£1700 PC

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Looking for a of around this price and willing to go to 1800.
I will be using this pc for high end gaming such as bf3 on ultra settings and hopefully playing some games on three monitors. Also I will be using ir for graphics editing, video editing, video game creation and watching movies.
Thanks
 
Here's a start:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Define XL USB3.0 Full Tower Case - Black Pearl £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £95.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80) £79.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ / ST1000DM005) £65.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,719.10 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
Depending on just how much video editing (and so transcoding) you do, it may be worth daving a few quid and dropping to an i5.
 
YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - AMD 3 for FREE Promotion £287.99 (575.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-240G) £135.98
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - OEM (0F12115) (HDS723020BLA642) £104.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black £99.95
1 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M2A1600C10) £95.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,429.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Leaves some money left over for 2 more monitors in the future, 240GB SSD, 2TB storage, 16GB RAM, even a DVD drive :D
 
Here is my suggestion


YOUR BASKET
2 x Gainward GeForce GTX 670 Phantom 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (659.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £259.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £169.99
1 x MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** With FREE GeIL Black Dragon 8GB Kit ** £156.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £84.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £25.99
Total : £1,801.03 (includes shipping : £16.85).



Eats all of the budget but includes
- 256gb SSD
- 2TB storage
- Blu Ray Drive
- Soundcard
- Quiet case with dust filters (very easy case to build in that can be left very tidy)
 
Adam123 said:
Here is my suggestion


Eats all of the budget but includes
- 256gb SSD
- 2TB storage
- Blu Ray Drive
- Soundcard
- Quiet case with dust filters (very easy case to build in that can be left very tidy)
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It's £100 over the budget lol ? oops sorry he did say he's willing to go to £1800
 
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[WU-TANG]GZA;22349814 said:
It's £100 over the budget lol ? oops sorry he did say he's willing to go to £1800
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Could always replace bluray with standard DVD drive and remove soundcard - saving about £70... depends how bad he wants it lol

@ Hunter - anything tickled your fancy yet?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £449.99
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99 (£659.98)
1 x Asus Rampage IV Formula Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £278.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £65.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,780.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
hunter117 said:
Currently I am liking your recommended build and I think I can squeeze enough money to buy it although I may purchase a lower storage SSD to buy a extra hard drive.
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I have that ssd drive and after windows is installed, plus steam and origin games i have 76gb of space left, i personally think a 240gb ssd is spot on.

Do u already have a hdd or an optical drive that you could resuse??
 
I have that ssd drive and after windows is installed, plus steam and origin games i have 76gb of space left, i personally think a 240gb ssd is spot on.

Do u already have a hdd or an optical drive that you could resuse??
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Maybe the SSD can stay buy I may remove the soundcard depending on how the quality on the mobo is.
I guess I can also use a old optical drive instead of a blu ray one.
 
Smaller 128gb SSD with additional 1tb hdd

YOUR BASKET
2 x gigabyte geforce gtx 670 windforce 3x 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £329.99 (659.98)
1 x intel core i7-3770k 3.50ghz (ivybridge) socket lga1155 processor (77w) - retail £259.99
1 x msi z77a-gd65 intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard ** with free geil black dragon 8gb kit ** £156.98
1 x corsair obsidian 550d quiet midi tower case - black £119.99
1 x seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st2000dm001) £99.98
1 x xfx 850w xxx edition modular '80 plus silver' power supply £99.98
1 x crucial realssd m4 128gb 2.5" sata 6gb/s solid state hard drive (ct128m4ssd2) £89.99
1 x antec kúhler h2o 920 high performance liquid cpu cooler (lga775/lga1155/lga1156/lga1366/am2/am2+/am2+/am3+) £84.98
1 x seagate barracuda 7200rpm 1tb sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (st1000dm003) £69.98
1 x lg ch10ls28 bd-rom 10x bluray rom / dvdrw sata-ii optical drive - black (retail) £62.99
1 x geil dragon 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c11 1600mhz dual channel kit (gd38gb1600c11dc) £39.95
1 x asus xonar dg 5.1 pci sound card with built in headphone amp £25.99
total : £1,791.01 (includes shipping : £16.85).




found this review/comparison and changed the gfx card to the windforce x3 version - exactly the same price

and some gfx card general benchmarks
 
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