Is This a Good Rig?/£1000 Spec?

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:24

Hi. I am considering getting a new PC, something that will last quite a while. I did consider upgrading my current PC, but the amount of parts I would need to swap out (basically everything except the hard drive) means I might as well get a whole new rig.

Aaaanyway, I saw this one listed on eBay. I know it's a little dodgy, and the knee-jerk reaction is to say "buy the parts and build it yourself", but can some of you take a look and tell me what you think

Link

If it isn't worth the money, then can someone help me spec up a PC for around £1000-1200? It doesn't need a copy of Windows, or very big hard drives (maybe just a 500gb one).

So, any ideas?

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:26

so its just an old i7 base unit for £1200, what a rip.

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:28

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
KFA2 GeForce GTX 560Ti EX OC Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £204.98
(£170.82) £204.98
(£170.82)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £189.98
(£158.32) £189.98
(£158.32)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £151.99
(£126.66) £151.99
(£126.66)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£64.16) £76.99
(£64.16)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £934.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £189.73
Total : £1,138.37

much faster.

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:31

or the same stuff, but with two GTX470 in SLI.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £189.98
(£158.32) £189.98
(£158.32)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £151.99
(£126.66) £151.99
(£126.66)
MSI GeForce GTX 470 Twin Frozr II 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
(£119.99) £287.98
(£239.98)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£64.16) £76.99
(£64.16)
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Sub Total : £993.22
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £201.39
Total : £1,208.36

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:36

Haha, you were just waiting to pounce, weren't you?
Are SSDs really necessary? I mean, what do you use them for?
Plus like I said, I don't need a copy of windows, so I might use the money saved there to go for a more powerful PSU, or a slightly better graphics card.

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:37

if you dont need a copy of windows, just save the money in your pocket.

and the SSD is for the operating system and favorite games/apps to run from.

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:43

Ah right okay. But again, it's a big lump of money that could be better spent on getting more powerful/better parts. Will using a normal SATA HDD bottlneck the computer?

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:47

Two GTX470 is silly fast.

6970 in that ebay pc vs GTX470 sli - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/292?vs=312

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:54

How about this setup:

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:54

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 21:59

Is that a 'yep' to the bottlenecking?

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:01

thats a "yep" to your spec. its a fine selection of bits.

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:15

Ah right, good

I won't be buying it right now, because I won't be needing it until mid/end of Feb, plus those graphics cards are on pre-order right now.
Thanks for all your help. If I remember, I'll update this thread once it's built and running.

RJC · 2 Feb 2011 at 22:16

The gpu's are due Friday and I think will go up in price.

Thread below shows the offer:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18236728

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:15

Oh right, I suppose I'll order them now then. I wonder if I could put them in my current rig until I can afford the rest? What do you think? (my specs are in my signature).

M1k3H · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:19

Mechanicus said:
Oh right, I suppose I'll order them now then. I wonder if I could put them in my current rig until I can afford the rest? What do you think? (my specs are in my signature).

you could get away with that PSU with 1 470GTX.

stulid · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:20

you can put one in, then check the other works too.

Mechanicus · 2 Feb 2011 at 23:35

Ok, I'll do that, thanks.

Edit: Right, all ordered. Bit of faffing about because it kept declining my debit card, so I had to use Paypal (ugh!).

0neAnd0nly · 3 Feb 2011 at 00:05

Mechanicus said:
How about this setup:

Personally I'd go with stulid's dual graphics with SSD recommendation, its a really good set up ! Don't waste money on a 1000w PSU, you might think you'll need it in the future but I highly doubt you ever will

The only thing I'd do differently is the choice of case, instead of the Cooler Master II Advanced (Which I'm currently Using) go for the Antec 902, it keeps everything much cooler and has the new USB 3.0 front bay and speed controls for all the fans, I wish I bought this case after my Antec 900 instead of the CMII

Mechanicus · 3 Feb 2011 at 10:40

0neAnd0nly said:
Personally I'd go with stulid's dual graphics with SSD recommendation, its a really good set up ! Don't waste money on a 1000w PSU, you might think you'll need it in the future but I highly doubt you ever will

The only thing I'd do differently is the choice of case, instead of the Cooler Master II Advanced (Which I'm currently Using) go for the Antec 902, it keeps everything much cooler and has the new USB 3.0 front bay and speed controls for all the fans, I wish I bought this case after my Antec 900 instead of the CMII

Yeah, I picked out the case because I thought it would be better to go with a full-sized tower to fit the 2 graphics cards in. Also, a couple of the reviews state that the fans in that Antec 902 are a bit noisy, so it might be better if I replaced them with better quality silent fans.

As to the PSU, I assumed having 2 high-end graphics cards would eat up the wattage quickly, so I would need a powerful PSU. What kind of power would you recommend?