1200£ Budget - PC + 24"-26" Monitor

Lentz

Lentz

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This is the first time I'm going to try and build a PC myself. I could use some suggestions from experienced fanatics!

I don't really have any preferences. Would be nice if everything fit in an Antec 300 though.


Will you help me? :)
 
Have I got this right? £1200 for the base unit and then the Monitor is separate? If so, then here's a beast of a system;

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Monitor
 
icey_haj said:
Have I got this right? £1200 for the base unit and then the Monitor is separate? If so, then here's a beast of a system;

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Monitor
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Thank you for the suggestion!

I was thinking £1200 for PC and monitor. But i think I'll be able to stretch my budget :)

You're right, that is a beast. Thanks again.


By the way.. Would the SSD be for the OS?
 
Lentz said:
Thank you for the suggestion!

I was thinking £1200 for PC and monitor. But i think I'll be able to stretch my budget :)

You're right, that is a beast. Thanks again.


By the way.. Would the SSD be for the OS?
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Oh right, I'll amend my spec then. Yes, the SSD would be for the OS.

This would still be a very good setup.

EDIT: I realised I forgot the PSU. The Corsair that Sycho listed would be good enough.

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This is what I'd go with personally:

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3 Bundle + World in Conflict Game £539.99
(£469.56) £539.99
(£469.56)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £241.99
(£210.43) £241.99
(£210.43)
Samsung SM2494HS 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor (LS24KIVKBQ/EDC) Samsung SM2494HS 23.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor (LS24KIVKBQ/EDC) £218.49
(£189.99) £218.49
(£189.99)
Silverstone Temjin TJ04B Aluminium Tower Case - Black (No PSU) Silverstone Temjin TJ04B Aluminium Tower Case - Black (No PSU) £74.99
(£65.21) £74.99
(£65.21)
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK) £73.99
(£64.34) £73.99
(£64.34)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS) £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Sub Total : £1,076.90
VAT is being charged at 15.00% VAT : £161.54
Total : £1,238.44

I didn't add a SSD because for any realistic use 30GB isn't enough capacity. You'll get the OS and maybe 2 games on there before you'll need to start deleting to fit more on. I don't know about you but I tend to have more than 2 games installed at a time so find it a pointless investment at the moment. If you really want a SSD though I'd go with:
Samsung PB22-J 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (MMCRE64G5MXP-OVB) £137.99
(£119.99) £137.99
(£119.99)
 
I would go Icey's spec but with the monitor i listed as it's probably the best 24 inch by quite a bit the only thing is it will be quite far over your budget but worth it.
 
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