Gaming Rig, £1300

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jaydenw

jaydenw

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Hi,

I was going to buy the Ultima 9400i Tyrannosaur while it was on special offer buy chickend out at the last minute, it just too expensive for me.

I'm now looking at the Ultima 9200i Mosasaur but am unsure if it's the one.

These are the hardware options I would like:

* Intel Core i7 2700K
* 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
* OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
* Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (maybe this is overkill?)

Max spend: Aprox £1300

This is what I need the PC to perform at:

I need a pre-built PC that is going to last a good 2 years for gaming. I would like all in-game gfx options for two years maxed out without any slow down or FPS issues. Currently I will be playing BF3, SWTOR etc

I also want to be able to watch movies in the backround, streaming via Youtube etc while playing games without any slow downs.

I would be most grateful for all your help. I have been quite unlucky with systems I have build myself in the past, they just never seem to cut it. I am hoping this site forum will point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

(I also posted this in the OcUK Full Systems & Bundles forum by mistake, sorry)
 
OcUK have a System Configurator option which you should look at.

No need for i7 for the uses you have mentioned. Don't just get it because "it's the best", you really have no need for it.

Also phone up OcUK and ask if they will build a machine that you specify for a price of course, I think they probably will.

If they are willing to do that for you I suggest the following:

MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
(£299.99) £359.99
(£299.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Fractal Design Define XL USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Titanium Grey £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £51.98
(£43.32)
Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £1,054.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £213.93
Total : £1,283.57


Try and get that, you can lower the case to a Corsair 500R or something to make it bang on 1300 after their build charges.

That is an awesome system there though. Great graphics card, nice big case, a better SSD, PSU which will allow SLI in the future and a very popular motherboard. Oh and the i5 2500k is exactly the same as the i7 for gaming. Call them up, see what they say.
 
have you got any old sata hard disk/s you can reuse? the prices currently are too high(cheapest 250gb ocuk have is like £77).


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £112.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £69.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
Total : £1,206.53 (includes shipping : £14.75).



going by what few couple other people who went the route of calling ocuk to ask for them to build it ocuk don't like the gelid tranquilo, tho I would suggest you build it yourself but if you rather ocuk build jus ring them and they should use the spec you give them(apart from the gelid tranquilo it seems).
 
Thanks for your replies.

I notice from some reviews that part of the difference between the i7 and the i5 CPU's is that hyper threading is disabled for the i5.

What is the benefit of hyper threading?

Please remember, it's not just a gaming rig I'm after, primarily it is, but I will be using this for work also, so some video editing and photoshop. With also playing movies, video streaming etc.
 
with i2700k


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £267.95
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £112.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £69.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
Total : £1,302.53 (includes shipping : £14.75).



you could drop the cooler to the 620 version which is £47 so £23 cheaper

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395
 
Ok, thanks for the recommendations, I have also spoke to a friend and I have decided on the following:

Antec 900-2 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case
Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz Quad Core Processor
Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB 1600MHz CAS9 Memory Kit
Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Seagate Barracude 1TB SATA 6Gb/s HDD
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
OnBoard Sound Card
OCZ ZX Series 850W PSU
Fully Cable Managed
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
IIyama Prolite E2473HDS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black

This is totally rocking right? I know its a bit over budget.

Maybe I will still get an i5 instead of the i7. Going to OC it myself at some point also.

is the OCZ ZX Series 850W PSU necessary?
 
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fowler002 said:
going by what few couple other people who went the route of calling ocuk to ask for them to build it ocuk don't like the gelid tranquilo, tho I would suggest you build it yourself but if you rather ocuk build jus ring them and they should use the spec you give them(apart from the gelid tranquilo it seems).
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I think the reason they won't ship with the Gelid Tranquilo is due to it's size and weight, it may cause damage in transit.

is the OCZ ZX Series 850W PSU necessary?
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If you're planning to go GTX580 SLi in the future, 850w is the recommended min.
 
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Davefran said:
Antec Kúhler H2O 920 or 620 are a good option as long as you run them on silent mode, they can be very noisy on performance mode. Unless you put better fans on, but then it becomes costly.
You could spec the Gelid, but ask them to ship it separately.
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Is this cooler good enough? Corsair A50 CPU Cooler

If you're planning to go GTX580 SLi in the future, 850w is the recommended min.[/QUOTE]

Not going SLI, but is 850 nesc for a second hard drive?
 
No for a 2nd hard disk you'll want 2kw minimum ;)

if you're not planning on sli then 650w is all you need unless you plan on getting a gtx590/6690 or new gen equivalent in which case you'll want the 750/850w as those are a single card but have 2 gpus.

and no what you've speced isn't rocking/flying, for one I'd change the psu to an antec, corsair or xfx rather than an ocz.

also if not going sli in future then really no need for such an expensive motherboard unless you'll be making use of many of it's extra features, can get the gigabyte z68ap-d3 for nearly half the price £85.
 
Fowler002, you really seem like the guy that knows his stuff around here, you seem to help everyone. Can you please do me one last favour and modify the below list with links to what you belive I should buy? I will literally buy it right now.

Antec 900-2 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case
Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz Quad Core Processor
Asus P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB 1600MHz CAS9 Memory Kit
Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II 1536MB GDDR5 (want this card)
Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)
OnBoard Sound Card
OCZ ZX Series 850W PSU
Fully Cable Managed
IIyama Prolite E2473HDS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black

Goals: Gaming (ultra settings), Self O/C, no slowdows for a good 2 years

Budget: £1300-1500 inc monitor
 
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Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
(£299.99) £359.99
(£299.99)
Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
(£219.99) £263.99
(£219.99)
Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £257.99
(£214.99) £257.99
(£214.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £114.98
(£95.82) £114.98
(£95.82)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)
Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
* Sub Total : £1,276.55
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 : £259.75
** Total : £1,558.50

use the voucher code ag15 to get 15% off(£28.50 if my math is correct).

I'm on the iPod touch so no links, if you can wait till this evening I'll do a better one.
 
Just thought that if you're spending £1k+ may as well fit the blueray in, but if you don't want/need it then knock it down to the samsung dvdrw that's on offer this week for £16 and put some of the money saved towards doubling up on the ram. 16gb maybe overkill for gaming but will be good for Photoshop, plus 16gb for £60 is hard to pass up.

if you're happy to drop the case to a cheaper one such as the antec 100 then you can up the monitor to the dell u2410(£396 this week offer, normally £456) which will be good for your photo editing. not sure how it'll handle the games but I have it's bigger brother the u2711 and I'm happy with the game performance on it. actually thinking about it just going for a cheaper case wouldn't free up enough to go for the u2410, will need to drop to the i2500k or drop the ssd to 64gb.
 
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As Fowler's above less Blu-ray. With links


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £257.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,514.50 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Thanks for the links.

So this is a pretty rock solid flying PC then right with O/C capability?

Games on Ultra GFX etc, for a good few years.
 
Davefran said:
As Fowler's above less Blu-ray. With links


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £257.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,514.50 (includes shipping : £22.20).

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thanks, plus use ag15 code to get 15% off so comes in at just under £1500.

details of the antec case+psu offer http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18353998
 
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