£1000 to spend on a PC for work and play, halp!

Kerry · 8 Nov 2012 at 09:53

Hi guys!
First time poster here and soon to be newbie PC user, so need a little advice on what PC to get. I've been reading around and I'm just getting more confused as to what I need :confused:

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I have been working on macs for the past 8 or so years mainly for the work I do, I use after effects, photoshop, cinema 4D and other software along those lines.

My mac is old and dying and I need some oomph for those renders!
I'm also a console gamer and would love to have a PC that could run games like skyrim, guild wars 2 and all the other good stuff. :cool:

I'm looking for a prebuilt, I know you all might suggest building it myself but I'm a busy lady and I dont trust myself in the slightest. I dont mind paying to have it made.

I need everything OS, monitors.. etc

Around a £1000 budget but I can budge a little if needs be.

Thanks in advance guys!

Sparx · 8 Nov 2012 at 10:47

Pre-built? Gah if you insist!

I'll edit my post shortly.

EDIT: Ok so here's a pure pre-built; I presumed you needed a keyboard, mouse and speakers also which made a it a little tight(?)..

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Titan 8700i Pulse" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge System £526.00
- 1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) **FREE SHIPPING** £79.99
- 1 x Networking Not Selected £0.00
- 1 x No Sound Card Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Opt Out of FREE AV Software £0.01
- 1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
- 1 x Sapphire HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ FARCRY3, Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £169.99
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £161.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022) £21.98
Total : £1,014.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

EDIT 2: Alternatively, just spec'd a fully custom rig. You could post this in the Customer Service forum section, a chap called 5UB may give you a custom quote to build my below spec. You get more for your money, I've got a more powerful NVIDIA GPU which helps a lot with CUDA/Photoshop. Also managed to pop in a 120GB SSD for your OS and apps, which makes everything really quick and smooth, along with a bigger 1TB HDD for storage.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £179.99
1 x Asus VE247H 24" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £161.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £86.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) **FREE SHIPPING** £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £29.99
1 x Steelseries Ikari Optical Mouse (62000) £24.98
1 x Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022) £21.98
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,031.82 (includes shipping : FREE).

TwsT · 8 Nov 2012 at 11:24

We can do any bespoke build you like too if you want something tailored to your needs.

just speak to sales directly after looking through our systems.

but I would recomend you take a look at

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-300-OE&groupid=43&catid=2385&subcat=1444

partner it up with a decent graphics card and SSD you will be well inside your budget to buy monitor keyboard mouse etc

Sparx · 8 Nov 2012 at 11:34

TwsT said:
We can do any bespoke build you like too if you want something tailored to your needs.

just speak to sales directly after looking through our systems.

Good, that just re-enforces what I mentioned in my above post.

Cheers

Kerry · 8 Nov 2012 at 11:46

Thanks for your help guys, a bespoke build does sounds good! Ill have a good mull over everything you've suggested and speak to sales this weekend.

mickyflinn · 8 Nov 2012 at 12:41

Surely a 3750k OR A 2700K would be better as it has hyperthreading.

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This test can measure systems with up to 64 processor threads which makes it rather future proof. The Cinema 4D engine also has a yearning thirst for Hyper-Threading.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/core_i5_2500k_and_core_i7_2600k_review,14.html

Sparx · 8 Nov 2012 at 13:02

mickyflinn said:
Surely a 3750k OR A 2700K would be better as it has hyperthreading.

Yes, that's why both specs I advised have a 3570K.

Although come to think of it; I presume you was talking to TwsT?

Kerry · 8 Nov 2012 at 13:17

That makes sense now! hehe

TwsT · 8 Nov 2012 at 13:21

Sparx said:
Yes, that's why both specs I advised have a 3570K.

Although come to think of it; I presume you was talking to TwsT?

I agree it would be advantageous but the price hike made it very hard to price a system balanced for gaming too.

AMD's new chip set is excellent at what it does and incredibly good value for money.

Kerry · 8 Nov 2012 at 14:01

I am willing to pay more money if needs be, so would you agree something more along the lines of sparx's second suggestion would be well worth the extra dosh?

TwsT · 8 Nov 2012 at 15:28

either are good it should just have the 3770k as you intend on using desktop applications like photoshop etc they will utilise a 3770k properly if you were just gamign the 3570k is the better chip but you will get more out of the 3770k

Kerry · 8 Nov 2012 at 16:57

ok thanks again

99Androidguy777 · 9 Nov 2012 at 08:07

Good luck