Yet another spec request from me... Sorry

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Vidar

Vidar

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Hi guys, I'm sorry to keep doing this but I just want to make sure I get this right as it's not often I make a purchase for such a large amount of money!

Okay so first of all my budget has been increased to between £3,000.00 & £,3,500.00.

I need everything, system, monitor, operating system and anti-virus, speakers, mouse, keyboard...

I suspect I will be doing a lot more gaming than I really should and predominantly play first person shooters and strategy games, so I need a system that is capable of gaming but I will also be doing a lot of college work and university work in about a year, lots of HTML, photoshop, coding etc


Only other thing is I'd prefer atleast a 27" monitor, along the lines of the Dell ultrasharps...
 
Heres a starting point, everything in, incl water cooling, use something like AVG for anti virus, I find its fine, also incl windows pro so you can address more than 16gig memory (Ram + gfx is more than 16 so) mouse is upto you, threw that one in there, its very good, the kb is excellent, Im using the MK80, speakers, you could go for 5.1 as opposed to 2.1, but imo quality 2.1 is better


YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey £549.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £479.99
1 x OcUK ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower - Black £420.98
1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Ice White Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £299.99
1 x Asrock X79 Extreme 4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £149.99
1 x Qpad MK-85 LED Pro Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout £139.98
1 x Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speaker System - Black £124.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £114.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9) £99.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM001) £85.99 (£171.98)
1 x EK-FC7970 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **EN Nickel Plating** £79.99
1 x Steelseries XAI HD Gaming Mouse (62012) £59.98
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £56.99
2 x OcUK 1/2" G1/4 - FatBoy Style - Shiny Silver - Barb Fitting £1.68 (£3.36)
Total : £3,421.15 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
Here's another suggestion/starting point.
Xfire 7970s. This would leave you with £700 for a monitor and speakers. Could upgrade to a 356GB SSD if you wanted. Also the 80+ PLATINUM XFX 100w PSU that ensures 92% efficiency, if you needed it to be cheaper could always go with a Corsair/OCZ Gold one.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £479.99
2 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £459.95 (£919.90)
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £214.98
1 x Asrock X79 Extreme 4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST32000641AS) £154.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GLC-01844) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £137.99
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £99.98
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £49.99
1 x Norton Antivirus 2012 - Retail - 1 User £36.98
Total : £2,844.43 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Another one that includes a 27" iiyama monitor with 1ms response time;


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £479.99
2 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £459.95 (£919.90)
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2773HDS 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £214.98
1 x Asrock X79 Extreme 4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST32000641AS) £154.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GLC-01844) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £137.99
1 x Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speaker System - Black £124.99
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £99.98
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £49.99
1 x Norton Antivirus 2012 - Retail - 1 User £36.98
Total : £3,244.78 (includes shipping : £27.55).




Or if you prefer NVIDIA route


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £479.99
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "Phantom" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE MAFIA 2 PC Game £455.99 (£911.98)
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2773HDS 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x XFX 1000W Black Edition Pro '80+ Platinum' Certified Modular Power Supply £214.98
1 x Asrock X79 Extreme 4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST32000641AS) £154.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £154.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GLC-01844) £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £137.99
1 x Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speaker System - Black £124.99
1 x Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard (920-000978) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £99.98
1 x G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9Q-16GBZL) £79.99
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder Respawn 3500 DPI Xtreme Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail £49.99
1 x Norton Antivirus 2012 - Retail - 1 User £36.98
Total : £3,236.86 (includes shipping : £27.55).

 
I had a 22inch Dell ultra sharp with my last rig and loved it! Just like the look of that Samsung

I'll stick with the Dell's the unless you can recommend a decent alternative?
 
Please see here for some of the differences between TN and IPS panels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWXcNlh85Ps

The video does not really explain it completely, such as IPS being able to show a wider range of colours than a TN panel.

It is also not the brand that matters, it really is the panel type and processing etc. Dell make some nice screens and they also make some not so nice cheap screens, so please make sure you know what you are buying :)
 
That's why I'm bugging you guys.... There is no resource more valuable than experience in my opinion.
 
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