Gaming PC (£2000 Budget)

[MegaMisFiT]

proof? cant stand the anti-nvidia spirit that this forum has adopted.

^ + 1 CF have much more problems than sli (actually sli have none problems).

Can we quit the stupid arguments over this nVidia vs ATI because I didnt post on this forum for this **** tbh, please make your own topic and argue with the rest of the retards who seems to have a problem with each other.

 

[MegaMisFiT]

PLEASE ONLY POST ON THIS TOPIC IF YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT BUILDS / SPECS / ANYTHING ELSE RELATED!!

IDIOTS WHO TALK ABOUT nVidia vs ATI will be reported!!!

IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT MAKE YOUR OWN THREAD, THIS IS FOR TOTALY DIFFERENT TOPIC NOT A FAN WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!

 

[icey_haj]

Misfit make sure you post some pics.

 

[Duran]

PLEASE ONLY POST ON THIS TOPIC IF YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT BUILDS / SPECS / ANYTHING ELSE RELATED!!

IDIOTS WHO TALK ABOUT nVidia vs ATI will be reported!!!

IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT MAKE YOUR OWN THREAD, THIS IS FOR TOTALY DIFFERENT TOPIC NOT A FAN WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!

chill man you decided on your build what else do you want? a medal? People that have their own opinions will always argue. on the other hand some people need others in order to make a decision... at least those idiots you are speaking of can build themselves a spec. anyway, i'm out.

 

[BAMBI]

I would go for this:

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £250.99
(£218.25)

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £223.99
(£194.77)

ViewSonic VX2433wm 24" Widescreen True HD LCD Monitor £218.49
(£189.99)

2X XFX Radeon HD 4870 xXx 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (HD-487A-ZDDC) £159.99
£319.98

Corsair TX 850W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXUK) £118.98

OCZ Gold 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 2000MHz PC3-16000C10 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G2000LV6GK)
£104.98

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99

Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £86.99

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA775) £45.99

2x Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £80.48

Samsung SH-S223Q/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) - Retail
£22.99


Total : £1,586.07


two 4870s because i dont want to pay another £100 for the slightly faster 4890s which are the same cards only overclocked. The 4870s will oc to 4890s speeds anyway plus Ati will have new gen cards out within 6 months anyway so why spend more now?

Also id go for the 2Ghz OCZ ram.

You could knock another £250 off that if you go 775 with a dual core that will oc past 4Ghzs giving u equal/better gaming performance then the 920 with todays games.

Or add £150 to your budget and upgrade the above PSU and replace the 4870s for 2 295s and go quad sli which would cost £2150. yummy!

Oh and no SSD as you wont see any increase in FSP in gaming only faster load times and i dont know about you but waiting 5 extra seconds for loading maps isnt worth £100 +.

 

[danceMB]

Im also going for a 2k build and will purchase at the end of May time, but unfortunatly as I know nothing about building a machine it will be a custom PC via the OcUK custom build section where you get different selections of what you want added, and it comes to around £1,960 for what is here, except that it doesnt include a 24" HD monitor, which is something I really want to upgrade to, so its going to be a monitor on top of this cost.

What 24" monitor would you people recommend I go for? ideally the cost wont be above around £230 if possible

 

[arc@css]

Im also going for a 2k build and will purchase at the end of May time, but unfortunatly as I know nothing about building a machine it will be a custom PC via the OcUK custom build section where you get different selections of what you want added, and it comes to around £1,960 for what is here, except that it doesnt include a 24" HD monitor, which is something I really want to upgrade to, so its going to be a monitor on top of this cost.

What 24" monitor would you people recommend I go for? ideally the cost wont be above around £230 if possible

Well, I would consider something like...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-099-SA&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

 

[ripped]

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The 295 is pretty much equivalent to the 4890, each is slightly faster in some games but they match each other pretty closely. Enough that you probably wouldn't notice the 2/3 fps difference

You can use multiple cards together in much the same way as SLI - ATI call their version CrossFire (or CrossFireX now, I think, but whatever). You just need a different motherboard, since each board will only support SLI or CrossFire, not both.

Most X58 Motherboards Support Both Now.

 

[Saltank]

I still think you need a proper PSU. Get a PCP&C one, please!

 

[MegaMisFiT]

chill man you decided on your build what else do you want? a medal? People that have their own opinions will always argue. on the other hand some people need others in order to make a decision... at least those idiots you are speaking of can build themselves a spec. anyway, i'm out.

I only wrote that to make people stop arguing here, its pointless and gets no were apart from pages of SLI or Crossfire is best. I wouldnt really report anyone Just thought it was sumit funny to put up to stop the agro

Also, I asked for peoples advice, didnt say I couldn't make myself a build...

 

[danceMB]

Well, I would consider something like...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-099-SA&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=

If I put my maximum limit for a 24" upto £250, will that give me a decent enough panel? Ideally it wouldnt be a TN panel if at all possible