New build 1800 (ish) budget

bagaante · 14 Jun 2012 at 15:40

Hi there, I posted a thread around 6 months ago asking for advice but the money got squandered (wife wanted things, wife bought things) , but I'm hoping to finally get my dream pc built.
I would like a pc that will be relatively future proof, I will probably not be upgrading anything in it for the forseable future and indeed if I spend 1800 (ish) I would probably get castrated if it didn't last me a good few years.

I am looking at getting into gaming sometime soon (havnt ever been a pc gamer) , but would also like pc for playing Bly rays and for the wife to do photo/ video editing stuff , I'd quite like it to have a card reader built In it and a USB 3 at the front (for convenience ) of the case ( i was considering an antec 900 v3 case or a hafx or a antec 1200 v3 (something that's got good air cooling and a side window so I can marvel at my new toys insides).
I recently got advised by the good people on here to get a Dell u2412m which I'm loving and is a big improvement over my previous old monitor, I will be using that for gaming and hopefully connecting to my tv in my room for watching blu rays ( so I'll need a graphics card that can Hopefully play most new games on Max settings, I was thinking a 670 but wasn't sure if that would be ample for Max settings or if I'd need a 680/7970 )

I'll need an operating system and I was thinking maybe one day dabbling at overclocking so I'd like a cooler for CPU , I was told before to get a 3770k ivy for the photo editing , but I heard of friends that the ivybridge has heat issues , is this true?
I'd also like a ssd for operating system etc (probably 200 gb space) and a second hd (at least 1tb) for videos/ downloads etc

Hopefully I can get most of that for my budget, I'll make do with my keyboard and mouse and crappy headset for now and maybe get them later

Anyway I know I asked months ago but I know technology moves fast, and I'm really a novice when it comes to pcs, what little I do know is thanks to the good people on here and reading these forums from time to time to research (and try to understand) I thank you for your patience and time with me

olivier renault · 14 Jun 2012 at 16:46

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2670-KR) £305.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £166.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £144.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Silver Arrow £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD FM1/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+) £62.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
Total : £1,402.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Motherboard is good, the CPU cooler works great, quiet and looks good, enough power from a quiet PSU, GTX670 should do the trick, 256GB SSD, 2TB storage drive.

Plus bits and bobs. Card readers can be added later on.

As for the case, There are plenty with nice windows. But the R3 is quiet. Maybe a Silverstone FT01? Lian Li does good looking aluminium cases, with loads of accessories and windowed panels (expensive). FT02 probably the best air cooling case around.

The Ivy has heat issues if you push it too far. Keep it at around 1.3V, should give you 4.2-4.4GHz. That's more than enough.

olivier renault · 14 Jun 2012 at 17:06

As for keyboards, the K90 is great, good looking, but noisy (like all mechanicals).

A quiet keyboard would be the K800 / K700 (wireless), the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (I used to have one, brilliant, and had no issues with it gaming), or even a Apple keyboard.

For a mouse, I would say the G400. Should do everything you need.

bagaante · 14 Jun 2012 at 18:12

Thanks for the reply
That motherboard was one I was looking at in a thread in here so I'll read up more about it, in terms of SSd was the m4 not the best around ? Also is the windforce 670 not a better value for money gpu?

olivier renault · 14 Jun 2012 at 19:31

bagaante said:
Thanks for the reply
That motherboard was one I was looking at in a thread in here so I'll read up more about it, in terms of SSd was the m4 not the best around ?

Aye, the M4 is good. Samsung makes great SSDs (they manufacture a lot of OEMs, so they'd better work). The new 830 has very good performance, and is cheap (plus, looks good

). Basically, any cheapest of the two (I have two M4s).

Also is the windforce 670 not a better value for money gpu?

Yeah sure, with your budget you can pick up any card you want. EVGA makes good reliable GPUs, but the Windforce is very popular. I don't think you need 4GB cards with single display (even 1200p). Gigabyte also has UK RMA support, which is always a good thing.

I would definitely recommend that motherboard though. It's good onboard sound as well, and has great build quality. Would be the one I'd go for in a heartbeat.

bagaante · 15 Jun 2012 at 10:05

So the 4 gb one would be excessive (even In the Future too? )

olivier renault · 15 Jun 2012 at 10:54

bagaante said:
So the 4 gb one would be excessive (even In the Future too? )

Yeah. These are for triple display SLI gaming.

bagaante · 16 Jun 2012 at 15:30

I'm looking at getting an hd camcorder which takes sd /sdhc / sdxc cards, which (if any of these would be faster to upload onto my new pc via the memory card reader)

bagaante · 17 Jun 2012 at 19:04

Does that even make a difference?

beejjacobs · 17 Jun 2012 at 19:10

bagaante said:
I'm looking at getting an hd camcorder which takes sd /sdhc / sdxc cards, which (if any of these would be faster to upload onto my new pc via the memory card reader)

Its the "class" that makes a bigger difference, they are just difference sizes:

The Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) format supports cards up to 2 TB (2048 GB), compared to a limit of 32 GB for SDHC cards in the SD 2.0 specification.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SDXC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speeds

bagaante · 17 Jun 2012 at 21:06

So am I right in thinking the sdxc would be the better option for a hd
Camera and by extention would that card (via a reader) be quickest/ best to upload to my new pc ?

That's what I'm (perhaps mis) understanding from that link

beejjacobs · 17 Jun 2012 at 21:12

bagaante said:
So am I right in thinking the sdxc would be the better option for a hd
Camera and by extention would that card (via a reader) be quickest/ best to upload to my new pc ?

That's what I'm (perhaps mis) understanding from that link

For the fastest speed/quickest upload, get a class 10 card.

For 32GB or less of space, get an SDHC card. For more than 32GB of space, you'll need an SDXC card.

This is the largest/fastest SD card on OcUK:
Kingston 32GB SDHC Class 10

bagaante · 18 Jun 2012 at 19:33

thanks mate, gotta find out what the panasonic camcorder im thinking about can take in terms of memory card size

beejjacobs · 18 Jun 2012 at 23:13

bagaante said:
thanks mate, gotta find out what the panasonic camcorder im thinking about can take in terms of memory card size

No problem.

If this is specifically about the model you're getting:

I'm looking at getting an hd camcorder which takes sd /sdhc / sdxc...

Then this tells you what size since:

Capacity
SDSC (SD): 1 MB to 2 GB
SDHC: 4 GB to 32 GB
SDXC: ≥32 GB to 2 TB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital

Basically it'll take any SD card available.