Require advice on new PC

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 13:33

Hello please refer to this post

ORIGINAL THREAD:

My first post I hope this is the right section, I'll get straight to the point.

Currently, My PC:

Asus P6T Deluxe
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem)
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5
Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
2x Samsung 22" Monitor

I don't have a maximum budget but less then 2k would be great. I plan to pass this PC along to brother or my brother would buy the new PC.

It would need to be as fast or faster, It is used for Gaming, Programming and Trading. Not bothered about the Case, ideally something easy to manage and easy access to dust filters.

I require new Monitors of atleast 22" (1680x1050) bigger would be preferable, I would like a build that can handle 3, but 2 would be fine (if the cost is out of proportion). I do require a sound card for my headset. If my brother is the one to buy the PC he will need a small set of speakers.

Things I don't need:
Mouse, Keyboard, OS, Headset

I think I covered everything but if Not i will reply and edit this post to contain the updated information,

EDIT:
I guess I could use Onboard sound instead of Soundcard if that helps anything.

Thanks

Jamie

Fanaticjam · 17 Sep 2012 at 13:46

Want 2 monitors? And a soundcard?

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 13:57

Fanaticjam said:
Want 2 monitors? And a soundcard?

Thats what I currently have, Is that a problem?

I use a soundcard for my headset, and I have 2 monitors plugged into my Graphics card.

Idleman · 17 Sep 2012 at 13:59

Ignore.

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:02

Idleman said:
Ignore.

So it is a choice of 3 monitors or a Sound Card?

a few years ago I thought I saw something about Eyefinity, wasn't sure if that was something that was still about.

dunn2010 · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:35

YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
2 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI316G160C9K) £71.99
1 x Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler (Socket Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,972.06 (includes shipping : £16.85).

Fanaticjam · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:35

Not a problem, just checking what you wanted

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:39

dunn2010 said:
YOUR BASKET
2 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £319.99 (£639.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
2 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI316G160C9K) £71.99
1 x Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler (Socket Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,972.06 (includes shipping : £16.85).

Does the i7 not require Triple Channel ? My i7 920 does/did Has this been changed? (I've been out of touch on the hardware side of things for a while)

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll carry on looking through it, Also might I ask is there a need for 2x Gphx card?

Idleman · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:41

£60 cashback on the monitors.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Sleeping Dogs PC Game £349.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Define XL USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black Pearl £119.99
3 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £119.99 (£359.97)
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST75F-G) £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1600C9DC) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x HIS Active Mini DisplayPort to Single Link-DVI Eyefinity Adapter (HMDPSDVIEYE) £23.99
Total : £1,913.06 (includes shipping : £16.85).

Fanaticjam · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:42

Dual channel now.

2nd graphics card because you can

Fanaticjam · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:43

Idleman said:
£60 cashback on the monitors.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £429.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £169.99
1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Define XL USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black Pearl £119.99
3 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £119.99 (£359.97)
1 x Silverstone Strider Gold 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (ST75F-G) £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL316GB1600C9DC) £74.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x HIS Active Mini DisplayPort to Single Link-DVI Eyefinity Adapter (HMDPSDVIEYE) £23.99
Total : £1,993.02 (includes shipping : £16.85).

I'd change the SSD to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-150-SA&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2393

Idleman · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:47

Fanaticjam said:
I'd change the SSD to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-150-SA&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2393

Why, the Vertex 4 has faster read and write speeds.

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:54

Dunn2010 and Idleman in relation to my current PC, how much of an improvement/faster would there be, are you able to give me a figure(s) for this?

I only ask because some of the trading programs are speed sensetive.

Fanaticjam · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:55

Idleman said:
Why, the Vertex 4 has faster read and write speeds.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/560?vs=532

Let's be realistic, it's the read that matters most and they're fairly close... And it's £40 cheaper, the little gain in writing ain't worth that much imo. And look at those benchmarks! Edit: The more I look at them the better it gets.

dunn2010 · 17 Sep 2012 at 14:58

JamieMOCUK said:
Dunn2010 and Idleman in relation to my current PC, how much of an improvement/faster would there be, are you able to give me a figure(s) for this?

I only ask because some of the trading programs are speed sensetive.

Can you explain abit more please?

Speed sensetive as in, it gets to fast / good and it will brake them?

what programs are they?

Idleman · 17 Sep 2012 at 15:00

JamieMOCUK said:
Dunn2010 and Idleman in relation to my current PC, how much of an improvement/faster would there be, are you able to give me a figure(s) for this?

I only ask because some of the trading programs are speed sensetive.

Don`t know the sort of software you use, maybe this will help you decide.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=551

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 15:12

dunn2010 said:
Can you explain abit more please?

Speed sensetive as in, it gets to fast / good and it will brake them?

what programs are they?

Yes sorry, when I mean speed sensitive, I need to process new data as fast as possible. Currently my PC is just fast enough, but I want to develop the program further (Add more calculations) but I don't think my current PC would be fast enough.

Idleman said:
Don`t know the sort of software you use, maybe this will help you decide.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/47?vs=551

Thanks, this helped a fair bit.

dunn2010 · 17 Sep 2012 at 15:16

It will be faster and with a good CPU heatsink you can OC that I7 to 4.5 GHZ easy.

then whatever program you use > open task manager > go to processes. find the process relating to the software > right click it > change priority and set it to high.

Will force computer to throw more CPU power at it. but will slow other apps down.

dunn2010 · 17 Sep 2012 at 15:22

If processing power is your main priority you could benefit from the below build.

Again this I7 will easily go to 4.5 GHZ OC'ing it (should have mentioned this I7 is a sixcore processor)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £407.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
2 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI316G160C9K) £71.99
1 x Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler (Socket Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,992.02 (includes shipping : £16.85).

JamieMOCUK · 17 Sep 2012 at 15:31

dunn2010 said:
If processing power is your main priority you could benefit from the below build.

Again this I7 will easily go to 4.5 GHZ OC'ing it (should have mentioned this I7 is a sixcore processor)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £407.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £149.99
2 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £143.99 (£287.98)
1 x Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred (V3 with USB3.0) Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £109.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI316G160C9K) £71.99
1 x Zalman CNPS12X Ultimate Performance Triple Fan CPU Cooler (Socket Intel LGA2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI-Express) (30SB104200000) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,992.02 (includes shipping : £16.85).

The 6 Core CPU Does sound nice and would help a lot.

Would it be safe OC'ing that to 4.5GHZ?