Kick ass system in the making. I am so good!

arekgreenman888 · 30 Mar 2012 at 01:14

Name of project: KAS - kick ass system, as it will handle all i throw at it (may be not at highest resolutions but still at least medium.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD Superclocked 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (012-P3-1573-KR) £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £132.98
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £126.98
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £114.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Noctua NH-D14-2011 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler with PWM Fans (Socket LGA2011) £72.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
Total : £1,101.53 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Basically for a grand you can have more fun that you wold at your local pub in 6 months. Expenditure is similar!

If things get slow just throw in another 570... or upgrade to 680gtx... Thats how smart I am!

King Damager · 30 Mar 2012 at 01:34

I'd compliment you on a reasonable system, but I feel your head may explode...

kd

paradigm · 30 Mar 2012 at 07:02

My system upgrade (in sig) cost me less than a grand (OK, So I already had one of the GPUs)...

So, yes, congratulations on an "OK" system.

paradigm · 30 Mar 2012 at 08:10

Oh, and epic fail on picking an LGA2011 ONLY cooler for an LGA1155 board

HecFam · 30 Mar 2012 at 08:26

In my opinion. How can you spend a grand on a system and not get an I7.

NathanE · 30 Mar 2012 at 09:57

Over a grand and only 8GB of RAM. This is a pretty mediocre system. You're frittering away the budget on useless things that could be added at a later date. The key to a new build is to get the core components right, especially the motherboard. Don't blow 70 quid on a CD writer and 70 quid on a CPU cooler... add those a few months later.

HecFam · 30 Mar 2012 at 10:59

And i hope you have a spare hard drive, 128gb SSD is not going to do much...

True_Scotsman · 30 Mar 2012 at 11:04

HecFam said:
And i hope you have a spare hard drive, 128gb SSD is not going to do much...

Thats what I was thinking

Stinger53 · 30 Mar 2012 at 11:24

LGA2011 cooler for an LGA1155 board wont fit

HecFam · 30 Mar 2012 at 11:30

I have a small amount of hope that he has already bought this and is regretting it dearly...

francky · 30 Mar 2012 at 11:37

Hardly kick ass is it me old mucka.....

£1000 for a midrange PC....hmmm

jamesfreddie · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:23

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2680-KR) £429.95
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.95
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £98.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £33.59
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,110.91 (includes shipping : £13.75).

arekgreenman888 · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:00

paradigm said:
Oh, and epic fail on picking an LGA2011 ONLY cooler for an LGA1155 board

So how can i get a great cooler d 14 to fit on this motherboard p8z68 v?

Psyoletic · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:05

I think we've been trolled with this thread.

arekgreenman888 · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:10

HecFam said:
In my opinion. How can you spend a grand on a system and not get an I7.

Will get I7 2700k later when i5 2500k cannot cope with it anymore... Which be like 3 years later!

arekgreenman888 · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:11

paradigm said:
Oh, and epic fail on picking an LGA2011 ONLY cooler for an LGA1155 board

it was a typo: gonna get this one:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
Total : £82.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).

d_brennen · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:14

arekgreenman888 said:
So how can i get a great cooler d 14 to fit on this motherboard p8z68 v?

Buy the one that fits? Don't spend a grand without knowing what you are buying...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-011-NC

d_brennen · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:15

arekgreenman888 said:
Will get I7 2700k later when i5 2500k cannot cope with it anymore... Which be like 3 years later!

2700K will be old hat then

arekgreenman888 · 31 Mar 2012 at 01:17

d_brennen said:
2700K will be old hat then

might get it for under 99 quid.

bugeyewrx · 31 Mar 2012 at 09:18

Sorry.... but why is this in Project Logs ?