New PC (big budget)

Nah he didn't sent any of it back, he was right on the last day and he thought he'd have a nightmare getting them to agree to it and stuff. It's just gonna go in MM when this stuff arrives.

I see no one is suggesting the PC15000 RAM, how come?

I like SeeknDestroy's build but with double the RAM (maybe PC15000), and a different Blu Ray drive as might as well get a writer? Still like to get a beast of a PSU as well, just to cover upgrades in the future.

Notice everyone is suggesting fan cooling as well, recon it'll be fine as the PC will be under a desk in a tight corner.
 
mikeyholt said:
Someone can price this up for me.. I'm too lazy.
i7 2600K
Decent SKT 775 Motherboard
Acer case
No CPU fan
512MB DDR RAM
ASUS 7600GS
WD Scorpio Blue 160GB IDE Hard Disk Drive
Floppy Drive
No Case Fans or DVD Drive
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an i7 2600k with a 775 mobo and 512mb of DDR ram. Haha

To OP. Would it not be easier to swap the cpu and motherboard for 2600k and save the hassle of selling and rebuying everything?
 
FiCtioN75 said:
To OP. Would it not be easier to swap the cpu and motherboard for 2600k and save the hassle of selling and rebuying everything?
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But then left with a crap case, small ssd, airflow issues, graphics cars with no native hdmi, etc and this money which will only go in his savings out wife spend it on shoes. Its not about getting a much faster pc but making sure he had the best possible parts and future proofing.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
What was the point?
I must have missed it too.
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The fact that
1) All of the parts are ridiculously old
2) A 2600K will never run on a 775 Socket
3) The sandybridge memory controller does not support DDR
4) You won't even be able to get most of the parts on normal websites anymore.
And look at the date. It will clear some things up.
 
mikeyholt said:
The fact that
1) All of the parts are ridiculously old
2) A 2600K will never run on a 775 Socket
3) The sandybridge memory controller does not support DDR
4) You won't even be able to get most of the parts on normal websites anymore.
And look at the date. It will clear some things up.
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Its no April fools, look at the last thread I made in here, within a day he ordered £900 worth of stuff. He has this money and wants to get the best he can for it and tru and future proof as much as possible.

Back on topic,

why not the pc 15000 stuff?
580 or 480?
Why air cooling over water when its going to be right up against a wall?
What's a good blu ray writer, or is it not worth getting one?
Would the current psu be fine to handle all this new stuff?
 
No commission!

Gigabyte P67A-UD7-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **£299.98
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 SUPER OC 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) £239.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £239.99
2X Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £139.99 (£279.98)
Fractal Design Define XL Full Tower Case - Black Pearl £94.99
LiteOn iHBS112 12x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £79.99
Compro VideoMate DVB-T220 Digital TV Internal PCI - Retail £30.62


Sub Total : £1,254.61
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £253.42
Total : £1,520.53

I'm still missing the following: PSU, thermal paste, CPU fan (gonna OC to about 4GHz) and any additional fans needed?

Is the motherboard worth that? £300 on a motherboard sounds crazy, but if it's needed it's needed.

Just realised I don't need the retail i7 do I?
 
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From what I've heard you could easily push that chip to anywhere up to 5ghz with a semi decent cooler. Your budget going all out... Noctua nh-d14 or thermal right silver arrow. The former comes with excellent thermal paste. Only thing to check would be can u get the ram under those ok? Are the heat spreaders too tall?

Get a couple of 140mm fractal silent series case fans or something.

Get a triple channel memory kit!
 
Throrik said:
The spec he quoted there was a Sandybridge Motherboard, triple channel was for the old I7s, Dual-Channel is what you need for the Sandybridge Motherboards...
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what he said ^^ you can't run triple channel memory if you dont have 3 channels to run it in..
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £199.99
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 "Special Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £166.65
1 x Asrock Fatal1ty Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £156.66
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £139.99
1 x Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £110.82
1 x Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK) £103.78
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £66.66
1 x Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £45.82
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £45.82
1 x Compro VideoMate Vista T750F Dual DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail £40.84
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £33.32
Total : £1,552.62 (includes shipping : £16.85).

could get a cheaper case but the HAF is good for air cooling
 
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raikesi said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £199.99
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 480 "Special Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £166.65
1 x Asrock Fatal1ty Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £156.66
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £139.99
1 x Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £110.82
1 x Corsair TX 950W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-950TXUK) £103.78
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £66.66
1 x Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance CPU Watercooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £45.82
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £45.82
1 x Compro VideoMate Vista T750F Dual DVB-T Hybrid Internal PCI TV Tuner - Retail £40.84
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £33.32
Total : £1,552.62 (includes shipping : £16.85).

could get a cheaper case but the HAF is good for air cooling
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Looks good, don't need the 1TB Barracuda though as he already has a 2TB Samsung F3 that is only about 2 months old.

Think if I took out one of the GPU's and got double the RAM and the urber fast SSD it would be perfect.

What is it like to install that watercooling H50? Just like a normal CPU fan?

What do people think? Will I need anymore fans for that case?
 
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How does this look?



Gone for that SSD as it's SATA3 and nearly double the read write speeds. Gone for a BluRay writer as well for an extra £15. Still going for 16GB of PC15000 RAM over the slower stuff as it still comes in budgetl.

Anything anybody would change?
 
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