£1500 spec with and without monitor

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tom91x91

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Hi i recently got a bit of spare money so thought id upgrade my PC, my old p35 setup has served me well but think it finally needs updating :)

Could somone make a spec for both:

1: Main Tower unit + OS

2: Main tower unit + nice 24 inch monitor + OS


I currently have a 1920x1080 21 inch which isnt bad but i think if i were to get a high end card, games would be much better on a 24 :)

Overall im looking for the best possible spec for gaming i can get and something that will last a while. Also as im not that competant at building PC's im thinking about this prebuilt too http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-175-OE&groupid=43&catid=1917&subcat=

thanks to any suggestions.
 
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) £219.98
(£183.32) £219.98
(£183.32)
2x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £419.98
(£349.98)
IIyama Prolite E2473HDS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
MSI P67A-GD55 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £129.98
(£108.32) £129.98
(£108.32)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance £87.98
(£73.32) £87.98
(£73.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000528AS) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)

Sub Total : £1,279.87
Shipping cost based on delivery to paypal address, GU2 with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £255.97
Total : £1,535.84

You could ask OCuk to put it together for you if you're worried about doing it yourself, think the markup on high end systems is usually about £80 + VAT.
 
Thanks a lot, that looks far better than what i was coming up with in the system config tool on the website :) The MSI mobo good for overclocking?

Nice to see someone else from guildford too hehe.
 
Yeah there's still a lot of options missing from the system config tool, the MSI is decent for overclocking, pretty much any of the P67 boards will hit 4.6-4.8GHz, just depends what your chip can do. I think most people assume 4.6GHz to be the standard Sandy Bridge 'safe voltage' overclock.
 
It's worth mentioning that a 24" monitor won't give you a pixel boost- you'll still be on 1920x1080 (or possibly x1200), but your monitor will just be bigger of itself.
 
You can flash them 6950s too, although it shouldn't be necessary! Don't flash a 6970 BIOS on there though, flash one that will unlock the shaders etc then you can overclock the card manually to a 6970. There is some kind of difference in the 6970 and 6950 RAM which you will eventually damage by flashing it to a 6970.
 
ok thanks for advice, ill do a bit more reasearch then get ordered by the end of the week, also looking at a 580 as i think that would last ages at 1080p.
 
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