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Monkens

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I've made one of these threads before with my own spec, but wonder what you magicians can conjure up.

I'll cut to the chase:

£1200 give or take to spend on a Tower, no Monitor required. (Of Course I'll go over 10 or 20 if it's somethin that's going to make it significantly better)

It's for heavy gaming, and I'd like some decent clear sound to come from it. And for it to be futureproof for 1.5 - 2 years, and then just be upgradeable afterwards.

Only request from myself is it's easily overclockable and has future capability to CF/SLi :)

Thanks guys.
 
Have you built a PC before? OcUK has some great value prebuilts for your kind of budget which you could expand upon. £1200 buys a hell of a gaming computer these days :)
 
I am bit over but you can alter it somewhat though this pc would be a monster with 2 5850s in crossfire:

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Although a phenom II 955 with 5870s in crossfire might be better cash for performance.
 
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What do you guys think of this?
(I chose that fan cause apaprently two 120mm fans come with it, so it's handy on cost, and its good apparently.)

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IIGAZI360II -> I have no real specifics, I just want what is going to be rather future proof, so basically easily upgradeable :)

EnderXi -> Don't Like that advice haha

d_brennen -> I have built a few before, but I have never seriously overclocked, but want to, without frying chip aha. Hence why I chose the OC bundle.

Sycho -> Will a phenom be able to handly 2*5870? Won't it be a bottleneck? (Wouldn't it just be easier to get a 5970)

Thanks guys.
 
The GPU is generally the bottleneck in a current system for gaming: the games haven't got that much more complex in the "working out what's going on" department the CPU is worried about: the big differences are in the 3d rendering, where the CPU is virtually uninvolved and the GPU does all the work.

If you're going with a fast quad-core and DDR3, you're unlikely to max out the CPU before your graphics. To some extent it depends on the games you play, but most of the time, it's the 3d work that slows you down, the CPU can keep up with it's share of the workload.
 
Monkens said:
What do you guys think of this?
(I chose that fan cause apaprently two 120mm fans come with it, so it's handy on cost, and its good apparently.)

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IIGAZI360II -> I have no real specifics, I just want what is going to be rather future proof, so basically easily upgradeable :)

EnderXi -> Don't Like that advice haha

d_brennen -> I have built a few before, but I have never seriously overclocked, but want to, without frying chip aha. Hence why I chose the OC bundle.

Sycho -> Will a phenom be able to handly 2*5870? Won't it be a bottleneck? (Wouldn't it just be easier to get a 5970)

Thanks guys.
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Monkens, I don't think a 5870 will fit in the "Scout" case. Shame :(

I like your spec apart from that.
 
955 with 890 chipset board might be a good idea here. You'll get sata/usb3 for future upgrades, it will also support incoming thuban quads and six cores.

A good case is also worth buying.
So will be 700w+ modular PSU, just in case he is going to have 2 monsters in CF later on, sure a 500-600w might do, but then it will be noisy and run hot. Also if he OCes 2 cards and CPU heavily, it might be at its limits.

What's the monitor you have?
I personally wouldn't spend more money than on a single 5850 unless you play on 2560x1600 res, new GPUs are coming out every few months now so it would be best to upgrade in that 6-12months or add another one in CF if you feel like needing more power.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Asus ATI Radeon HD 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £224.99
(£191.48) £224.99
(£191.48)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £135.99
(£115.74) £135.99
(£115.74)
Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£93.61) £109.99
(£93.61)
Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) Patriot Sector 5 G Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel (PGV34G1600ELK) £86.99
(£74.03) £86.99
(£74.03)
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply £84.99
(£72.33) £84.99
(£72.33)
Sub Total : £547.19
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £97.42
Total : £654.11

Add monitors, case and storage to your liking.
 
Right, Updated Buildd -->

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I've taken in the few comments and changed it about, I've gone slightly over budget ~1260..
Also If I buy some Gaming headphones would this make the need for a sound card redundant?
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I could always use a Phenom II, 955 Black edition OC to 3.8 ghz ~
4Gb Ram

And Then CF Two 5850's, This actually works out cheaper than the above.
I'm just wondering about the noise levels and what the difference in performance would be?
 
A soundcard isn't really needed with that board trust me or well it's not a big upgrade so you can just add one later if needed.

The above spec you've posted has outstanding potential if you add a 2nd 5870 which the cpu will handle pretty comfortably in crossfire and also i got the Antec 902 it's a nice case but you may want to go for the HAF 932 for more room for the cards.

I am in a similar boat to you at the moment, deciding wether to go 5850 cf or 5870....the first seems more appealing to me due to being about £450 and i game at 1920x1200 so the fps will be brilliant for a long time.
 
Sycho said:
A soundcard isn't really needed with that board trust me or well it's not a big upgrade so you can just add one later if needed.

The above spec you've posted has outstanding potential if you add a 2nd 5870 which the cpu will handle pretty comfortably in crossfire and also i got the Antec 902 it's a nice case but you may want to go for the HAF 932 for more room for the cards.

I am in a similar boat to you at the moment, deciding wether to go 5850 cf or 5870....the first seems more appealing to me due to being about £450 and i game at 1920x1200 so the fps will be brilliant for a long time.
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I know what you mean, choosing the cards is the toughest part.. Is the HAF 932 same price ~ quieter??

I think If I went for a 5870 and OC'd it(Asus one) then added another in a years time it'd still be awesome
 
Monkens said:
I know what you mean, choosing the cards is the toughest part.. Is the HAF 932 same price ~ quieter??

I think If I went for a 5870 and OC'd it(Asus one) then added another in a years time it'd still be awesome
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It's a bit more expensive, around same cooling performance but quite a bit bigger on the inside.(check some images on google/yahoo or the measurements though my friend has fit a 5870 easily in his and is very pleased with the case not sure how quiet it is though.)

It would last longer than that, i should imagine it still pack punch in 2-3 years quite well and also the good thing is DX11 has just arrived so it will be a while until DX12 which makes crossfire more appealing.
 
Do you think 2*5870 Will fit in?

What's the forecast on the new nVidia cards performance, they'll more than likely be more expensive than the ATi anyway.. Miss the 8800 GTS days :( haha
 
Sycho said:
I am bit over but you can alter it somewhat though this pc would be a monster with 2 5850s in crossfire:

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Although a phenom II 955 with 5870s in crossfire might be better cash for performance.
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Personally i'm liking this one a lot better.

2x5850 > 1x5870


The 5850 can be overclocked and be as fast as the 5870 anyway, so two of them....
 
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