2500 to spend on PC

NeilTheNine · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:09

I have been trying to get the quietest, most powerful, mother of all rigs for a friend who has more money than sense!!

I want to spend wisely for him. And I can't decide on a monitor.
I'm having trouble please help. This is what I have so far with some help from other threads.

Gainward GeForce GTX 590 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £679.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £244.99
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 1000W '80 Plus Silver' Modular Power Supply £189.98
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £175.99
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - White £109.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £67.99
BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366, AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / 754 / 939 / 940) £54.98
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £39.98
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99

Sub Total : £1,451.57
Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £293.06
Total : £1,758.38

hybrid572 · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:12

Is he gaming, video editing, or is the most powerful use of his computer going to be internet pornography?

stulid · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:13

And I can't decide on a monitor.

Dell IPS, about 27" should do it.

CyberCrow · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:14

that is one serious waste of money :\ but each to there own i suppose

adam_castell · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:18

3 off screens for that money!

Reaper 392 · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:20

would he be interested in 3D gaming atall, or triple monitor gaming?

R088ieS86 · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:24

3x590's for Hex-SLi?

stulid · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:25

How many SLI bridge connectors does a GTX590 have?

Sgt Tackleberry · 1 Jul 2011 at 16:28

I thought the 590 ain't that good? Due to that they over heat big time! And just blow up!!
Just get Two 580.

Reaper 392 · 1 Jul 2011 at 17:33

Sgt Tackleberry said:
I thought the 590 ain't that good? Due to that they over heat big time! And just blow up!!
Just get Two 580.

thats true. none of us would recommend one tbh

Mr. May · 1 Jul 2011 at 18:05

Sgt Tackleberry said:
I thought the 590 ain't that good? Due to that they over heat big time! And just blow up!!
Just get Two 580.

+1 or tri 480 :cool:

EDIT: actually not a chance since when have the 480's been £300+ ??

Reaper 392 · 1 Jul 2011 at 18:15

Mr. May said:
+1 or tri 480

EDIT: actually not a chance since when have the 480's been £300+ ??

i think nvidia has jacked up the price since they realise the 580 isnt a huge amount better than the 480. its showing as ~£300-350 on competitor sites too

hybrid572 · 1 Jul 2011 at 18:53

Bloody hell, that's a massive price boost for the 480. Is it still not common knowledge that you can fry an egg on those babies?

I should have bought them while they were "cheap" to replace the radiators in my house. That said, I don't think I'd be able to hear the factory next door to me over them, so there's a thing.