I've had enough of my woeful skt 939 setup

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:20

I really really need a new PC. My tired old Shuttle SN25P just can't cope any more. Old 120gb SATA drives, Athlon X2 4200+ cpu, 2gb ddr400 ram and an ATi X1650 gpu. Even opening Google makes the hard drives grind and can't seem to do more than one thing at a time.

I've got no savings and really can't wait any longer. Was thinking of doing the finance thing over 12 months and putting the cash needed away in the savings account until time to pay it off (I will pay it off within the 12 months for sure)

I predominantly want a system for audio editing and using Traktor, Cubase and various plugins, some gaming but not massively in to them on the PC (as got a PS3) but would expect to run games on a good level setting using my OcUK 24" screen (iiyama e2471) and would need a Windows OS. Already have keyboard, mouse, firewire soundcard, speakers etc. So just the guts basically.

Max spend including vat £750...let the speccing commence.

Thanks

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:25

Done, it's very similar to my build to be but a different GPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £178.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £756.79 (includes shipping : £13.75).

MrElve · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:26

I'd step up the CPU to a 2600K and get 2 sets of that ram to make 8GB seeing as he will be editing. Step the GPU way down and get something like a GTX460 Twin Frozr. They are really cheap and can max virtually everything out and to come for quite a while.

EDIT: Probably get 2 x 500GB's for RAID 0 or a 1TB for the spare space?

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:29

Oh I forgot to mention, want it to be as quiet as possible for fan system too.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:34

MrElve said:
I'd step up the CPU to a 2600K and get 2 sets of that ram to make 8GB seeing as he will be editing. Step the GPU way down and get something like a GTX460 Twin Frozr. They are really cheap and can max virtually everything out and to come for quite a while.

EDIT: Probably get 2 x 500GB's for RAID 0 or a 1TB for the spare space?

Can't find the Twin Frozr on a 460...this one do ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-099-MS

anuraj · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:34

That one is great.

But you might want to get a cheaper one and overclock yourself if your into that.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

You can use MSI afterburner to overclock your GPU.

MrElve · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:36

Liquid_Entity said:
Can't find the Twin Frozr on a 460...this one do ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=gx-099-ms

yeah, thats the hawk. hawk is their name for twin frozr iii, one up from ii.

at stock it's a really well made cooling solution and will stay nice and cool and quiet with two fans working together, but if you want that extra gaming power if your feeling hungry, it will clock like a nice little begger

if you want some more info clicky; http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/n460gtx-hawk.html

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:39

Sweet, I'm not one for overclocking myself but am sure I can ask in the future if required.

So I can use the same RAM in that system and just get 4 x 2gb or do I get 2 x 4gb modules ?

MrElve · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:41

Liquid_Entity said:
Sweet, I'm not one for overclocking myself but am sure I can ask in the future if required.

So I can use the same RAM in that system and just get 4 x 2gb or do I get 2 x 4gb modules ?

If you know you won't definetly ever go to 16GB RAM by 4 x 4 Gb modules then I would seriously recommend getting 4 x 2 GB. It's much cheaper.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:43

I don't think I will need to go to 16gb, I am still relative noob in the audio editing/music production world. Can't see myself needing it in the next few years.

MrElve · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:51

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
2 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £777.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Sorry, I got a little over :/

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:53

There's 2 i2600 on the list

1 is £239
1 is £219

Which one is it ?

Reaper 392 · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:57

heres what i would do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £95.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £78.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Silencio RC-550 Silent Tower Case - Black £67.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £753.78 (includes shipping : £13.75).

now with OS

Jony27 · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:57

you would want the K version if you want to overclock in the future.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 16:59

Reaper, no OS on that build. That adds quite a lot.

Trying to think if I would benefit from a SSD in my setup at present. I know nothing about what speeds are like these days considering my current setup.

MrElve · 11 Jul 2011 at 17:03

Without SSD --------------------

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £239.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
2 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £777.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

With SSD --------------------

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £125.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *WITH FREE MSI GRENADE* £104.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXV2) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
2 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £798.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

A little over but I could tweak the board down to a lower price one to make the budget fit a little better.

The OCZ Agility achieves:
Maximum Read: 525MB/sec
Maximum Write: 475MB/sec

Making it a VERY fast SSD. Clicky

My opinion: I'd go for the one without the SSD.

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 17:04

Well as mentioned it's on finance so what adds up to £30 - £50 extra in total is only about £3 - £5 extra a month so could probably stretch anyway. One less beer a weekend lol

MrElve · 11 Jul 2011 at 17:07

Would you like me to see if I can tweak it a tiny bit? Don't want you sacrificing things you like

Marine-RX179 · 11 Jul 2011 at 17:10

I just want to say this...in fact got a huge urge to say this...going from a Socket 939 Athlon X2 system onto a SandyBridge 2600K is gonna be an EPIC upgrade

Liquid_Entity · 11 Jul 2011 at 17:10

Go for it,

Would I see better benefits from the i2600 or an SSD for my usage ?