[Tips] Tower setup for ~1700€

[Kraist]

Hello everyone, I'm telling you about the PC I want to build in about a month. The PC will be almost exclusively for gaming and browsing some websites.
I want the equipment to last me a couple or three years without having to change anything, at most doing SLI.
Initially, I would only play with a single Full HD monitor, although in the long run I would like to build 3 monitors.

I'll leave you the list of components to see what you think:

• Motherboard: Asus Maximus V Formula

• Processor: I7- 3770k or I5-3750k. I have some doubts here, the performance of the I7 is superior but I don't know if it's worth it for those 70-80€ difference.

• Graphics Card: MSI GTX 660 Ti OC 3g. Is this graphics card worth it??? I mean if that extra gig of memory makes a difference or if, on the contrary, I should get another model with 2g or even take the plunge and get a GTX670 for a little more??? A GTX660 Ti 2g costs around 300€, this 3g one costs 345€ and a GTX670 costs around 370€ ….
  Considering that maybe in a year I'll get another graphics card for SLI.

• Power Supply: Corsair HX1050w 80 plus gold (in case of setting up SLI with this power supply, would I have enough???)

• Memory: G.Skill Trident DDR3 2400 2x8. I understand that 2x8 is better than 4x4, is that true?? With this latency thing, I'm a bit lost, is it better the lower the number (10-10-10-27) or the higher (11-11-11-31)??? I ask because there are some that even with the highest number are more expensive....
  Another option would be to lower MHzs and get 16g.

• Hard Drive: Corsair GT 240g SSD.

I don't list the other components as I think they're not necessary.
The PC (TOWER ONLY) could cost around 1700€ approx.
I don't want any ATI.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your opinions and help!!

[Franziskaner]

Hello
Just a tip, read the forum rules and act accordingly.
Then maybe some will reply to you
Best regards and happy new year

[krampak]

I would lower €100 on the motherboard, I would get the 3570k (unless you are going to do rendering) and I would put those €150 in the graphics card (GTX680 2GB).

I am a bit lost with this latency thing, is it better the lower the number (10-10-10-27) or the higher (11-11-11-31)? I say this because there are some that even with the highest number are more expensive…

CAS10 is faster than CAS 11, but on the Ivy Bridge platform it is silly to spend money on more aggressive latencies because the difference is minimal, it is more worthwhile to put together faster memory (DDR3 2400 C11) than slower and more aggressive memory (DDR3 1800 C9).

Another option would be to lower MHzs and get 16g.

16GB is already what you had put in, right?

Source: Corsair HX1050w 80 plus gold (in case of mounting SLI with this source would I have enough not???)

More than enough.

I have not looked at prices, but I don't think we will reach €1700 with all this.

[ferelxyx]

hello and welcome, something like this would be good

Asrock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional - 200 euros
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4Ghz Box Socket 1155 256 euros
G.Skill Trident X DDR3 2400 PC3-19200 16GB 2x8GB CL10 - 126 euros
Noctua NH-U12P SE2 - 60 euros
OCZ Vertex 4 SATA3 2.5" SSD 256GB - 199 euros
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB SATA3 64MB 121 euros

one of these two - PD: I prefer the radeon 7970
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Dual-X 3GB GDDR5 - 335 euros
Zotac GeForce GTX 670 2GB GDDR5 345 euros

Corsair
HX1050 1050W Modular Profesional •80 Plus Silver 150 euros - 7 years of warranty

Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper 136 euros
or Cooler Master Storm Stryker White Window - 153 euros

For about 1600 euros you have a great setup

regards

[Kraist]

Thank you very much for your advice and help!

To be honest, I'm a bit hesitant to do what krampack suggests, more or less, but my doubt is whether it's worth spending the fortune on the gtx680, considering that in about half a year, the next generation of graphics cards will come out... that is: is it not more advisable to get a good motherboard and a good processor and spend a little less on graphics and then change it in a year or two, or set up SLI?

On the other hand, the brand Asrock (no matter how much you say it wins the OC contests) I understood it was the "bad" brand of asus, is that true or am I totally wrong??? Maybe it's just my paranoia, but looking at the photos of the two cards (AsRock Fatality Z77 and Asus Maxima V) I get the feeling that the Asus is all more "clean" and better finished...

Well, thanks again!

[Sylver]

About ASRock, the truth is that today they are at the forefront in performance with the new Intel platforms, especially with Ivy Bridge and its predecessor, Sandy Bridge. In the past, I'm not saying it wasn't a regular to poor brand, but right now it is at the forefront in motherboards.

Greetings

[Franziskaner]

about the graphics card :troll: well yes, they cost a fortune, but you enjoy it today, if you want you can wait for the 7xx series but think that after that the 8xx series will come out :ugly:
you can always get the 680 and in a few months sell it and put the money towards getting the 7xx series but honestly a mid/high range graphics card (more high than mid) can last you about three years easily (at least) my gtx 280 from 2008 has given me a lot of joy in five years, a 680 … I suppose the same and I don't think they will release a Crysis like the first one again ;D
regards

[krampak]

On the other hand, the Asrock brand (no matter how much you say it wins OC contests) I understood that it was the "bad" brand of asus, is that true or am I totally wrong???

They separated a couple of years ago.

[ferelxyx]

@Sylver:

About ASRock, the truth is that today they are at the forefront in performance with the new Intel platforms, especially with Ivy Bridge and its predecessor, Sandy Bridge. In the past, I'm not saying it wasn't a regular to poor brand, but right now it's at the forefront in motherboards.

Regards

what Krampak says, it's no longer from ASUS and sadly and not so rarely they are better than ASUS and cheaper
if you look, most users of this forum with recent equipment have ASROCK or GIGABYTE, in that order
and I personally ASUS is the brand I like the least, because in medium and low ranges they are somewhat weak
although in this case not for being high-end, which are the only decent ones from ASUS, for my taste price quality

regards

[Kraist]

Ok, so I'm clear that I'll get an asrock!

To be honest, I've noticed that quite a few people here have an asrock, there must be a reason xd

Regarding the graphics card, I'm still not entirely sure if I should buy a gtx680, I know it will last longer than the gtx660 but there's at least a 100€ difference and with that money, in a year, year and a half, and another 100/150€, I could buy another mid-range graphics card (a gtx760 for example) or even another gtx660 and set them up in SLI.
Because 2 gtx660Ti would be equivalent to a gtx680 or a gtx690???

[ferelxyx]

@Kraist:

Ok, then I'm clear that I'll get an asrock!

The truth is that I've noticed that quite a few people here have an asrock, there must be a reason xd

Regarding the graphics card, I'm still not entirely clear about buying a gtx680, I know it will last longer than the gtx660 but it's at least 100€ more and with that money and in a year, year and a half and another 100/150€, I could buy another mid-high end graphics card (a gtx760 for example) or even another gtx660 and set them up in SLI.
Because two gtx660Ti would be equivalent to a gtx680 or a gtx690???

well, two 660Ti in SLI give a little more than a 680, between 20/25% more
and quite less than a 690 between 30/40%

regards

[fjavi]

@Kraist:

Ok, then I'm clear that I'll get an asrock!

The truth is that I've noticed that quite a few people here have an asrock, there must be a reason xd

Regarding the graphics card, I'm still not entirely sure about buying a gtx680, I know it will last longer than the gtx660 but there's a minimum difference of 100€ and with that money and within a year, year and a half and another 100/150€, I could buy another mid-high range graphics card (a gtx760 for example) or even another gtx660 and set them up in SLI.
Because 2 gtx660Ti would be equivalent to a gtx680 or a gtx690???

Two 660ti are equivalent to more than a 680, anyway if you want Nvidia they are expensive, although depending on the model, the one that is cheapest is the Zotac and I'm not convinced by that dissipation for SLI and even less if the card doesn't have much separation between graphics.

Maybe a 670 would be better and since it's not long until new cards come out, you could buy another one later on sale, for 1080 you'll be able to play well although some games won't run at full speed, it will run with good graphics quality.

In two months I think there will be lots of second-hand 670s for sale and the new ones will also go down in price, the 660Ti although it has 2Gb of memory actually uses 1500mb, it's a bit of marketing the 2Gb thing, the 670 would use it since it has a 256-bit bus, in fact they should already start selling second-hand 670s given that it won't be long before the new series comes out.

another option if you have a graphics card is to wait a month or two, build the computer and put in graphics cards with the new series that should come out in March it seems.

To have 2 graphics cards attached, these models are usually better, although the 660Ti are also fresh but in SLI it will depend on the ventilation of the case.
http://www.pccomponentes.com/zotac_geforce_gtx_670_2gb_gddr5.html

regards