Build me a computer for 4000 pound, not a penny more or less

[JonJ678]

Don't trust a group of people you've never met, with no liability if they give bad advice, especially when most of them are making jokes of various subtlety. Talk to ocuk.

Example of one of the more subtle jokes:

Hugely powerful and silent.

 

[Glaucus]

Example of one of the more subtle jokes:

 

[eGu_Ryan]

Example of one of the more subtle jokes:

Don't see what is wrong with that spec

 

[PermaBanned]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 5970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £530.99
(£451.91) £530.99
(£451.91)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £220.99
(£188.08) £220.99
(£188.08)
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard £192.99
(£164.25) £192.99
(£164.25)
Pioneer BDR-S03XLB 8x BD-ReWriter / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail) £188.99
(£160.84) £188.99
(£160.84)
Crucial M225 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CT64M225) £173.99
(£148.08) £173.99
(£148.08)
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor £154.99
(£131.91) £309.98
(£263.82)
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850HXUK) £138.99
(£118.29) £138.99
(£118.29)
Logitech Z-2300 THX Certified 2.1 Speaker System (970118-0120) £115.98
(£98.71) £115.98
(£98.71)
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600ELK) £114.99
(£97.86) £114.99
(£97.86)
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA055-1UAN00Z) £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)
Coolermaster CM-690-II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)
Black Ice GT Xtreme 280 Radiator £74.99
(£63.82) £149.98
(£127.64)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EARS) £68.98
(£58.71) £68.98
(£58.71)
Steelseries XAI HD Gaming Mouse (62012) £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Steelseries Merc Stealth Gaming Keyboard (64051) £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
(£47.65)
innovatek HPPS Plus Special Edition 12V Pump £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Aqua Computer Cuplex HD Core i7 (Socket 1366) £35.99
(£30.63) £35.99
(£30.63)
EK Water Blocks EK-Multioption RES 150 Rev.2 £25.99
(£22.12) £25.99
(£22.12)
Flow Indicator Blue £8.21
(£6.99) £8.21
(£6.99)
Masterkleer 1/2" Tubing UV White - 1m £3.15
(£2.68) £6.30
(£5.36)
Sub Total : £2,222.38
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £19.10
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £392.26
Total : £2,633.74

And even that is huge overkill.

 

[hp7909]

You say that, but my new PC cost just under £2,000 and I certainly wouldn't call it high end. I even had to use a few budget parts (Antec 300, GTX260 etc etc).

£4,000 needs to be spent on something decent which will last a good while.

Ok, let me rephrase that: For just the base-unit, £2k is more than enough = a decent system now & 1-yr down the line. The rest, you could go crazy & spend it on monitor/s, peripherals, etc as the above specs show.

 

[mcast123]

nah 4000 pound please for gaming i want it to be soo good, i wannt really good fps in all games, someone recoomened me a spec

Has macdonalds vastly increased their minimum wage?

 

[starfighter]

the only way I could spend so much would be on 3 x 30" screens, at least that way it will still be worth something in 12 months and actually be more than 1% better than a rig 1/2 price.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

you aren't getting the best of the best for £4K.. there's better and even if you get the best stuff it will be beat foreseeable future.. so why go overkill unless you're a rich mug.

 

[EddScott]

Most PCs these days are used for gaming and pron. Personally, spend a grand on the PC and 3K on whores.

 

[eatcustard]

how about this Mac set up

# Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
# 16GB (8x2GB)
# 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# 2x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
# One 18x SuperDrive
# Apple Magic Mouse
# Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (British) and User's Guide (English)

£4,006.00
incl. VAT

 

[Alex74]

how about this Mac set up

# Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
# 16GB (8x2GB)
# 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# 2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
# 2x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
# One 18x SuperDrive
# Apple Magic Mouse
# Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (British) and User's Guide (English)

£4,006.00
incl. VAT

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH no. GT120? Would be insane to buy this.. (would be insane to buy a 4000 rig, but stiiiiiiiiiill)

EDIT: Magic mouse looks interesting though

 

[eatcustard]

I just looked on the Apple site, thats the only choice of G Cards (upto 4 of them)

Still a maxed out spec Mac is over £12K

 

[Alex74]

I just looked on the Apple site, thats the only choice of G Cards (upto 4 of them)

Still a maxed out spec Mac is over £12K

In fairness to Apple, they'll let you get a 4870 in there

Might as well get the rig with a single GT120, replace it with an OcUK 5970 then punch oneself in the face for buying a stupidly priced apple-made behemoth of fail

oh and replace the hard drives with SSDs while we're at it