A cheaper spec thread... Just in case

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Okay, I'm reasonably sure I'm irritating people with my endless supply of questions but here it goes again, the below spec is currently what is in my basket ready to order tomorrow or Tuesday, subject to swapping a few bits out for lack of availability etc


  1. Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey
  2. Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM
  3. Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2)
  4. OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  5. Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard
  6. Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black
  7. G.Skill RipJawsZ 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH)
  8. Steelseries 7G Gaming Mechanical Keyboard (64018)
  9. XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply
  10. Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+)
  11. Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
  12. Steelseries Sensei Pro Laser Gaming Mouse (62150)
  13. LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail)
  14. Creative T3130 2.1 Speaker System (51MF0395AA003)
  15. Akasa FLEXA P8 40cm CPU power extension


It's not often I have such a large amount to spend and I am wanting/ needing a powerful computer for Gaming, web design, photo editing, some video editing and some CAD as and when, it main purpose is to get me through College (Studying Level 3 BTEC IT) and university (Hopefully studying comp science) but am just worried that this may be a little overkill for my uses.... Mostly Gaming, web design, photo editing and course work predominantly for at least the next year....


So with this system coming to around £2,600.00 (My maximum budget) I am wondering if anyone can spec me a system with comparable performance but ultimately saving me some cash?


So what can you guys come up with?
 
The Halk said:
I would imagine not. I only get irritated when people ask a question, ignore the question and ask again!

That is a very good system indeed, and the only way I could save money on it would be cutting corners, however I'm not a fan of the all in one watercooling units, and I'd say it would be better to go for decent air rather than that.

Edit : Erm, cutting corners like having no monitor... :)

Or dropping down to a different platform when I assume you've carefully selected the top Intel platform?
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Can I ask why in regards to the coolers?

Also I chose that platform for its performance with much deliberation but as stated am wondering now if it is a tad overkill
 
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The Halk said:
Only you can decide which platform is right for you.

I've tried this explanation a few times, and nobody has really said if I get the point across correctly or not, I'll try it here, let me know if it makes sense.

The idea behind watercooling is to take a large amount of water and use it as a heat reservoir, adding the heat from several components into the water, and constantly reducing the temperature of the water towards ambient. By doing that the total mass of water shouldn't be greatly above ambient, and when you have a good loop that is what happens. The faster you have the water going around the lower the difference in temperature between the waterblocks and the water. The faster you have the fans running/bigger the radiator the lower the difference between air and the water.

The closed loop coolers are perhaps a nice convenient way of watercooling, but all they really do is move the fan from inside the case to out. Sure it does have an impact on temperatures but it's not fundamentally different to air cooling.
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Personally that makes perfect sense, I would like to try my hand at Water cooling in the future but not now, I was after one of those units for the increased performance in terms of temperature when I come to start overclocking
 
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