£1000 for CPU, Mobo, GPU, Memory, Hard Drive. SPEC ME!

[JoeMango]

As the title says really.

Already have everything else. Thinking of an i7 sandybridge setup with a GTX580 but would like to hear peoples opinions, especially on Motherboard/Memory combinations to suit.

Also looking for a SSD and had my eyes on the Crucial 128GB to go along with my F3 1TB.

Any help would be appreciated as i'll be ordering tomorrow!

 

[stulid]

What case do you have? this is important for heatsink size.

What PSU do you have?

Whats this PC used for?

 

[JoeMango]

Case is the Antec P182SE - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129026

Power supply is a Cooler Master 850W

It will mostly be used for gaming.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
(£309.99) £371.99
(£309.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £169.98
(£141.65) £169.98
(£141.65)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Sub Total : £824.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £166.99
Total : £1,001.93

£990 with free delivery which you get

• Gen3 board will be PCI-E3.0 when a Ivybridge CPU is fitted.
• i5 2500K is as good in games as a i7 2600K - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287
• You can SLi another GTX580 later.

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Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Dirt3 & Deus Ex PC Games £215.99
(£179.99) £431.98
(£359.98)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £169.98
(£141.65) £169.98
(£141.65)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £829.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £167.99
Total : £1,007.92

£995.92

• Crossfire 6950

 

[mickyflinn]

2 x GTX 560 will cost about £280 and out perform a GTX 580.

 

[stulid]

2 x GTX 560 will cost about £280 and out perform a GTX 580.

But add another GTX580 and its faster again and not limited to 1GB of Vram.

 

[olivier renault]

Not for me. Single card every time, unless you get two good cards to start with.

 

[caserman]

I find its not too bad of a spec

 

[JoeMango]

Cheers, for the help.

So i'm guessing the Asrock Extreme 4 is a good board?

 

[stulid]

So i'm guessing the Asrock Extreme 4 is a good board?

Yes.

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_review,1.html

 

[mickyflinn]

going sli with the gtx560 will give you an extra £100 + the money for the cpu cooler and u can get a decent watercooling kit.


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-116-EK&groupid=962&catid=1532&subcat=

 

[stulid]

A good single card is better, or the two 6950 I suggested, more Vram.