Building my First Rig.

AbundantToast

AbundantToast

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Hey there people, I am extremely new to the world of pc gaming and building but I have always played games. What I want in my build is its abillity to max any game currently and in the future for atleast a few years here is what I am thinking of getting so far but I would also like your opinions and advice on certain things like what to get.

If you are wondering I have already built atleast 3 computers on my work experience a few weeks ago so I am fairly experienced on the whole building scale of it.

What I am thinking of getting so far:

Monitor: Dell Ultrasharp 27 or 30" (Deppending how much money I have)
Cpu: one of the I7's
GPU: either a 590 or dual 580's
Ram: 8-12gb of Ram at 1600
Power: atleast 1200 wattage?
Case: anything that looks cool and has good airflow
Opt' Drive: Preferibly Blueray
HDD: Probally two 1tb drives as SSD are to expensive right now

and that is all I have looked into right now, my budget will be probally about £1500 for just the tower but this could probally stretch.

Thank you in advance
-Jay
 
get the i5 2500k for CPU if ur just gaming on it. i7 is rly mainly for encoding and hypertheading
psu u not need 1200w+ a 850w would do
 
Something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card £459.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £141.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £109.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £99.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £59.99
1 x Thermalright Venomous X Silent CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1156/1155/1366/AM2) £41.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £1,376.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).




With a 580 if you prefer. A decent 850W will run dual cards.
Bluray is read only, if you need a writeable one they're more expensive :)

Just a starting point anyway
 
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case is rly personal choice.

edit/ sorry didnt see http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-244-SE&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1955 that HDD
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

Spec below, but have included a SSD and AMD 7970 GPU, The PSU offer finishes today.

Your basket

Product NameQtyPriceLine Total
GX-206-XF_60.jpg
XFX ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card£459.95
(£383.29) £459.95
(£383.29)
CP-360-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail£179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
MB-361-GI_60.jpg
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard£157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
CA-036-CS_60.jpg
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black£145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
HD-244-SE_60.jpg
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003)£99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
CA-000-XF_60.jpg
XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply£99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
HD-008-CR_60.jpg
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2)£79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
HS-006-AN_60.jpg
Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+)£74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
MY-094-KS_60.jpg
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)£35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
CD-099-LG_60.jpg
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM£17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)Sub Total : £1,127.37Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)Shipping : £13.75VAT is being charged at 20.00%VAT : £228.22Total : £1,369.34
 
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £459.95
(£383.29) £459.95
(£383.29)
Dell UltraSharp U2212HM 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £141.98
(£118.32) £141.98
(£118.32)
BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £117.98
(£98.32) £117.98
(£98.32)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Sub Total : £1,249.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £253.35
Total : £1,520.08
 
sehcure said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £459.95
(£383.29) £459.95
(£383.29)
Dell UltraSharp U2212HM 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £141.98
(£118.32) £141.98
(£118.32)
BitFenix Colossus Blue & Red LED Big Tower Case - Black £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £117.98
(£98.32) £117.98
(£98.32)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Sub Total : £1,249.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £253.35
Total : £1,520.08
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Ain't you missing one or two things?
 
Wow, thanks for the Quick replies guys! So you're saying I do not need an i7? Cos I will be using it for photoshop and the rest of the adobe set as I am currently doing a Course in graphic design aswell at college. and with the the gpu's you have reccomended will that play say battlefield 3 on max with a high frame rate?

Thanks again, you guys are already turning to be amazing!
 
AbundantToast said:
Wow, thanks for the Quick replies guys! So you're saying I do not need an i7? Cos I will be using it for photoshop and the rest of the adobe set as I am currently doing a Course in graphic design aswell at college. and with the the gpu's you have reccomended will that play say battlefield 3 on max with a high frame rate?

Thanks again, you guys are already turning to be amazing!
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The i5 is very good, the i7 may be better for photoshop and things, but as you are gaming too it's probably better to spend the money on a better GPU. The 7970 is currently the best single card available, and should handle BF3 ;)
 
beejjacobs said:
The i5 is very good, the i7 may be better for photoshop and things, but as you are gaming too it's probably better to spend the money on a better GPU. The 7970 is currently the best single card available, and should handle BF3 ;)
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Sounds good but I read somewhere that 580's in SLI is the best for your buck proformance wise?
 
AbundantToast said:
Sounds good but I read somewhere that 580's in SLI is the best for your buck proformance wise?
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580 SLI will be very good performance wise, but as you will see from the specs it doesnt fit in the budget and really wouldn't be considered "bang for buck" at all! For that you'd be spending ~£200 on a graphics card :P

The 7970 is better than a 580:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/517?vs=508

Most people would recommend it. Though a 3GB 580 is no slouch :P
 
The 7970 is the card to get, wait till keplar is released if it's any good the 7970 should fall in price, by how much not sure, but fall it will, if you need more GPU performance then would be the best time to pick up another 7970. This setup would out perform the 580s. All depends when your going to get this rig, if it's a few months away then you will get a better idea of what Nvidia is bringing to the party.

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The single 7970 would leave you with more money for the Monitor or other kit.
 
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Yeah It probally wouldn't be till late spring or summer as I currently do not have the money so i'll seriously look into the 7970's in dual or not deppends how much money I have. Thank you again!
 
AbundantToast said:
Yeah It probally wouldn't be till late spring or summer as I currently do not have the money so i'll seriously look into the 7970's in dual or not deppends how much money I have. Thank you again!
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In that case, best to come back when you are going to buy as new CPUs and graphics cards will be out by then :) So we may be recommending completely different things :P
 
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