1.25k pounds system. Spec Me

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £399.98
(£333.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI Z68MA-ED55 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit (BL3KIT51264BA160A) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £65.98
(£54.98)
Blaze M1178 Tomahawk 1600DPI Laser Wireless Gaming Mouse - Black/Blue £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
Sub Total : £1,024.04
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 : £207.76
Total : £1,246.55

CPU OC to around 4.5Ghz and the graphics cards unlocked into 6970s and crossfired.
 
Matterez I am not 100% these gpu's can be unlocked any more, also you have triple channel memory with a due channel motherboard.


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £247.99
(£206.66) £247.99
(£206.66)
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £199.99
(£166.66)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
(£129.15) £154.98
(£129.15)
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99
(£77.49) £92.99
(£77.49)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99
(£61.66) £73.99
(£61.66)
Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD204UI) £60.98
(£50.82) £60.98
(£50.82)
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £893.24
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 : £181.60
Total : £1,089.59
 
Triple Channel RAM won't work in a Dual Channel Mobo :p


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £247.99
2 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99 (£399.98)
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £154.98
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £92.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £73.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £38.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £22.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,163.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).




2600k is worth it for your video editing.
Motherboard is GEN 3 - Meaning you'll be able to make use of IvyBridge CPU's when they come out, and the PCI 3.0 GPU's when they come out.
6950's Crossfire are fantastic.
SSD for OS, you might be able to fit whatever video editing software you want on there as well.
1TB drive for all that lovely space you use editing :)
PSU is more than powerful enough as it is :)

With the remaining £100:

If you need keyboard and mouse get a Logitech G500 and a Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Otherwise upgrade the case to something nice in the £100-£150 bracket (I personally recommend the Corsair 650D) , alternatively upgrade the SSD to the Corsair M4 128GB version and make sure you don't run out of space on it :)

kd
 
Matterez said:
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99
(£166.66) £399.98
(£333.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI Z68MA-ED55 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard £62.99
(£52.49) £62.99
(£52.49)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit (BL3KIT51264BA160A) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
(£27.49) £65.98
(£54.98)
Blaze M1178 Tomahawk 1600DPI Laser Wireless Gaming Mouse - Black/Blue £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Samsung SH-D163C/BEBE SATA 16x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
Sub Total : £1,024.04
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 : £207.76
Total : £1,246.55

CPU OC to around 4.5Ghz and the graphics cards unlocked into 6970s and crossfired.
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a few things:

1) 1155 mb DON'T do triple channel so dual channel ram needed unless you want to run single channel that is.

2)psu is well overkill, the 850w version would be better and save ~£60,

3) 6950 WILL NOT unlock unless you get the sapphire toxic, go 2nd hand or get lucky with old stock. the toxic comes with a pre-modified bios so you don't need to flash the bios just flick the switch(not guranteed
obv)

go with the asrock suggested by rjc or even this

an option for the case/psu/cooler http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-042-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat= the psu isn't modularl if that matters to you.
 
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managed to get you an i7 2600k, crossfire 6950s, a 128GB crucial M4 and a very nice keyboard and mouse within budget:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £247.99
2 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £199.99 (£399.98)
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £134.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** LOWEST UK PRICE ** £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £66.98
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £34.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £30.98
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £30.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,249.33 (includes shipping : £13.75).

if you were happy to spend more money on this i would spend it on the OCZ Z-series 850W 80+ gold PSU 650W is fine for these two cards, but the OCZ is more energy efficient and will last you through more builds.
 
The 6950 won't flash to 6970. Well I have read you can, sometimes, but the voltages are different so will end up burning out the card.

What you can do is modify the BIOS of the card you have to attempt to unlock the other 100 and something shaders that are there. But again this is not guaranteed to work either.
 
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