New Copmuter - Spec Me

stueng · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:32

Spec if for EVE corpy

Budget: £600

Required: Everything except mouse+keyboard
Monitor: Required, 24" +
OS: Not required

Computer is for playing EVE

EVE GFX is usually restricted by CPU, the more MHZ you have the better. Also, grid load times are determined by HDD performance so fast HDD is required. A decent GFX is obviously required, for 24" screen but EVE does not need a 580 or anything crazy like that

ok think thats everything covered

sehcure · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:32

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK 2436VWA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.40
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
Total : £582.41 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Something like this, haven't included mouse/keyboard as that's more personal preference.
Also no cooler as it doesn't overclock so..
Could potentially go for a z68ap-d3 for future upgrade path.

stueng · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:34

"nice" 24" not necesarry, BenQ G2420HDBL sort of thing is fine

Stinger53 · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:37

sehcure said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK 2436VWA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x OcUK HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £52.99
1 x Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £47.40
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x Fractal Design Core 1000 Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
Total : £582.41 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Something like this, haven't included mouse/keyboard as that's more personal preference.
Also no cooler as it doesn't overclock so..
Could potentially go for a z68ap-d3 for future upgrade path.

+1 for this build

sehcure · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:37

stueng said:
"nice" 24" not necesarry, BenQ G2420HDBL sort of thing is fine

Edited my post with a potential spec.

stueng · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:53

Taking into account that EVE runs at its best with as many MHZ as possible would you not think P67 / Z68 would be the better option? and OC that cpu?

sehcure · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:55

stueng said:
Taking into account that EVE runs at its best with as many MHZ as possible would you not think P67 / Z68 would be the better option? and OC that cpu?

As I said, the z68ap-d3 may be a good option - you'll beable to use turbo boost to OC the 2120 to 3.6 Ghz i believe which is nice - and it's a great little processor, my friend uses one in his gaming rig!

Surveyor · 4 Mar 2012 at 16:59

sehcure said:
As I said, the z68ap-d3 may be a good option - you'll beable to use turbo boost to OC the 2120 to 3.6 Ghz i believe which is nice - and it's a great little processor, my friend uses one in his gaming rig!

The i3-2120 doesn't support Turbo Boost.

sehcure · 4 Mar 2012 at 17:06

Surveyor said:
The i3-2120 doesn't support Turbo Boost.

Ergh my bad i was thinking 2300/2400; if you go z68/2500k there's a high chance you'll go over your budget OP.

Incapable · 4 Mar 2012 at 17:35

£60 over but better monitor, cpu. And has an optical drive

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BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £125.99
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Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £78.98
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Asus HD 6670 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £56.99
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Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £39.98
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Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
(£26.66) £31.99
(£26.66)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
(£11.99) £14.39
(£11.99)
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