Gaming Rig £1000-2000

MrZen

MrZen

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Hello guys,

Wondering if i could ask for some advice and a goodf solid set up for a custom PC i want to build, just never know what to choose!

My initial ideas are for it to play the latest games with no issues, and some video editing and some 3D design, also for it to be Intel based with Nvidia Grpahics.

If you could give me some help/advice would be very appreciated :D
 
1000 - 2000 is a massive difference. Could you be a little more specific with your preferred budget? :) Otherwise everyone will go straight for the top end, just cos they can :p

Also most of the guys on here will want some kind of justification for your decision to discount AMD GPU's. Personally I like NVIDIA better because of folding performance, CUDA and PhysX, do you have any specific desire for an NVIDIA only feature like these?
 
For 3D design work NVIDIA is the way to go (if sticking to gaming GPU's). CUDA works better than open gl in my eyes..

Yeah 1k-2k is a big gap.. Narrowing it down may help.

Are you happy to build it yourself?
 
I see your point, i would say then i could spend between £1500-2000
I have alwayas been toward nivida, just a preference and as im sure they handle 3D work and video rendering better, or am i wrong?

I am more than happy with building myself.

Hope this helps narrowing it down :D
 
MrZen said:
I see your point, i would say then i could spend between £1500-2000
I have alwayas been toward nivida, just a preference and as im sure they handle 3D work and video rendering better, or am i wrong?

I am more than happy with building myself.

Hope this helps narrowing it down :D
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Cool, that narrows it down a fair bit :)

And yes NVIDIA cards tend to handle those kinds of tasks a bit better, you are not wrong :)
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Signature 2 2048MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3677-KR) with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD2002FAEX) HDD £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-05955) £109.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
Total : £1,925.27 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
Nice setup, only things i dont need from it will be windows 8, and then just to buy a new mouse, kayboard and monitor :D
 
MrZen said:
Nice setup, only things i dont need from it will be windows 8, and then just to buy a new mouse, kayboard and monitor :D
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Ah!

Back to the drawing board acme. :)

What size monitor are you looking for?

Are you after a simple mouse and keyboard or do you want mechanical?
 
128 gb sdd for o/s and the odd app/program
256gb for gaming
2tb for storage only

1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £395.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Samsung S27B750HS 27" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black/White £229.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1220 Series 4 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA1155 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £99.98
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Antec EA 550w '80 Plus Platinum' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z5 Plus Midi Tower Case - Black £52.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
Total : £1,841.77 (includes shipping : £12.50).



still enough money left for personnel choices for keyboard and mouse etc

platinum psu, so will cost less no matter how long you play :) and enough power for single card use
 
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MrZen said:
Nice setup, only things i dont need from it will be windows 8, and then just to buy a new mouse, kayboard and monitor :D
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2913WM 29" Super-Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £479.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £245.99
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.98
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £1,974.38 (includes shipping : £22.20).



7950 is great bang for buck. AMD announced that you should get a mega games bundle for going with Xfired 7950s from the get go. Worth looking into I think. Not sure why people are using the antec 1220 CLC as it doesn't list socket 2011 support for their mobos, the H100i from corsair does however. A good decent air heatsink is better value
 
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I give up :D i'll try again when I get home. All I will say though is that 680's are not worth the extra over 670's and if you can fit SB-E into the budget, do it because socket 1155 is nearing extinction.
 
acme15 said:
I give up :D i'll try again when I get home. All I will say though is that 680's are not worth the extra over 670's and if you can fit SB-E into the budget, do it because socket 1155 is nearing extinction.
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Haswell isn't going to be a massive leap forward, I read the preview on toms hardware today. Socket 1155 is still very capable anyone who owns that setup doesn't need to worry about upgrading to socket 1150. If you want to go socket 2011 might as well use the i7 hexcore from the get go......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £459.95
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99 (£479.98)
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £227.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99 (£119.98)
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.95
Total : £1,996.33 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
True, but I was more thinking that there is at least a potential IB-E upgrade path on the 2011 socket, whereas on 1155, once you reach the 3770K, theres nowhere to go.

1150 will likely accomodate the generation of chips after Haswell, and we don't know how much of a performance leap they will offer.
 
acme15 said:
+1 Come on Hono, don't be a hater ;)
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I've given a couple of decent alternatives, he asked for a gaming rig first. Every other use is listed as "some" use. Xfiring 7950s isn't to be sniffed at and will help run a high res screen or 120Hz panel well with high graphics settings. Plus he cops some good games to help further sweeten the deal.

Yes Nvidia has CUDA support (I still own and love my 1GB GTX460 not sure how I'm a hater :/) which is slowly losing it's advantage to AMD. The 600 series GPUs don't have great CUDA performance and CUDA doesn't make use of SLI. PhysX isn't really worth getting excited about, few titles actually use it anyway. If he wants an Nvidia GPU I'd look at the 670, just wanted to offer an alternative.

Zaks spec is a bit of a train wreck. I know that 240mm rads are a tight fit in the 300R (I'd avoid it). I seriously doubt the Zalman case supports the cooler at all and if the 1220 CLC doesn't have a 2011 bracket then that's even worse.

I think the OP needs to look at the software he uses and decide if CUDA is worthwhile. If he games more than anything else then I would personally on a £2K budget look at Xfiring the 7950s and use the 3930K. I look forward to seeing how he balances the budget out :)
 
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