Another £1000 spec me thread

ca9phoenix · 13 Apr 2009 at 07:04

A pall wants me to build him a Gaming PC for £1000, however i have converted to the dark side and am now a mac user.

My last custom build was a Tri SLI 8800GTX with a q6600 @3.2 and 4GB DDR2 ram,

yes i know it's overkill i was experimenting (hence the switch to mac so i can't upgrade an iMac easily!)

things i see have changed to i7's and ddr3.

were keeping his 8800GTX so need something for £1000 or under that will last him for a few years.

i7 i think (i was tempted by the pre over-clocked bundles as it's less work for me messing around in the bios etc)

please lead me back down the path of riotousness (well for this one build)

oh and gonna put windows 7 on it for now,

markiejt · 13 Apr 2009 at 07:38

wouldnt bother with pre overclocked.. the clocks on them are so easily achieved it will take 2mins to get a low overclock

JediFragger · 13 Apr 2009 at 08:05

For that kind of cash def push it to i7 if you can :cool:

shinester184 · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:26

So you don't need a new GPU?

Kennysevenfold · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:34

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail £249.54
(£216.99) £249.54
(£216.99)

Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £209.29
(£181.99) £209.29
(£181.99)

Coolermaster Real Power 850w Modular Power Supply £128.98
(£112.16) £128.98
(£112.16)

Coolermaster HAF 932 Case - Black (No PSU) £105.79
(£91.99) £105.79
(£91.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £79.34
(£68.99) £79.34
(£68.99)

Pioneer BDC-S02BK 5x BluRay-ROM/12x DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £69.99
(£60.86) £69.99
(£60.86)

Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Triple Channel (TR3X6G1333C9) £63.99
(£55.64) £63.99
(£55.64)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD322HJ) £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99) Sub Total : £873.60 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £133.10 Total : £1,006.45

icey_haj · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:35

I think it's worth upgrading your GPU as well.

SBD · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:40

He wont need to upgrade his GPUs since tri SLi 8800GTX has got to be still very good would have thought it would be more powerful than a 4890 tbh. Even if it isn't it wont be a big performance gap.

Kennysevenfold · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:41

icey_haj said:
I think it's worth upgrading your GPU as well.

and sacrafice going with 3 gig of ram.?
and do you think a 4890 will be worth up £200 going from 3 x 8800GTX

icey_haj · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:55

Apologies, forgot he had tri-sli.

And Kenny you know the 3GB of RAM was a mistake.

In which case, you should get this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-180-CS

Kennysevenfold · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:58

icey_haj said:
Apologies, forgot he had tri-sli.

And Kenny you know the 3GB of RAM was a mistake. In which case, you should get this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-180-CS

LOL

so take away your graphics option..and get my spec is what your saying.?

D D Danneh · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:14

Kenny's on the dot. That's what I'd go with ('cept maybe the case, but that's personal preference).

icey_haj · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:17

D D Danneh said:
Kenny's ALMOST on the dot. That's what I'd go with ('cept maybe the case, but that's personal preference).

Alas, he's not match for my superior speccing skillz.

Kennysevenfold · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:19

icey_haj said:
Alas, he's not match for my superior speccing skillz.

Superior skillzz.?

Pretty much the same as mine MINUS the choice of hard drives (OS and storage/backup) and CPU cooler for optimal performance as he wants to go at overclocking

icey_haj · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:20

OMG I spooned it again, meh, it's a lack of sleep.That 620W Coolermaster PSU is actually meant to be a Coolermaster V8 CPU cooler.

Kennysevenfold · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:21

icey_haj said:
OMG I spooned it again, meh, it's a lack of sleep.That 620W Coolermaster PSU is actually meant to be a Coolermaster V8 CPU cooler.

Costly mistakes mate.!

LOL

icey_haj · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:24

Kennysevenfold said:
Costly mistakes mate.!

LOL

Yeh, but I don't think he would actually order two PSUs you know.

Kennysevenfold · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:26

icey_haj said:
Yeh, but I don't think he would actually order two PSUs you know.

LOL awk you never know :rolleyes:

TheCenturion · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:37

ca9phoenix said:
were keeping his 8800GTX ,

for about £70, you should be able to get another 8800gtx to go sli, second hand of course

D D Danneh · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:44

anant_shah94 said:
for about £70, you should be able to get another 8800gtx to go sli, second hand of course

He already has tri-sli 8800's, and he can't go quad because there aren't enough PCI-E slots.

esK` · 13 Apr 2009 at 14:03

icey_haj said:
Alas, he's not match for my superior speccing skillz.

2 psu's *cough*