A new budget again, SORRY!

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

Zeebedy

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Hey guys,

I posted here a few days ago looking for a good budget setup..

Now after speaking to my parents I have an extended budget.

£1200 is the going rate, mabye a bit over, hence:

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £231.98
(£193.32) £231.98
(£193.32)
Hanns.G HH251DPB 25" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £143.99
(£119.99) £287.98
(£239.98)
BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £133.99
(£111.66) £133.99
(£111.66)
EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.98
(£87.48) £104.98
(£87.48)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £52.49
(£43.74) £52.49
(£43.74)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Kworld Dark Pyramid D8 2.1 Speaker £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Akasa AK-191-BL Blue Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 Pin £5.99
(£4.99) £11.98
(£9.98)
Akasa SATA-II 15cm Data Cable (AK-CB060) £1.99
(£1.66) £1.99
(£1.66)
Sub Total : £1,046.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £213.66
Total : £1,281.94


Also, will the 530W PSU be enough for this system?

Cummon, Stulid what do you think?

RTJ
 
Swap that I7 For a I5 and use the spare cash on a better gpu, also personally i would get a cheaper case and spend the savings on a better psu or gpu!
 
Sorry, forgot to mention, the PC will be primarily used for Graphic Design, Photoshop etc and light gaming, so I thought that was a good compromise? No?

RTJ
 
Maybe get a less expensive case and a better graphics card with more VRAM. Considering the monitor you're getting.

Edit - Nvm if you're only doing light gaming.
 
rip-the-jacker said:
Sorry, forgot to mention, the PC will be primarily used for Graphic Design, Photoshop etc and light gaming, so I thought that was a good compromise? No?

RTJ
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The CPU is fine, for that, i remember the first thread, when we had the discussion about why 2 monitors, but for the little extra, why not heh?
 
Cheers guys.

Yeah stulid, not the worlds GREATEST monitors but should do the job.

I used to have a 27" mac so I was thinking one big screen but the two would work out better for my multitasking uses.

RTJ
 
From the looks of it, it is a good spec list.

As Stulid has said, for about that kind of money for a GPU, the MSI 5850 is better. It might be a little more, but it is better than the GTX 460 768MB.

The i7 could be swapped out for an i5, but isn't needed. It isn't like the i7 is really expensive anyway.

The PSU should be enough, but doesn't give you much room for if you want to go SLI in the future I don't think. I might be wrong about that, and I'm sure if I am Stulid or someone will say otherwise, lol.
 
rip-the-jacker said:
Cheers guys.

Yeah stulid, not the worlds GREATEST monitors but should do the job.

I used to have a 27" mac so I was thinking one big screen but the two would work out better for my multitasking uses.

RTJ
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they will be fine, like you said in the previous thread, for what you want they will do a fine job.

so the only choice to make with this spec is which GPU?
 
lolwithtim said:
The PSU should be enough, but doesn't give you much room for if you want to go SLI in the future I don't think. I might be wrong about that, and I'm sure if I am Stulid or someone will say otherwise, lol.
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Motherboard is useless for dual gpu's.
 
In gaming there is a small increase in performance, does the software being used take advantage of CUDA and with the extra memory o the carrd may assist with performance.
 
The PSU should be enough, but doesn't give you much room for if you want to go SLI in the future I don't think. I might be wrong about that, and I'm sure if I am Stulid or someone will say otherwise, lol.
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Yeah I dont think I will be upgrading for a while and by then will have money to change the setup allowing for SLI etc if I decide to go down that route.


so the only choice to make with this spec is which GPU?
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Yeah Stulid, I was looking at the MSI GeForce GTX 470 Twin Frozr II 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Expressto boost a bit more? worth the extras cash?
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £231.98
(£193.32) £231.98
(£193.32)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Hanns.G HH251DPB 25" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - Red £112.33
(£93.61) £112.33
(£93.61)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £52.49
(£43.74) £52.49
(£43.74)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
Phillips SPA2602 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System ** INTRODUCTION PRICE ** £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Akasa AK-191-BL Blue Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 Pin £5.99
(£4.99) £11.98
(£9.98)
Akasa SATA-II 15cm Data Cable (AK-CB060) £1.99
(£1.66) £1.99
(£1.66)
Sub Total : £1,001.39
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £22.20
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £204.72
Total : £1,228.31
Nice spec ask stulid for opinions on it. Do you really want dual monitors?
 
my opinon is you haven't read his first thread, so you have missed out the two monitors, added a unnecessary gpu.
 
Thanks for all the input guys.

As Stulid has said, for about that kind of money for a GPU, the MSI 5850 is better
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Is there any real advantage or disadvantage to getting a ATI GPU as apposed to NVIDIA of vice versa?

RTJ
 
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