Gaming Rig £1000-2000

MrZen said:
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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You still need to change the mobo.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-375-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2174
 
How about this instead?
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 Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £232.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
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 : £2,161.91 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
Revised Build. forget the one i just posted.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
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 Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
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 : £2,118.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
MrZen said:
How about this instead?
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 Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £232.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
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 : £2,161.91 (includes shipping : £20.10).

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spoffle said:
Also don't get that CPU, get this one instead;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-392-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1672

It comes with a 3 year warranty versus 1 year for the one you chose.
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Also, do you use CUDA? because that GTX670 is £100 more than a 7950 for the same performance.
 
spoffle said:
Also, do you use CUDA? because that GTX670 is £100 more than a 7950 for the same performance.
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I will be usuing certain programs such as Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop ect... so i was thinking the Nvidia card would benefit me there.
 
MrZen said:
How about this instead?
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 Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £232.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
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 : £2,161.91 (includes shipping : £20.10).

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THe socket 2011 mobo would like quad channel RAM (thats why i put two of those kits in totalling 32GB).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
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 Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
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 XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £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
2 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99 (£83.98)
Total : £2,148.94 (includes shipping : £20.10).



So I've tweaked it a little. I take it you have sata HDDs to use and a optical drive?
 
Most of all that doesn't use CUDA, and CUDA on the GTX6 series really isn't very good, they killed the CUDA performance on those cards.

Adobe is going totally OpenCL too. So really, you are just paying £100 more for no benefit. You'd be better putting that £100 somewhere more meaningful.
 
spoffle said:
Most of all that doesn't use CUDA, and CUDA on the GTX6 series really isn't very good, they killed the CUDA performance on those cards.

Adobe is going totally OpenCL too. So really, you are just paying £100 more for no benefit. You'd be better putting that £100 somewhere more meaningful.
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I tried saying this earlier bud. He seems to prefer Nvidia. I've tweaked his spec but I think I still prefer my other builds......more bang for the buck. Each to their own though
 
honosuseri said:
I tried saying this earlier bud. He seems to prefer Nvidia. I've tweaked his spec but I think I still prefer my other builds......more bang for the buck. Each to their own though
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Hmm yeah seems fair.. i will look into that then i mean if i can save money why not? dont wanna be spending money on things i am just not going to use, and yes i already have HDD and Optical Drive :D

If you can find any where i can save money in the build please share!
 
At the end of the day the ultimate choice is yours.

We can only advise on the system which suits your needs, if the software you use takes advantage of the CUDA Cores on Nivida cards then it may be prudent to go that route.

I use the Gigabyte 670 WF card, also use this for folding.
 
MrZen said:
Hmm yeah seems fair.. i will look into that then i mean if i can save money why not? dont wanna be spending money on things i am just not going to use, and yes i already have HDD and Optical Drive :D

If you can find any where i can save money in the build please share!
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a lot of things are personal preference fella, especially the case.

The Plextor Pro SSD (update its firmware for better speeds) I used is a rival to the 840 Pro and cheaper. I think the 1220 CLC is expensive for what it is but will look nice through the window. The 7950 is seriously good bang for buck, you can OC it to get it close to the 7970 performance.

Think it through bud, read reviews and post a basket when you feel happy with it :)
 
honosuseri said:
a lot of things are personal preference fella, especially the case.

The Plextor Pro SSD (update its firmware for better speeds) I used is a rival to the 840 Pro and cheaper. I think the 1220 CLC is expensive for what it is but will look nice through the window. The 7950 is seriously good bang for buck, you can OC it to get it close to the 7970 performance.

Think it through bud, read reviews and post a basket when you feel happy with it :)
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Ah, good advice and very helpful anyway! will do abit more reading and reviweing of components and stuff... will post my basket tomorrow sometime :)
 
This is what I would do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
1 x BenQ XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £329.99
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 Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
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 Logitech G110 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard (920-002241) £64.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance M60 5700dpi Laser Gaming Mouse (CH-9000005-EU) £51.98
2 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99 (£83.98)
Total : £2,186.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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