3D Vision @ £1500

casteliosa

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Hi there. I’m looking to build a decent gaming machine for up to £1500. I will be using 3D vision on the BenQ XL2420TX (single monitor) so an nVidia GPU is a prerequisite.

I’ve been looking at the GTX 670 but with my budget I figure a 680 might a better investment perhaps(with another purchase for SLI when the prices come down)?

So with 3D Vision (and future SLI) in mind would you care to suggest a balanced machine with an OS and no peripherals?

Thanks.:)
 
casteliosa said:
Hi there. I’m looking to build a decent gaming machine for up to £1500. I will be using 3D vision on the BenQ XL2420TX (single monitor) so an nVidia GPU is a prerequisite.

I’ve been looking at the GTX 670 but with my budget I figure a 680 might a better investment perhaps(with another purchase for SLI when the prices come down)?

So with 3D Vision (and future SLI) in mind would you care to suggest a balanced machine with an OS and no peripherals?

Thanks.:)
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I'd suggest an i5 3570k, and the 670 would be a better purchase than the 680 the difference is so small anyway. Any motherboard thats Z77 by Gigabyte or Asus would probably benefit you really well (would suggest sticking to a Gigabyte due to their RMA's being UK based) I'll make a proper list in a moment.
 
Also any prefrence to a case etc? (also no peripherals being no monitor keyboard mouse etc? or no SSD's/HDD's as well? Also any prefrence to top air cooling or closed loop?)
 
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Going purely on a rather awesome guess (case easily changeable, aftermarket cooler changeable, amount of RAM changeable, Win7 version changeable, SSD/HDD changeable... pretty much whatevers changeable) but this would be a pretty balanced rig with room to expand later on (860W PSU and platinum rated as well) Decent motherboard reliable low profile RAM. One of the best SSD's on the market (last time I looked anyway)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Corsair AX860i Digital ATX '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020037-UK) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GLC-01844) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £119.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £76.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £69.98
2 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11) £39.95 (£79.90)
Total : £1,401.29 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclock w/Backplate 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £359.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD30EZRX) HDD £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £100.00
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £99.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £59.99
Total : £1,427.58 (includes shipping : £14.75).



went for the 4gb card, different ram and psu, and liquid cpu cooling and a silent case that supports it, win 7 pro only as well, retail chips for longer warranty eg oem 1 year, retail 3 years
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £95.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
Total : £1,277.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99 (£671.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
Total : £1,490.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Corsair Neutron GTX Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-N240GBGTX-BK) £188.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Silver £149.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) £139.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £69.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £41.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,481.47 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £95.99
1 x XFX Pro Series 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
Total : £1,277.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Perfect, leaving you with money to spare too. Could probably knock off w7 off this list if you already have a copy etc ;)
 
Great community!

Thank you all for your input. This will give me plenty of options to mull over between now and end of Feb when I pull the trigger (can't wait:D).
 
Do you have any components from an existing Pc you can reuse?
Sata hdd/odd, Psu or even a 64bit OS for example, as this would save you money.
 
casteliosa said:
Thank you all for your input. This will give me plenty of options to mull over between now and end of Feb when I. pull the trigger (can't wait:D).
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It will be worth it, what are you upgrading from? I jumped from a computer around 2005 to today and the performanceiincrease is mind blowing. The 670 is an excellent choice too if you go with the Gigabyte windforce. :)
 
I have a few 2TB Western digital USB drives that I will strip and plug in so the Seagate Barracuda 3TB you included in your build Idleman might not be needed. I also have a blu-ray drive but the rest I'm yet to buy.

The only other thing that I'm not too bothered about is the case. A cheap one with good aiflow and adequate bays for later upgrades will do.
 
don't go too cheap on the case, as many don't have good airflow, or any cable management etc, might come with no case fans, or if you are using liquid cooling etc, no mounts, always check case for part to fit, as you wouldn't be the first to buy and it all doesn't fit it, vga cards are the worse with cpu heat sinks and fans being second.

then enough bays for drives, or last but not least, wrong size case for motherboard, it has been done, and not that long ago either here....

most here have opted for mid range cases, no one has spec'ed high end

next is o/s needed, Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit 4gb max, with 64bit 16 GB max.........
that's why i chose windows 7 pro 64bit at 192 GB, so if you did want 32gb in the future you can have

cut the budget too much, drop too many parts for cheaper, you will have saved money in the short term, but in the long term, you might as well have waited until July when the newer socket and cpu's come out
 
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This is a fairly decent budget case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
Total : £1,019.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Or this case, would have to check cooler will fit.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
Total : £60.49 (includes shipping : £8.75).

 
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illuz said:
It will be worth it, what are you upgrading from? I jumped from a computer around 2005 to today and the performanceiincrease is mind blowing. The 670 is an excellent choice too if you go with the Gigabyte windforce. :)
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Right now I'm using an old spec Acer on Vista so I know the jump will be epic:eek:.

Yea Zak I hear you about going too cheap on the case. Aside from perfomance, there has to be a good balance between the values of the components. It just doesn't feel right to pair up a £600 GPU with a £30 case just because it works.

I've been reading about 3D effectively halving the framerate so more I'm inclined to go with Idleman's first SLI attempt with a few tweaks maybe(e.g 250gb SSD).I
 
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YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99 (£671.98)
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £99.98
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £1,490.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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