£2000 Spec

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:36

Hi everyone, I would appreciate if you guys could make me a computer spec for £2000 as said in the title, an os will not be needed and neither will the keyboard, mouse or monitor, just the system.

I do video editing/ Rendering

And intense gaming while running muliple programs

What do you guys think?

Edit: I would prefer if the corsair 600t was the case and it was colour
Coded blue

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 11:58

Anyone?

mp260767 · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:20

came up with the following to give you an idea, to go to your target budget you could sli the 670 graphics card and upgrade the psu to cope, but the single card should be enough.

what size monitor(s) resolution do you run/game at ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC) £323.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £268.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £191.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £145.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £94.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £61.44
Total : £1,468.84 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:23

Hi!

One option is going down the Socket 2011 route with the E CPU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3960X 3.30GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £839.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring £449.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £119.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.99
Total : £2,008.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Or

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99 (743.98)
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £268.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £139.99
2 x Kingston Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £99.95 (199.9)
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98 (169.96)
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1450 RPM - 3 Pin £13.99 (27.98)
Total : £2,005.42 (includes shipping : £14.75).

Both builds are very capable of what you want them to do. Personally I would lean towards the second one as it's more aimed at games than the first.
They are quite flexible too. You can swap out the boards to make more budget for HDD space etc.
Also I should add that you don't 'need' to spend the whole budget but I prefer too

. Others prefer to try and save pennies which is great so there should be some contrasting builds soon

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:34

Thanks guys, another thing is I kinda do need a monitor after all soo 24 inch would be great.

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:37

And I was looking at the I7 3930k what do you think of this cpu

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:41

Sharplucas said:
Thanks guys, another thing is I kinda do need a monitor after all soo 24 inch would be great.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring £449.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £268.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £139.99
2 x Kingston Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £99.95 (199.9)
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98 (169.96)
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.99
Total : £1,989.85 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:43

32gb's overkill? I've been told 16 is enough

Leeroy123 · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:47

8 is enough.

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:47

Sharplucas said:
32gb's overkill? I've been told 16 is enough

Yeah it probably will be. As far as I know editing/rendering can use a shedload of memory so I was just making sure you have enough.

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:48

Leeroy123 said:
8 is enough.

Not for what he is doing with his PC it isn't :rolleyes:

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:53

Under budget. Cheaper board, less RAM. Room for a bigger SSD if you wanted.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £268.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98 (169.96)
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.99
2 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £49.99 (99.98)
Total : £1,747.94 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 12:57

Could anyone show me an x79 spec with a 3930k?

Thanks for all the help soo far

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 13:06

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
1 x Benq XL2420T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £299.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £139.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
2 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98 (169.96)
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.99
Total : £2,003.90 (includes shipping : £20.10).

It's possible to get the cost down if you need to but things might not match or look as good. Can also spend less on the monitor if necessary.

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 13:12

Yea only £150 on he monitor I think since £300 is a lot for a monitor
Oh and 4Tb isn't necessary only 2tb and with the money saved from that maybe you could fit a 256gb SSd?

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 13:30

Sharplucas said:
Yea only £150 on he monitor I think since £300 is a lot for a monitor
Oh and 4Tb isn't necessary only 2tb and with the money saved from that maybe you could fit a 256gb SSd?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £459.95
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £371.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £191.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600TM Midi Tower Mesh Windowed Case - Black £139.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £94.99
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 Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £84.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £76.99
Total : £1,860.96 (includes shipping : £20.10).

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 13:35

It's a shame there is no white RAM really. With that board inside the White Graphite it would have looked very nice. Prefer the white case over the black.

Sharplucas · 23 Jun 2012 at 13:39

That looks great, however with the budget I have I should really get a gtx 680 in there, so I used the rest for a windforce 680

Hicks · 23 Jun 2012 at 13:43

Sharplucas said:
That looks great, however with the budget I have I should really get a gtx 680 in there, so I used the rest for a windforce 680

Yeah good choice. I managed to get it in earlier but as I said after swapping around it gives you the freedom to pick and choose where you want the budget swayed.