foggy147 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well on sunday I finally got round to building my first ever computer, was a bit scary spending over £700 and worrying it won't work lol. Went really well, only problem I had was forgetting to plug the power in for the graphic card but other than that runs sweet. I'm using windows 7 ultimate 4 fans intel i5 2500k (i dont know how to overclock it so any help on that would be good) asus p8p67 motherboard hitachi 500gb hard drive samsung blue ray, dvd/cdrw drive xigmatek 700watt power supply 4gb corsair xms3 ddr3 ram asus 3450 512mb graphics card(only cheap to get me going, shall be getting a gtx or something soon) antec 300 gaming case 22inch HD viewsonic screen Heres a few pics of the build: Going to run 3dmark 06 now and will post the score up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Dont grow a forest in there matey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I have just run that test on my system but dont really understand what it is telling me. Does this make any sense to you lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 It's just a benchmark CJ, for geeky willy waving contests! Not much different to a Dyno figure in that if I get a higher score then my PC should be more powerful than yours and thus run games in higher settings and smoother frame rates. Unfortunately the results cannot always be relied upon as a certain pieces of hardware might be particularly efficient at a certain operation that the benchmark uses to measure performance and thus bloats the values somewhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I keep meaning to benchmark my new laptop! Must do tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Ah right. I was hoping for more of a "this part of the machine could / should be upgraded to give better performance" type thing. Not just numbers. Yes.I am bored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 BTW forgot to say that you should really use the correct benchmark that closely represents the tasks you would mostly use the PC for. For instance, there is no use in running 3D Mark when benchmarking a PC designed for performing well in photoshop or video editing as it will most likely have poor 3D graphics capability but it would usually excel in the CPU, memory and hard drive access benchamarks. Your benchmarks on 3Dmark are comparably low due to the budget GFX cards you are using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Ah right. I was hoping for more of a "this part of the machine could / should be upgraded to give better performance" type thing. Not just numbers. Yes.I am bored! Windows 7 has something like this built in but it's results should be taken with a pinch of salt as mine nearly maxes out except for my hard drives which it moans about, even though my hard drives fast by todays standards. It's simply saying that my bottleneck is my hard drive at the moment. more info here Back on topic though, that build looks tidy and you probably saved a penny or two over a pre-built PC of similar spec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytotheB Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Always build outside the case first mate. Having to unscrew everything to test components is an issue Nice job though mate. I remember my first - switching it on and getting into Windows is the best feeling ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy147 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Cheers guys. I'm thinking of going for this graphics card my budget is 200 max. What I want to know is it going to run games like crysis at high settings? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-104-MS Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Hard drives have prety much always been the bottle neck. When the solid state ones start to get cheeper it will be much better and more reliable too. I'm thinking of getting one for windows and choice apps to sit on. Then a huge conventional drive for all the bobbins I've collected over the years lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leelbuk Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Cheers guys. I'm thinking of going for this graphics card my budget is 200 max. What I want to know is it going to run games like crysis at high settings? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-104-MS Cheers It will run it no problems, what resolution will you run at? Crysis runs fine on my Radeon 4890 OC in high settings and that card is better so as long as the rest of your rig can keep up! Your i5 should do the trick however Crysis I think is one game that does benefit from quad core CPU's - it should be fine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathWraith Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Good choice of hardware mate. Can't beat the P8P67 for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I'm thinking of going for this graphics card my budget is 200 max. What I want to know is it going to run games like crysis at high settings? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-104-MS I suggest stretching the extra £10 for a 560Ti or 6950 - both 'current gen' cards with similar performance. Your i5 should do the trick however Crysis I think is one game that does benefit from quad core CPU's - it should be fine though. i5-2500k is quad core.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 560 Ti = Win Nice build bud, good effort Just don't plug anything into the Intel 3GBps SATA ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Very nice build. You should be running Crysis with ease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Just don't plug anything into the Intel 3GBps SATA ports Should be ok for the next 2-3 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy147 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Cheers guys? Why whats the problem with the 3gb ports? My hard drive and cd are in the 6gb ones will this make a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Cheers guys? Why whats the problem with the 3gb ports? My hard drive and cd are in the 6gb ones will this make a difference? There's a chipset defect which means the performance of the 3Gbps ports may degrade over time (we're talking 2-3 years for the average user). Intel are fixing it and putting money aside for replacements where necessary, looks like it's going to cost them roughly $1bn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Which free benchmark do you guys recommend for a general PC? Ta Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 PC Mark and 3D mark Intel has recalled the new H67 and P67 chipsets until a fix is available which will not ship until the end of the month at the earliest, and potentially maybe even March time. Joy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy147 Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Would this be a good graphic card to use? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18235216 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Would this be a good graphic card to use? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18235216 Ooh, that is cheap! I may have to order one matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foggy147 Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 It's doing my head in trying to decide on a graphics card at the min lol, theres just so many to choose and I just want to get the best one can for the money im spending basically. Im not a hardcore gamer but I want to beable to play any game thats currently out on the best settings on a 22inch monitor, as long as it can do that I'd be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytotheB Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Intel has recalled the new H67 and P67 chipsets until a fix is available which will not ship until the end of the month at the earliest, and potentially maybe even March time. Joy! That's not strictly true, is it? I thought they had set aside £700m for a recall but said it was not recalling mobos yet? This may have changed http://91.151.218.11/showthread.php?t=18236550 It's doing my head in trying to decide on a graphics card at the min lol, theres just so many to choose and I just want to get the best one can for the money im spending basically. Im not a hardcore gamer but I want to beable to play any game thats currently out on the best settings on a 22inch monitor, as long as it can do that I'd be happy Get a 5850 mate. Great overclocker and drivers are pretty advanced. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-xfx-hd-5850-black-pci-e-20(x16)-4500mhz-gddr5-gpu-765mhz-1440-cores-dp-2x-dl-dvi-i-hdmi Clock it to 5870 speeds and you'll have a beast of a card mate. I had two 5870s and can testify to their power Where are you based? Happy to come and help if you need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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