£2000 (ish) To go on a new rig :).

[Parsley]

I haven't been keeping up with computers and the various advances for the last year or so, so I was wondering if anyone could help me with figuring out a decent rig for about £2000.

This includes a monitor and a case (I am leaving my old setup at home for my sister to use ). I would like a Lian-Li PC-60 as I have seen a couple of these and they are very nice and some water cooling to go along with it (I'm not fussed if it is just a standard kit, I must admit I know hardly anything about it but am interested in it because it is quiet, overclocking isn't vital but I wouldn't mind ). Other than that... go mad .

Oh and it's mostly going to be for gaming and maybe some folding as well .

 

[Naffa]

CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£274.95 £274.95
MB-131-AS Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-046-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO)
£314.95 £314.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£12.95 £12.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)
£93.50 £93.50
HD-048-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 200GB 2000JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-048-WD)
£49.95 £49.95
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£24.95 £24.95
SC-032-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)
£109.95 £109.95
CA-041-LL Lian-Li PC-60 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-041-LL)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£52.95 £52.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£289.95 £289.95
MO-015-AC Acer AL2016Ws 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-015-AC)
£229.95 £229.95
Subtotal £1,723.90
VAT £301.69
Total £2,025.59

didnt spec any water cooling because tbh.. you dont need it this will own anything you throw at it.. if only quad sli was out

 

[Parsley]

I must admit the main reason for wanting water cooling is because I have been looking at the watercooled pc gallery and they look cool . That and they are quieter . Tah btw!

 

[Parsley]

Just a quick question about the two graphics cards (this is one of the things I don't understand) don't they have to be the same for SLI or does it not make a difference?

 

[Naffa]

SLi - nvidia mulit-card solution. basically with SLi you are suposed to run two exactly the same cards. if you run two different cards then the better one will run at the same speed as the slower one. but you can just buy 2x7800GTX or what ever. however with crossfire you must have a standard X1900XT(X) which is the slave card and a Master card. SLi is for nvidia cards and Crossfire is for ATi cards.

and if you think water cooling looks uber, then maybe a vapochill solution maybe spec'ed up

 

[Parsley]

Cheers that has cleared that one up.

 

[Naffa]

i think SLI is considered to be better on the whole but i spec'd crossfire X1900's becuase they are so damn cheap atm! but you could go with some SLi 7900GTXs

 

[Naffa]

CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£614.95 £614.95
GX-074-XF XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX Edition GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71F-YDDR) (GX-074-XF)
£424.95 £849.90
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£52.95 £52.95
CA-041-LL Lian-Li PC-60 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-041-LL)
£69.95 £69.95
Subtotal £1,812.55
VAT £317.20
Total £2,129.75

ever so over.. but no monitor either.. but look at that

ahhh i wana do another one

 

[syke]

CP-146-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) - Retail (ADAFX60DAA6CDBOX) (CP-146-AM)
£614.95 £614.95
GX-074-XF XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX Edition GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71F-YDDR) (GX-074-XF)
£424.95 £849.90
MB-101-AS Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£52.95 £52.95
CA-041-LL Lian-Li PC-60 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-041-LL)
£69.95 £69.95
Subtotal £1,812.55
VAT £317.20
Total £2,129.75

ever so over.. but no monitor either.. but look at that

ahhh i wana do another one

now that is a spec.. maybe drop it to a FX55-57 and even the price up by that?

edit: didnt realise he needed a monitor - drop it to AMD 4000 if its cheaper, or around a x2 3800-4400...if its cheaper that way, and add an OcUK Monitor? hehe

 

[Naffa]

FS-019-VP Vapochill Complete Extreme Edition II - AMD (Socket 754/939/940/478) Titanium with Side Window (01-L-4010) (FS-019-VP)
£444.00 £444.00
CP-148-AM AMD Opteron UP 170 Dual Core San Diego 2.0GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-148-AM)
£274.95 £274.95
MB-118-AS Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS)
£119.95 £119.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-073-XF XFX GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme Edition 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71F-YDER) (GX-073-XF)
£369.95 £369.95
HD-047-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD)
£44.95 £44.95
SC-032-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)
£109.95 £109.95
CD-016-AS Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail (CD-016-AS)
£24.95 £24.95
MO-015-AC Acer AL2016Ws 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-015-AC)
£229.95 £229.95
Subtotal £1,708.60
VAT £299.01
Total £2,007.61

this is probally one of the best spec me up threads ive ever participated in

if you thought water cooling was cool.. think again vapochill is known as Phase cooling i belive and i have absolutely no idea what it is or how it works.. all i know is that its the best. you got a nice selection of overclockable parts as well. may consider dropping the 7900 to the standard version as you would be able to clock that to hell on phase and getting some G.Skill memory as that will overclock like a beast.

 

[Naffa]

now that is a spec.. maybe drop it to a FX55-57 and even the price up by that?

edit: didnt realise he needed a monitor - drop it to AMD 4000 if its cheaper, or around a x2 3800-4400...if its cheaper that way, and add an OcUK Monitor? hehe

id play through my beige CRT if i had to to own that rig shallow i know but how kool would i be.

EDIT: how many times have i used "" in this thread? just goes to show.. £2000 + Spec me up =

 

[syke]

lower the Monitor and get a Single Core or the X2 systems? Perhaps a 7800 GTX and a 19" OcUK + a x2 4200 or amd 4000?

 

[syke]

id play through my beige CRT if i had to to own that rig shallow i know but how kool would i be.

i would too.. how good is that spec :|

 

[Havana_UK]

My offer:

MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£124.95 £124.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£55.95 £55.95
GX-072-XF XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71F-YDLR) (GX-072-XF)
£324.95 £649.90
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-041-LL Lian-Li PC-60 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-041-LL)
£69.95 £69.95
MO-009-NE NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE)
£334.95 £334.95
CP-151-AM AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£221.95 £221.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.95 £61.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
KB-020-RA Razer Copperhead SK Edition 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail (KB-020-RA)
£39.95 £39.95
KB-066-LG Logitech Media Keyboard Elite - Retail (KB-066-LG)
£16.95 £16.95
Subtotal £1,741.40
VAT £304.75
Total £2,046.15

Includes the best overclocking motherboard money can buy, along with the requested case, 7900GTX SLi, high quality PSU, quality memory, good size HDD, good monitor, and an awesome gaming mouse.

Hav

 

[syke]

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4000BNBOX) (CP-120-AM) £237.29

OcUK Gamer 198YP 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-015-OK) £170.32

naffa, use them?

 

[Parsley]

I do have a Dell 1905FP but it is on its way out now, it has green lines that run down it vertically which is a shame .

I hadn't considered a vapochill unit though and I wouldn't be getting my nice Lian-Li case... but how much can you overclock by with one of those things. Wouldn't I loose out by loosing the dual gfx cards?

Think I will stick with the Lian-Li. I'm vain .

 

[syke]

I do have a Dell 1905FP but it is on its way out now, it has green lines that run down it vertically which is a shame .

I hadn't considered a vapochill unit though and I wouldn't be getting my nice Lian-Li case... but how much can you overclock by with one of those things. Wouldn't I loose out by loosing the dual gfx cards?

Think I will stick with the Lian-Li. I'm vain .

saying that wil make naffa go crazy on the spec - its gonna be awesome for that price.. i want that much to spend

 

[Parsley]

I'm going to have to sit and think this out for awhile I think, I am in no real rush . Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[Monstermunch]

IMO 2 gfx cards are a complete waste of money. Gfx cards are updated every 6-9 months so you're just better off buying a new one each year. With a 2k budget you should at least get an opty 175 or a 4400+.

CP-153-AM AMD Opteron UP 175 Dual Core San Diego 2.2GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-153-AM)
£319.95 £319.95
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT)
£21.95 £21.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£124.95 £124.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
GX-113-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-113-SP)
£319.95 £319.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £179.80
CA-045-LL Lian-Li PC-61 Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-045-LL)
£66.95 £66.95
CA-009-TG Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-009-TG)
£67.95 £67.95
MO-009-NE NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE)
£334.95 £334.95
Subtotal £1,602.35
VAT £280.42
Total £1,882.77

This still leaves you change to get water cooling if you want but, like it's mentioned above it's not really necessary. The opty I specced should get to 2.7-3ghz on air cooling.

BTW if you're wondering why there are 4 HDD's in the spec, this will enable you to raid0+1 and mirror your std drive. This makes the setup faster, cheaper and more reliable than Raptors.

 

[Kamakazie!]

Drop the PC-60s for a PC-7+
The 7+ doesn't have a removable motherboard tray but it does have 2x120mm fans as opposed to the 80mms in the 60 series. The 7+ is the better case.
Also drop the Creative Fatality for the lower standard Extreme version... unless you really want the breakout box.
Id also go for the Opty 170 or the X2 4400+ and overclock either.