Gaming Rig £1000-2000

The description of the 1220 states that it supports socket 2011, the title does not. Just reported it :)

The Antec product page clearly states that it supports socket 2011, and the product title of the Kuhler 1220 should be updated shortly :p
 
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acme15 said:
The description of the 1220 states that it supports socket 2011, the title does not. Just reported it :)

The Antec product page clearly states that it supports socket 2011, and the product title of the Kuhler 1220 should be updated shortly :p
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As it rivals the H100, I'd be surprised if it didn't offer 2011 support but was worth checking on. I just saw it was missing in the description here, I couldnt recall off the top of my head ;) As I say it would be a tight squeeze in the 300R and for the cost of it a good air cooler would make more sense.

zakblood said:
train wreck :(
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Ok that might have been a little harsh but spending £100 on a cooler than doesnt fit the case is a serious boo boo lol I do like some of the Zalman cases (eg Z9 U3) but it's a budget chassis and not really what I would use in a £2K build. Not sure I agree with what you did with the SSDs, I think the 256GB Plextor Pro was enough for the OS and games. We are all entitled to our own opinions on how to balance the budget though.

I really look forward to seeing what the OP settles on, hopefully our discussions will help him balance out something he really likes :)
 
well for me, i can't see the point of having a sdd for your o/s only, yes quicker boot times, and the the few apps the sit on it also like the extra boost of speed, but for me the real benefit is when you have your games also on it, so for me a smaller boot drive which acts as the main cache drives for others etc, then another one for games, this for me is the faster one, then a standard hdd for storage etc, but yes we are all are different, cases for me will always be just a box to hold me bits in, i'd never spend a lot on them, and cooler does say it fits both the case and cpu in spec anyway, unless something has changed :(
 
TBH instead of a caviar black HD I would get two quieter Drives and RAID them.

May as well buy a nicer case as well TBH as you have all that expensive stuff in it.

Not sure it is even worth bothering with Sandy Bridge E? Bit of a waste of money and may as well just get Ivy Bridge?

Also does SLI still cause input lag?
 
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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Signature 2 2048MB PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-3677-KR) with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency 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
(£274.99) £659.98
(£549.98)
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
(£214.99) £257.99
(£214.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
(£66.66) £159.98
(£133.32)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £57.98
(£48.32) £57.98
(£48.32)
Sub Total : £1,439.06
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £290.76
Total : £1,744.57
 
Zakk I own the Z9 Plus and use the U3 a lot. That has the ability to have two 140mm fans in the ceiling of the case but you can't mount a 240mm rad in the ceiling of the case.

I've stopped being lazy and looked for a review of the Z5......it has the same problem :(
 
Another alternative, have included speakers and a mouse mat.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £257.99
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 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 Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £133.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance K90 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (CH-9000003-UK) £99.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Logitech G700 Wireless Gaming Mouse (910-001759) £62.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E SE CPU Cooler TY-143 Fans (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System (980-000355) £43.99
1 x Gigabyte Krypton Dual Sided Gaming Surface £22.99
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
Total : £1,981.42 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
stulid said:
The Antec 1220 certainly does support 2011.
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We've covered that already stulid ;) I've stopped being lazy but still can't find reviews online to link for the CLC. It was the choice of case they were putting it in that originally bothered me.

I'd like to see your take on the budget :)
 
honosuseri said:
We've covered that already stulid ;) I've stopped being lazy but still can't find reviews online to link for the CLC. It was the choice of case they were putting it in that originally bothered me.

I'd like to see your take on the budget :)
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Something like this,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £459.95
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £314.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £131.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £99.98
1 x XFX Pro Series 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Thermalright Archon SB-E X2 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £55.19
2 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £41.99 (£83.98)
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B5ST SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM) £18.95
Total : £1,676.47 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Then add a monitor with the cash left over.
 
Well ive had a look through all the options, and this is what ive come up with/planned to buy.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £459.95
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £339.95
1 x BenQ XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £329.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
1 x MSI Z77 MPower Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with FREE F1 RC Car & MSI HDD Enclosure £149.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
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 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM2+ / AM3+) £99.98
1 x Razer Blackwidow Expert 2013 Mechanical Keyboard £89.99
1 x Razer DeathAdder 2013 6400 DPI Essential Ergonomic Gaming Mouse £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
Total : £2,078.90 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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Doomedspeed said:
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?
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CUDA and OpenGL aren't comparable because they're not used for the same things.

Also there's the assumption that all 3D design uses CUDA, which it doesn't.

Additionally, kepler isn't great when it comes to compute tasks either.

Realistically, if he's not using CUDA, a radeon card would be the more sensible choice, a pair of 7950s for example.

Radeon card would get better viewport performance, and the extra RAM on them would benefit viewport performance too.
 
MrZen said:
Well ive had a look through all the options, and this is what ive come up with/planned to buy.
www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-395-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-395-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-395-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-051-BQ
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-159-SA
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-219-MS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-036-CS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-000-XF
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-009-AN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-077-RA
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-078-RA
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-132-KS

Comes to a total of £2,054.78 Inc VAT.
I have already got a HDD & DVD-RW.
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Can you use the basket tool stulid linked in post #34?

Looks like you are buying three 3930Ks from that post ;) Also the mobo is socket 1155 not socket 2011 so the CPU won't fit it
 
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