£1000 computer spec needed!

oliver2601

oliver2601

oliver2601

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Ok, my friend is looking for a new computer and thought you guys would be able to help.

He has £1000 to spend on the computer itself (he doesn't need any monitors, mice, operating system etc)

The computer will be used for gaming (mainly wow, but wants to play BF3 and skyrim)

He's looking for an Intel processor. Probably either the 2500k or 2600k.
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
(£199.99) £239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £132.00
(£110.00) £132.00
(£110.00)
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £116.99
(£97.49) £116.99
(£97.49)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXV2UK) £92.99
(£77.49) £92.99
(£77.49)
OCZ Vertex 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX60G) £73.99
(£61.66) £73.99
(£61.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
(£24.16) £57.98
(£48.32)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £790.75
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 : £161.10
Total : £966.60
 
since i know nothing about raid myself, i'll just stick to what i know and put a 1TB drive in there:

would have gone for the modular PSU, but OcUK seems to be well and truly out of stock of XFX PSU's.... again


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £155.99
1 x OCZ Vertex Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1VTX120G) £149.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
1 x Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition Power Supply £72.98
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £975.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).
 
can i ask a staff member of OCUK why they didnt put a £1000 pc in for the latest lab test in custom pc mag? im sure you guys could have gave yoyotech a run for their money....
 
Now the latest offers are up,

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• Crossfire 6950:)


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stulid said:
Why? it does crossfire at 8X/8X:D



No.
The motherboard header pins on the GD53 are covered if a dual slot graphics card is fitted:D - http://www.markljlewis.com/stupidmsi.jpg


Try again~!!!!
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i was thinking of the C45, not the G45
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as for the motherboard pins thing, why on earth would they move them on the GD53? agree with the title of that picture for sure
 
Reaper 392 said:
with raid 0, doesnt it mean that if one of the drives fail, then all data is lost?
and raid one is basically making two HDD's exactly the same for backup
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Exactly, although there are some hyped up claims of speed increases in RAID 0- realistically, the benefits for mechanical drives are very small, and the doubled chance of failure for both drives is a price not worth paying.

That's exactly what RAID1 is, but it's not true backup- it only saves you if the cause of failure for a drive is mechanical. In any other case, the data is killed on both drives. If you're looking for true backup, you need to clone your drive onto an external hard drive, or DVDs if you've got the time as it works out cheaper per GB.
 
Of course some people do run it without issues, but the significantly increased risk of failure for negligible performance gain- and the fact that it's more expensive- make it a pretty poor choice.

If you want a fast 1TB storage solution, get the Spinpoint F3.
 
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