Little help with new machine spec please! Budget ~£1600

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Hi guys,

I tend to replace my PC every 4-5 years or so and now is the time! I've been reading a lot about the Sandy vs Ivy Bridge debate and I know it's a bad time to be asking this with the release imminent.

I have a budget of around about £1600 as mentioned in the title. I will be playing games in 1900x1200 res along with the possibility of doing some video encoding, but that's a very secondary concern as it will be very infrequent. I also quite like the idea of trying water cooling this time around because the room where my computer sits is a real sun trap and gets very hot on sunny days.

As it's been years since I had to OC my last system, I'm VERY rusty with the hows and whys. For that reason I was going to spare myself the trouble and buy a pre-OCd system. For the kind of spec that I'd like they're very expensive though so I think I'll just take the plunge and re-learn how to do it myself!

Thanks in advance guys :)
 
I would really wait for Ivybridge with such a healthy budget. You don't need to save money anywhere on a spec with a budget like that.
 
Ah sorry, forgot to mention. I already have a monitor/mouse/keyboard. So we're just talking the beast itself!
 
I'd like to upgrade to a SSD in this one, with a larger drive for storage. DVD drive would be handy.
 
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Something like this? Just swap out the 2500k for a 3570k/3770k when Ib is released if you prefer.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £429.95
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooled Case - BitFenix Shinobi XL Full Tower - Black £418.58
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
- 1 x Intel Bracket Fitted £0.00
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £93.98
2 x Samsung Green 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £49.99 (£99.98)
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,629.43 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Thats a prebuilt watercooled case so simple, unless you fancied doing it yourself from scratch. It's pretty expensive so you could go cheaper and use the money elsewhere in the system.
 
Wow, that's a hell of a case! I think I'd probably be inclined to go for a DIY case setup and spend the money I save elsewhere as you say. Spec is looking good though :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £134.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £119.99
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £93.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £39.95
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,162.54 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Then a few £100 on watercooling - not something I know much about I'm afraid.

Obviously case is personal choice, and you could get a 680/7970 or even two 7950s if you wanted.
 
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