , photo-shopping, downloading, creating dvds, converting files (like mkv to mp4)
    you may overclock??? your getting a rampage extreme and you MAY overclock!!

    save yourself 200 quid and get a cheaper mobo and get the Haff 922 , its 30 quid cheaper and you get a frre cooler

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/219208
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  5. Posts : 19
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    Thread Starter
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    archie123 said:
    heartagram616 said:
    i may overclock im not 100% sure

    i use my pc for everything some gaming but i really want tot start using my pc as a gaming rig , photo-shopping, downloading, creating dvds, converting files (like mkv to mp4)
    you may overclock??? your getting a rampage extreme and you MAY overclock!!

    save yourself 200 quid and get a cheaper mobo and get the Haff 922 , its 30 quid cheaper and you get a frre cooler

    Coolermaster HAF922 Windowed Version bundled with FREE.. | Ebuyer.com
    thanks mate ill deff buy that case

    well i aint overclocked before ive been thinking about it can i revert the speed back to stock?

    i just need some help on the other things i listing in the 1st :)
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  6. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
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    Anything overclocked can be reverted back to stock speeds
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  7. Posts : 409
    Win 10 Home Premium 64 Bit
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    heartagram616 said:
    archie123 said:
    heartagram616 said:
    i may overclock im not 100% sure

    i use my pc for everything some gaming but i really want tot start using my pc as a gaming rig , photo-shopping, downloading, creating dvds, converting files (like mkv to mp4)
    you may overclock??? your getting a rampage extreme and you MAY overclock!!

    save yourself 200 quid and get a cheaper mobo and get the Haff 922 , its 30 quid cheaper and you get a frre cooler

    Coolermaster HAF922 Windowed Version bundled with FREE.. | Ebuyer.com
    thanks mate ill deff buy that case

    well i aint overclocked before ive been thinking about it can i revert the speed back to stock?

    i just need some help on the other things i listing in the 1st :)
    do you have a budget we can work with? :)
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  8. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #8

    Without a budget for the build:

    Using the build for things like video encoding and heavier photoshop work & light to moderate gaming...

    --> Amount of RAM and CPU speed are going to be the things youll want to focus on here first and foremost IMO.
    With graphics being a 3rd on the priority list (depending on budget).

    Of course with a i7 build, 6GB of tripple channel should be enough. Video encoding will also benefit from higher RAM bandwidth (Games not so much) .. so perhaps looking toward 6GB of DDR3 1600 or something along that woud be a good idea.
    Depends how much encoding you plan to be doing really.
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  9. Posts : 19
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    Thread Starter
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    budget id say upto £2,500

    would overclocking the GPU benefit playing games?
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  10. Posts : 1,496
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    heartagram616 said:
    budget id say upto £2,500

    would overclocking the GPU benefit playing games?
    If this is your first attempt at overclocking you don't get a $300.00 motherboard. You'll only give yourself migraines trying to get the board stable given all the options you're completely unfamiliar with. There are many boards which are very overclocking friendly which cost 1/2 the price.

    Having said that, to answer your question: yes and no... but mostly no. Yes, in many games OC'ing the core will give you better fps, but there are caveats. Given that you're going to be using a 1366 i7, you're bottleneck will be the GTX 470 in many cases, so overclocking becomes pointless, as no matter how much faster you make the cpu, the gpu will be dancing as fast as it can already.

    Please don't take my comments to mean you will not have great game performance; on the contrary, the rig will no doubt spank much you-know-what, big time. :)
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