New build, £1000 budget

Nick743

Nick743

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I got some great advice on these forums and built my first ever system which has served faithfully these past 4 years. With games like Skyrim and BF3 now out it seems a good time for a new machine. It will be used primarily for gaming but will also need to be able to deal with some 3d modelling and photoshop. My budget limit is £1000, I put together a sample spec for a starting point, I'm completely out of date with my knowledge of components so try not to laugh to hard, far better to be the fool on the forums than the guy who threw away money on an impossible build.

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I'm pretty certain about having a 580GTX and the i5 processor. Everything else can go, I would like a modular power supply, I would like a SSD ideally 128GB but 64GB may be more realistic and I would prefer an Antec case. I don't need a copy of windows and I'm recycling my current 500GB drive until prices drop. I do plan to overclock the processor ideally to a little over 4GHz but nothing else and I don't plan to go dual graphics cards at any point.

Thanks in advance for your advice.
 
Stinger53 said:
looks gd would get a z motherboard tho like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
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may want to go to specsavers as the mb the op speced is a z68 motherboard ;)


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 - OEM £265.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £149.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £119.99
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
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99 (£59.98)
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £1,078.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



use the voucher code ag15 to get 15% off so if my calculation is correct its £28.95 off which gives £1049.90 so little over budget, you could drop to the 64gb ssd to save money.
the 16gb ram overkill for games will come in useful in photoshop and I believe the i2700k will also be useful for the 3d modelling tho you could save £100 and get the i2500k and stick to 128gb ssd.
 
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Thanks for the quick replies. Fowler, I'm still feeling kinda attached to the 580GTX and I'll be doing far more gaming than modelling, but the motherboard can definitely change and when it's only £30 it seems silly not to double up the RAM.

Another concern, worried about the case now, £120 seems a little much even with the 15% off, at the same time my current pick seems a little inadequate. I remember a friend mentioning he found it very fiddly installing his 580. I don't mind going a little over budget (£1050)

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P.S. Thanks for the antec voucher code
 
I'm swinging around to the p280. Especially since I just looked up my old case to find it was the p180, it was a great case and so quiet. subbing it in I get 1,072.87 including shipping, which breaks the bank for me but if Fowler's maths is right then that comes down to £1043.92 with the Antec offer which is just about acceptable.
 
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Sorry for the double post but was hoping someone might alleviate my worries about the motherboard, it seems a very good deal with the price I'd just like to check it's ok for what I've put down so far. I'm not planning any major upgrades but I do want something that will last 3+ years.
 
If you're mainly gaming then stick with the 2500K, no need for the i7 at all. Definitely go for the 128Gb SSD though. I have the 128Gb M4 and only have 31Gb free on my drive with only 4 games installed.
 
Hearing quite a few calls for the 6970 and I haven't spent the money yet perhaps this horse can be persuaded to drink, how would it compare to the 580 leaving everything else the same in a game like BF3? I wanted the 580 mainly because I've always had an nvidia card in my machines and was also told I could expect driver issues if I went for an ATI, but for £100 saving I'm open to persuasion.

Went for the i5 with custom cooler as I hope to push it a little past 4GHz. I think 120GB SSD will be enough for the OS, 3ds max, photoshop, UDK and a few games.

Edit: Found this article which seems to show the 580 as significantly better than the 6970 for BF3. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2011/11/10/battlefield-3-technical-analysis/3
 
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