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Hi i was wondering if any one could help me with a new build. Got a budget of £1500-£2000. Going to be used mostly for gaming and general use. I'm going to need every bare software and want at least a 27" monitor. Any help would be great.

Thanks
 
Hi there.

So everything apart from an Operating system?

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Anyone think it's a bit of a cheek charging for a 4.4ghz oc on an i5 2500k?

Edit: not specifically talkin about this bundle btw. Seems like a good value option.
 
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Btw, as it's going to be for general use i think it make sense to go for the i7 2600k with that budget. Save some cash on the monitor if needs be.
 
Operation said:
Anyone think it's a bit of a cheek charging for a 4.4ghz oc on an i5 2500k?

Edit: not specifically talkin about this bundle btw. Seems like a good value option.
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Seen your edit, but its £390.98 for that particular bundle, or,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Sub Total : £314.12
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 20.00% VAT : £64.72
Total : £388.34

£376 to try and do it yourself and no warranty
 
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ok cool that looks great. just one question whats the solid state hard drive?
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A really fast device to hold and run the operating system and whatever else you can fit on to it, the 1TB HDD is for the storage.

As you can see here - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/182?vs=356 - thats the fastest harddrive "velociraptor" vs the same model SSD but a 256GB size one.
 
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Go with what stulid suggests, he knows his shizz.

The SSD is basically a hard drive that reads much faster than physical drives. I personally prefer raptor sata drives as they have excellent read and write performance. That said the SSD will boot the OS double quick and drastically reduce loading times in your games.

Keep your music, movies etc on the additional sata HDD as they dont really need the performance of the SSD and it's a waste of that expensive storage device.
 
stulid said:
Seen your edit, but its £390.98 for that particular bundle, or,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
Sub Total : £314.12
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 20.00% VAT : £64.72
Total : £388.34

£376 to try and do it yourself and no warranty
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Fair enough, although if I could make £12 from doing that oc all day I'd be a happy man :)
 
Still, £679 for a monitor, is that really necessary? Really?

I know the i7 isn't either, but I'd still go with that and spend a bit less on the monitor.
 
I noticed the edit stulid. I wasn't suggesting he change your build, it's quality as always. Adding the benchmarks was a nice touch btw. Like i said its a personal preference, it comes down to juggling cost, capacity and performance.

You wont be dissappointed morton. I was just pointing out the SSD should be used for the OS and games so you reap the best performance and don't squander the space as you are paying a premium for it.
 
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Still, £679 for a monitor, is that really necessary? Really?

I know the i7 isn't either, but I'd still go with that and spend a bit less on the monitor.
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IPS screen, high resolution, tilt and swivel stand, zero dead pixel policy, massive connectivity, it will last a life time, etc etc, what do you suggest? a HannsG or Hazro? you know they are a bit pants right? people are moaning in the threads in the monitor section about them/sending them back.
 
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honosuseri said:
I noticed the edit stulid. I wasn't suggesting he change your build, it's quality as always. Adding the benchmarks was a nice touch btw. Like i said its a personal preference, it comes down to juggling cost, capacity and performance.

You wont be dissappointed morton. I was just pointing out the SSD should be used for the OS and games so you reap the best performance and don't squander the space as you are paying a premium for it.
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I know you weren't dude, look at the edit time, it came before your post:)
 
I thought the monitor was a nice choice myself, the display port is a nice feature. On that note stulid are you aware of a cheaper smaller monitor that would make eyefinity a possibilty. Seeing as the OP is keen on having some decent real estate on screen ;)

p.s Yes i am selfishly asking for myself also so partly hijacking the thread :P And it's cool bloke, the edit wasnt there when i started writing my post. I'm juggling posting and repairing xbox 360s
 
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honosuseri said:
I thought the monitor was a nice choice myself, the display port is a nice feature. On that note stulid are you aware of a cheaper smaller monitor that would make eyefinity a possibilty. Seeing as the OP is keen on having some decent real estate on screen ;)

p.s Yes i am selfishly asking for myself also so partly hijacking the thread :P
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Well as most triple screen setups that use a single ATI card will need one panel with a display port, then these two come to mind,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-005-HP&groupid=17&catid=510&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-046-DE&groupid=17&catid=1425&subcat=

I think there is also a display port adapter you can buy that converts the graphics card display port to a DVI connection, but these need to be whats called an active adapter and cost a lot of money for whats just a cable.

edit. found this article - http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/ATI_Eyefinity_Adapter/
 
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Cheers dude! The Dell looks good, i'll look around for prices but 3 of those come in around the same as that one 27 inch....food for thought morton ;)
 
stulid said:
IPS screen, high resolution, tilt and swivel stand, zero dead pixel policy, massive connectivity, it will last a life time, etc etc, what do you suggest? a HannsG or Hazro? you know they are a bit pants right? people are moaning in the threads in the monitor section about them/sending them back.
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Having just read the OP properly, including the bit about wanting at least a 27 inch for the first time, I agree entirely. Great choice. :D
 
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