£2k gaming system - spec please :D

fowler002 · 8 Sep 2011 at 21:46

£2k budget and want to keep costs down? anyone say contradiction

splitting it over 2 loops will mean the pump has to do less work especially if you are going sli.

I thought this pc was for your friend not you, he doesn't have a tj07

Cleeecooo · 8 Sep 2011 at 21:52

fowler002 said:
£2k budget and want to keep costs down? anyone say contradiction

splitting it over 2 loops will mean the pump has to do less work especially if you are going sli.

I thought this pc was for your friend not you, he doesn't have a tj07

he doesn't particularly care about case

The D5 is a very capable pump andcan easily handle SLI with 2 thick rads. look at rjk's build

2 loops also means I need another pump.

as for £2k, I'm happy to over spend on the important bits, everything else must be cheap. I've already gone £200 over lol

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £247.99
1 x Xigmatek Elysium Full Tower Windowed Case - Black £149.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £146.99
1 x OcUK D5 Vario Pump & EK D5 X-Top V2 Value Combo £90.00
1 x Thermochill TA120.3 High Performance Radiator £86.80
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **EN Nickel Plating** £55.79
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £52.80
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
1 x Lamptron FC2 5.25" Bay Fan Controller - Black £24.98
1 x Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM £19.99
1 x Xebec 500mm LED Strip - Blue £12.98
4 x Tygon 7/16" ID [16/11mm] Tubing - Clear (R3603) - 1 metre £7.85 (£31.40)
1 x Mayhems Biocide 5ml £3.70
14 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 7/16 [16/11mm] - G1/4 - Black £2.89 (£40.46)
Total : £1,133.48 (includes shipping : £16.85).

fowler002 · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:08

what are the important bits? unless I'm missing something your spec is just over £1k. if you're going with the extreme4 mb add the extra £7 for the gen3.

Cleeecooo · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:15

fowler002 said:
what are the important bits? unless I'm missing something your spec is just over £1k. if you're going with the extreme4 mb add the extra £7 for the gen3.

my bad., thought i'd put the 3rd gen in. I'll update that - thanks.

OcUK basket - £1,100
570 blocks and 420 rad - £300 (direct from EK)
2 570's - £650 (direct from EVGA)
PSU - £180

Total: Roughly £2,100

Important bits are basically the gfx card, CPU and lquid cooling bits. Don't care about the rest as long as it is decent and does the job

fowler002 · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:20

£650 for 2 570s? you prob could have for ones already with blocks for that(if they do that for 570s, do for 580)

p.s. hope you checked that the ek blocks fit the evga 570 2.5gb

Cleeecooo · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:53

fowler002 said:
£650 for 2 570s? you prob could have for ones already with blocks for that(if they do that for 570s, do for 580)

p.s. hope you checked that the ek blocks fit the evga 570 2.5gb

Lol, I know. I would get a 590 but the EVGA ones are nowhere to be seen so I'll give it a miss.
The 570s have more VRAM though

They don't do previewed blocks with 570's

I'll ask OcUK when the 2.5gb 570's are due and decide whether to wait. Will save £50. Stupid phone makes it awkward for me to browse OcUK store :mad:

And yes, ofcourse, I've checked compatibility