My first self build, Budget:1800

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I want to build a Very decent gaming PC.
The parts I have already are.
The case , The ram and the Hard drive.
The ram I have is corsair vengeance so I will need a processor fan that works with ram which has big fins on it.
I also have a mouse , keyboard and speakers.
I'll need a new monitor and I want to go with a AMD graphics card.

I changed my mind about Nvidia.

please spec me a PC :)

This is a rough estimate of what I had in mind


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 680 Phantom 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £215.99
1 x Asus P8Z68 DELUXE GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £175.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional - Retail (FQC-00133) £169.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £159.95
1 x Adata XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASX900S3-256GM-C) £159.95
Total : £1,664.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I am willing to go with cheaper parts as long as they get the Job done, I wont compermise on the graphics card.
 
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I would go with the 2GB card - I doubt you would ever need the 4GB.

That would save you some money.

Also why the 680?? a 670 clocked is a great card - again cheaper.

You could get 2 7950's for the price of that 4GB 680!
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional - Retail (FQC-00133) £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX850 High Performance 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) £154.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £139.99
Total : £1,569.42 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Changed to ivybridge and a few other changes. Personally for anyone to buy a 680 now, let alone a 4gb card is a bit of a daft option. The two 7950's will destroy any single card out there at the moment (not the 690!)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional - Retail (FQC-00133) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £129.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £54.98
Total : £1,463.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
How's this?

I've kept the 680 because you wanted one. Only thing i'm unsure on working with the RAM height is the CPU cooler (H100). I picked that because I assume it's smaller than the big Noctua's and what not at that price range. I've given a huge SSD and the power supply is more than ample for the build, even with a second GTX 680 put in for a future date (which the motherboard will be able to utilise). Also I have given you an ivy-bridge processor to give you PCI-E Generation 3.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 520 Series 480GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £479.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020004-UK) £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
Total : £1,632.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



I haven't put a monitor on because i'm not really sure what you want in a monitor. There's £170 budget room left and you can always go for a DVD drive or something to save some money for the monitor.
 
 
RJC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional - Retail (FQC-00133) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £155.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £129.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler (Socket Intel LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AMD AM2 / AM3 / AM2+ / AM3+) £54.98
Total : £1,463.40 (includes shipping : £13.75).

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Katsumoto said:
How's this?

I've kept the 680 because you wanted one. Only thing i'm unsure on working with the RAM height is the CPU cooler (H100). I picked that because I assume it's smaller than the big Noctua's and what not at that price range. I've given a huge SSD and the power supply is more than ample for the build, even with a second GTX 680 put in for a future date (which the motherboard will be able to utilise). Also I have given you an ivy-bridge processor to give you PCI-E Generation 3.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 520 Series 480GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £479.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020004-UK) £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
Total : £1,632.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



I haven't put a monitor on because i'm not really sure what you want in a monitor. There's £170 budget room left and you can always go for a DVD drive or something to save some money for the monitor.
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Uncle Petey said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2773HDS 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £251.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
Total : £1,481.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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Guys I just found out that the 670 - 680 is awfal for shogun 2

Nvidia problems for shogun 2 and shogun 2 fall of the samurai
I mostly play Total war games and mmos

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=536454
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/358156-15-shogun
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/38822-Shogun-2-FOTS-GTX-680-Horrible-Performance.

I think I will go AMD instead for my graphics card, due to these problems I just found out about, Id like to stick with the i7 as I will be using fraps and have multiple chat messengers opened at once.
 
Oh, well in that case :):

YOUR BASKET
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2773HDS 27" Widescreen LED 1MS Monitor - Black £259.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £251.99
2 x Sapphire HD 7950 OC 3072MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (11196-01-20G) £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £110.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
Total : £1,601.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Edited to add extra GPU
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Monitor - Black £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £251.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256D/EU) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £179.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX750 High Performance 750W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-750AXUK) £129.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-Bit - OEM (FQC-04617) £119.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 Intel Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1155/1156) £32.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,671.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Nice 27" IPS screen included. :)
 
Monkeyspaz5000 said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional - Retail (FQC-00133) £169.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX850 High Performance 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) £154.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £139.99
Total : £1,569.42 (includes shipping : £13.75).




Changed to ivybridge and a few other changes. Personally for anyone to buy a 680 now, let alone a 4gb card is a bit of a daft option. The two 7950's will destroy any single card out there at the moment (not the 690!)
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What I said in the post above.
Thanks for all the help so far guys :)
 
scrlk said:
IMHO, I would swap the OCZ drive for a Samsung 830. Do you need a retail copy of Win 7 Pro? You could get the OEM version to save money.
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I wanted the copy with windows 7 32 bit and windows 7 64 bit disk , I was going to try to install both versions , in cease 64bit doesn't work with some games.
Whats the difference between retail and OEM btw ?
I am a newb so please forgive my little knowledge about this.
 
99Androidguy777 said:
I wanted the copy with windows 7 32 bit and windows 7 64 bit disk , I was going to try to install both versions , in cease 64bit doesn't work with some games.
Whats the difference between retail and OEM btw ?
I am a newb so please forgive my little knowledge about this.
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No point installing both. 32 bit applications will work fine on a 64 bit OS. Retail comes in a nice shiny box and allows 3 activations. OEM only allows 1 activation, but this can be circumvented during activation (usually by calling MS up in the activation process, simple enough). ;)
 
Crossfire 7970's then :)


YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99 (£699.98)
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A3K5) £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850M High Performance 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020004-UK) £113.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £20.99
Total : £1,758.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
scrlk said:
No point installing both. 32 bit applications will work fine on a 64 bit OS. Retail comes in a nice shiny box and allows 3 activations. OEM only allows 1 activation, but this can be circumvented during activation (usually by calling MS up in the activation process, simple enough). ;)
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I'll go with retail , if this means i can activate it on 3 different pcs.
 
99Androidguy777 said:
I wanted the copy with windows 7 32 bit and windows 7 64 bit disk , I was going to try to install both versions , in cease 64bit doesn't work with some games.
Whats the difference between retail and OEM btw ?
I am a newb so please forgive my little knowledge about this.
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I've yet to come across a game that won't run on 64bit.
 
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