£3000 To Spend

did no one think of recommending water cooling when he has a budget of £3k or is there not a kit out that will support conroe's yet?
 
realscot said:
did no one think of recommending water cooling when he has a budget of £3k or is there not a kit out that will support conroe's yet?
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If he doesnt know what to buy for £3000, he wont know much about watercooling :p

He could always dabble his hand in the market, but watercooling is not that neccsary if you ask me, air can get near same results on these low power chips.
 
If you want to spend that amount on a PC, go for it.

It's definitely not overkill if your serious about your nuts about your machines, and performance.

Only reservation I'd make - wait a bit longer for DX10 era, but that's just a personal decision I'm making with my next build.

So whatever you decide, enjoy the insane system you build.
 
Even with very good accessories, 3 grand doesn't need to be spent. Many of the comps spec'ed here for ~£1500-£2000 are perfect and will last a long time (DX10 is the only factor which will need some updating). Unless you're stinking rich, I wouldn't spent £3k in your situation
 
How is spending £3000 on a PC a waste of money.

Also when people are upgrading on this site they are not always upgrading everything, such as Monitor, Speakers, Keyboard-Mouse, Case.

If you are starting from scratch a budget of £3000 will get you a really nice high specification system, that will not be a waste of money or over the top by any stretch of the immagination.

I agree with what has been said previously. Smoking and drinking is a waste of money. Buying tech is definately not!!!!
 
-|ScottFree|- said:
How is spending £3000 on a PC a waste of money.

Also when people are upgrading on this site they are not always upgrading everything, such as Monitor, Speakers, Keyboard-Mouse, Case.

If you are starting from scratch a budget of £3000 will get you a really nice high specification system, that will not be a waste of money or over the top by any stretch of the immagination.

I agree with what has been said previously. Smoking and drinking is a waste of money. Buying tech is definately not!!!!
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Agreed :)

Stelly
 
This would do nicely:

"Ultima Extreme Crossfire X1900 XT-X" AMD Athlon 64 FX60 Dual DDR Silent PhysX Enabled System (FS-021-OK)
If you are looking for the ultimate AMD box then look no further than the Ultima Extreme Crossfire AMD Athlon 64 FX60 Dual Core. This system is further future proofed with the addition of a Ageia PhysX accelerator card which improves the realism of games. Supplied pre-built it has an impressive specification to say the least :-

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939) CPU
- AMD Approved cooler
- Asus A8R32-MVP DELUXE ATi Crossfire Dual Channel PCI-Express Motherboard
- Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit
- 2 x 150GB Western Digital Raptor 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive (RAID 0 Configured)
- ATI Radeon X1900 Crossfire Edition 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
- ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
- Ageia PhysX Accelerator card future proofing this system for PhysX enabled games!!!!
- Plextor PX-755 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
- Black Floppy Drive
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Sound Card
- Windows XP Professional pre-installed with License and CD supplied

Note - All Ultima systems are built and installed on demand, during busy periods this may cause a delay of between 24 and 48 hours in despatching your order. The Ultima can be supplied assembled with or without your choice of installed operating system but is supplied without keyboard, mouse, speakers or monitor (all of which are available elsewhere in this on-line store).

You must choose a case to go with this system (pictured on the left) Pick an option below.


OcUK Review & Benchmarks

Price: £2,269.00 (£2,666.07 Including VAT at 17.5%)
 
My vote goes to £1500 on the PC. £200 or so to make it silent with the right parts & spend the rest on a big monitor, like a 24" one, and a good sound system, £500 will buy you a nice surround system that isnt pointlessly expensive. Like a CA Amp (more than good enough) & some mission speakers.
Make sure you buy a nice mouse & keyboard though. And make sure it goes on a good, large as possible, desk. With a nice comfy chair. :p
 
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I'd recommend good combination of:

AMD 64 AM2 5000+ Dual Core x2 Uber Processor
Asus nForce 590 M2N32-SLi-DLX DDR2 Chipset PCI-e Motherboard
2048MB Corsair DDR2 Extra LL XMS2 Performance RAM
Dual 250GB (500GB) Maxtor 16Mb SATAII Hard Drives
PCI-express Geforce 7950 GX2 1024Mb Graphics Cards
LG 16x Dual Layer DVD-ReWriter
Any Case from the Thermaltake or Coolermaster Range
X-Fi Xtreme Music APU 7.1 HD Sound Card
1 year return to base guarantee
Windows XP Professional
650-750W load SLi ATX 2.2 Power Supply

+ some good tft.

You can buy this comination ready frome some good retailer, but if you choose to assemble it itself, you can have it under £2000.
 
Crescent said:
I'd recommend good combination of:

****AMD 64 AM2 5000+ Dual Core x2 Uber Processor****
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Let me be the first to introduce you to the ***Conroe***....

Why Windows Pro and not Home?

What about a decent 24" monitor added to the mix, overkill is referred to when you have crossfire or SLI running a 1280 x 1024 monitor although not in my book I may add ;). If you are going 7950 you want a 24" surely.

You also want a Raptor for the OS, keeping it quick!!!
 
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