£3k PC Spec

[x_Biff_x]

Hi there,

I'm looking to build a complete new system from scratch, due to owning a laptop for the past 5 years. The PC is going to be mainly used for gaming (FPS and RTS games). The top end of my budget is £3k, I've already bought the edifier speakers.

So far this is what I have come up with and would appreciate any advice on it.

Your basket

1x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £359.99
1x Edifier S730 2.1 Speakers 300 W RMS Sound System £299.99
1x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1x OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) £199.99
1x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £149.99
1x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.98
1x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K4/16X) £79.99
1x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £69.98
1x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98
1x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.44

Total : £2,881.30

 

[zakblood]

1 x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £359.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1 x Avexir MPower Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-4CM) £143.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.98
1 x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £69.98
1 x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.44
Total : £2,623.87 (includes shipping : £22.20).



change sdd and hdd, m/b and cpu, all for faster ones, have taken out speakers as you already have them, so inc them and still under budget

haven't altered case kb or mouse and mouse mat or paste or sound card either, but altered psu as extra not needed unless you are going to crossfire them later etc

you picked a i7 3930K 3.50GHz with Cores: 4 - Threads: 8 on a (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor etc, i changed to i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor with - 4 Core - 8 Threads

changed motherboard also to support newer chipset Multi-GPU: Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ and AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology / cpu and ram (32gb installed) with extra ram fittted you can make a ram drive of 10gb lets say and make you apps fly. way quicker than solid state

mother board supports 64gb ram so could add more and still be under budget, changed win 7 home to pro as it supports more ram etc

windows 7 home 16gb max win 7 pro 192gb max

1 x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £359.99
1 x Edifier S730 2.1 Speakers 300 W RMS Sound System £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - Retail (0S03356) HDD £181.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1 x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1 x Avexir MPower Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-4CM) £143.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.98
1 x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £69.98
1 x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.44
Total : £3,012.29 (includes shipping : £27.55).



same spec with your speakers added and a 4tb hdd fitted under budget with free shipping etc, over if not

no dvd or dvd rw inc as wasn't in original spec, but low cost item anyway

 

[Uncle Petey]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360 £195.01
- 1 x XSPC RayStorm CPU WaterBlock (Intel) £49.98
- 1 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
1 x Asus Xonar Xense Sound Card + Sennheiser PC 350 Xense Edition Headset £189.98
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1 x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.98
1 x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1 x Avexir MPower Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16001008G-2CM) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1 x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
Total : £2,760.42 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 

[snips86x]

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99 (£599.98)
2 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98 (£379.96)
2 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £161.99 (£323.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.98
1 x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £69.98
1 x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.44
Total : £2,348.42 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 

[EyepodI]

No optical drive? How you gonna install that there windows disk? No Official Overclockers UK Elite Gaming Mug [MUG-FTW] ????

 

[illuz]

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99 (£599.98)
2 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98 (£379.96)
2 x Asus VN247H 24"Widescreen Super Narrow Bezel LED Monitor - Black £161.99 (£323.98)
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Seasonic X-Series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £114.98
1 x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £69.98
1 x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £7.44
Total : £2,348.42 (includes shipping : £16.85).

No processor? CF 7970 with a 650w PSU? It's gold rated, but give it room to breathe!

Swap RAM for Samsung Green, 850w PSU, I'd change the mobo personally, go with 7950s and get better screens. Take off one of the SSDs and replace it with mass storage, 1 or 2TB HDD.

 

[GodAtum]

Why dont you go for one of the OC bundles?

 

[gary996]

Super Nova ROG Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle £899.99 this week only.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-145-OE
Then add the other stuff

 

[snips86x]

No processor? CF 7970 with a 650w PSU? It's gold rated, but give it room to breathe!

Swap RAM for Samsung Green, 850w PSU, I'd change the mobo personally, go with 7950s and get better screens. Take off one of the SSDs and replace it with mass storage, 1 or 2TB HDD.

lol, 6:15, little too early to be speccing I think.

 

[illuz]

Hahaha

 

[x_Biff_x]

Thanks for the input so far guys. After considering whats been suggested here, here is what I have come up with.

Your Basket

1x Super Nova ROG Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle £899.99
1x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £359.99
1x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.98
1x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.98
1x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98

Total : £2,787.48

 

[gary996]

Thanks for the input so far guys. After considering whats been suggested here, here is what I have come up with.

Your Basket

1x Super Nova ROG Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle £899.99
1x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £359.99
1x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.98
1x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.98
1x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98

Total : £2,787.48

I like it

 

[MORE SPEED]

If you're mostly gaming, it might be worthwhile looking at 120Hz monitors and Nvidia cards for 3D.

 

[shanestatham]

Waste of money IMHO. 3k on a gaming rig that wont play games any better than a £500 machine because nothing is optimised anyways for PC gaming!

Save your hard earned money and spend 1K max! Then buy a fast car, fast bike or fast woman!

 

[illuz]

If it's a gaming rig you may as well get a Z77 and SLI triple monitor.

 

[dowcow]

Indeed a 120hz monitor makes sense for FPS games. I also prefer Nvidia graphics, but I guess that is personal choice. Don't go Sli/Crossfire if you want to play games on release day without issue. Hell, even with one card you sometimes don't find things work perfectly as it is. If you're playing the same game a year down the line and finding it a little choppy then an extra card can make sense, but a single very fast card is usually more desirable in the first place.

You need no more than 16gb ram. 8gb is plenty for most people, even 4 would be fine in a lot of situations. Windows Home is also fine, and there are very few people that even use the extra features of the Pro Edition never mind the Ultimate Edition.

 

[Name]

What a waste of money.

Im just jealous.

 

[DarkTheSupreme]

I'd say to go for a 120hz screen also, after getting my BenQ 2420t last week I could never go back to 60hz.

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Thanks for the input so far guys. After considering whats been suggested here, here is what I have come up with.

Your Basket

1x Super Nova ROG Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle £899.99
1x Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £479.99
1x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £359.99
1x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £189.98
1x NZXT Switch 810 Big Tower Case - Matt Black £149.99
1x Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card £145.99
1x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.98
1x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1x Qpad MK-80 Blue LED Backlit Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout - Red Switches £99.98
1x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.98
1x SteelSeries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150) £59.99
1x OcUK Mega-Mega Mat 3XL Elite Tactical Gaming Surface ** IN STOCK NOW ** £24.98

Total : £2,787.48

No headset? Or am I blind?

Get the Senn 350s with the STX. I love my combo!!!

 

[Akagi]

At this price point there is no reason to not go for Sandybridge-E, 2011 will be a relevant socket for longer than 1155 with Hassy just round the corner.

*edit* I see you are going for SB-E now