New computer (£1400 budget)

[JozaP]

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX (Could be V-PRO, but im not sure ill need it)

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

OR

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready ( would take me £14 over budget )

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Price: £1,328.00 ( 570 GPU )
Price: £1,414,00 ( 670 GPU )

Is the upgrade from 570 to 670 worth it?

Im also not sure about the case atm, may need to go to HAF 922.

What do you think about the build and how could it be improved?
Do you think there is anything i should change, and please be honest

Thanks in advance

 

[pagepack]

Swap your hard disks round, you want the SSD as your primary drive with Windows on. I would drop down to 8Gb ram and get the 670, within budget.

 

[keynes]

Option 1:

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX (Could be V-PRO, but I am not sure I will need the extra SATA 3 ports )

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

OR

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready ( would take me £14 over budget )

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Price: £1,328.00 ( 570 GPU )
Price: £1,414,00 ( 670 GPU )

Is the upgrade from 570 to 670 worth it?

Im also not sure about the case atm, may need to go to HAF 922.

What do you think about the builds, which is better, and how could either be improved?
Do you think there is anything i should change, and please be honest

Thanks in advance

Morning JozaP
I'd go with the GTX 670, you do not need liquid cooling unless you are planning to overclock, the triple copper heatpipe cooler would be enough. I'd have the SSD as my main drive and the caviar black as my secondary driver otherwise the OS would be installed in the caviar black. Did you choose silver warranty?

 

[lady0sheep]

What are you using your computer for? If it's something like video editing then keep the RAM, if not then drop it to 8gb as pagepack has suggested.

If it's for gaming then you can save money by getting an i5 processor (the 3550 or 3570 I'd suggest) because most games aren't optimised for the hyperthreading that the i7s use then use this to get the 670 within budget, with that card you should be future-proofed for a good while.

My PC is on order and I went for the haf 912 case, so can let you know what it's like in a couple of days, but I went for an i5 processor so if you go for an i7 maybe you need more cooling, not sure

 

[JozaP]

Thanks you for the quick replies everyone.

Main use will be games and video editing. As pagepack has said I could drop down and have the 670, would I need the 16GB or would dropping down be a good idea?

I will probably be Overclocking ( which is why i've gone for liquid cooling ).

Thanks for pointing out the mistake with the HDD and SSD, should definitely be the other way around

Warranty will probably be platinum when I buy this, but I am not including this into my budget ( as I personally, will not be paying for this bit )

 

[JozaP]

From advice so far I have came up with a new option:

It has a better case (HAF 922).
It has the 670GTX.
RAM lowered from 16GB to 8GB, but increased speed from 1600 - 1866

The price may be £2 over budget, but this is a very insignificant amount.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Price: £1,402.00