Build for a friend: £1600 Limit

Roverno

Roverno

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My mate asked a while ago for a build at £1000 budget and i got some good responses so same again would be great. In typical fashion, he has decided to change his budget and thus the whole lot needs redoing:p

All parts are needed inc monitor, OS, KB ,Mouse.

I have chosen the following but im sure the hard workers on here can do better :D. Also considered adding a low end sound card, thoughts?

Colour scheme of black seems to be the order of the day so no viper of noctua fan suggestions please :)

2500k £167
MOBO, z68 chipset but unsure to which one. (Asus p8z68? £170)
Shinobi or shinobi XL Preorder? (other case could be better?) (£140)
HD Radeon 7950, sapphire with blue PCB but best cooler? £390
XFX 850W £110
OCUK 24" monitor £119
1TB HDD £90
M4 Crucial 120GB £130
Kingston Hyper X 8gb £37
H100 cooler £80
Sensei mouse £60 --FIXED
Logitech ultraflat £12 (could probably do a lot better?)
home Premium £61

total: about £1540


Many thanks in advance.
 
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This is dark Grey/Black.


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £334.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £139.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £123.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £44.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
Total : £1,637.40 (includes shipping : £16.85).

 
Definitely spend more on the monitor, no point spending so much on top of range gfx card and skimping on monitor, especially when you consider he's likely to keep monitor longer. You want a decent quality one, whether that be a 120Hz if he's into FPS or an IPs for the overall awesomeness of them, you want better than the cheapest TN panel you could find

As for mobo, look at the ASRock Extreme4 Gen3, very good board (I use one) and would fit colour scheme well

Case wise you could look at a Corsair 650D as an alternative, but the XL is good
 
Your speed is truly remarkable stulid, thank you. I dont think i can persuade him not to get a sensei but some recent kit i hadn't thought of in there.

EDIT: Is there space in a standard shinobi for an H100? ALso, a small case like this may be a little too hot with that GPU?

EDIT:EDIT: Possible to get a monitor with HDMI too?
 
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95thrifles said:
Definitely spend more on the monitor, no point spending so much on top of range gfx card and skimping on monitor, especially when you consider he's likely to keep monitor longer. You want a decent quality one, whether that be a 120Hz if he's into FPS or an IPs for the overall awesomeness of them, you want better than the cheapest TN panel you could find

As for mobo, look at the ASRock Extreme4 Gen3, very good board (I use one) and would fit colour scheme well

Case wise you could look at a Corsair 650D as an alternative, but the XL is good
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I use an Ex4 G3 too, nice board i agree. My only issue with a 650D is that i have a 600T and i am about to cut my grills out because they cause even my apache fans to be loud, and they are the same chassis.
 
I am awaiting reply on that particular case, but his general preference is simplicity and elegance. I think it will be too OTT for his tastes.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £334.99
1 x Corsair PC Starter Bundle 2000c - 600TM Case / TX 850W V2 PSU / H80 CPU Cooler (Cooler Half Price) £284.98
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £123.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £44.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
Total : £1,565.60 (includes shipping : £19.50).




EDIT:EDIT: Possible to get a monitor with HDMI too?
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The Dell has a displayport, simple connection to a 7950 (with a mini-displayport-displayport cable), leaves a Displayport port and DVI free for two more screens in Eyefinity.

No messing about with £25 adapters - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-000-XF&groupid=1929&catid=1757&subcat=
 
The Dell has a displayport, simple connection to a 7950 (mini-displayport-displayport cable), leaves a Displayport port and DVI free for two more screens in Eyefinity.
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Sorry, he wants the HDMI for PS3/Xbox. He will be selling one i think but insists on keeping one.
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-168-AN


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £334.99
1 x Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Midnight Grey £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £123.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £44.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
Total : £1,604.89 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
Roverno said:
Sorry, he wants the HDMI for PS3/Xbox. He will be selling one i think but insists on keeping one.
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Ok, 120hz for fast gaming sound good?

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £334.99
1 x Benq XL2410T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £123.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £119.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £44.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £43.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
Total : £1,653.83 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
Been playing around with the above spec to get it to £1600,


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £334.99
1 x Benq XL2410T 24" TRUE 120Hz 3D Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £123.95
1 x Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £99.98
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £37.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.39
Total : £1,597.82 (includes shipping : £22.20).



• Non-modular PSU
• Slower RPM HDD
• Still a good mouse, but no Boogie pad.
• RAM has visible Green PCB.
 
I had chat with my mate on the phone and he wasn't terribly enthusiastic about a £240 monitor, mainly because (we are students) he has a 32" samsung TV at home with HDMI and VGA 'PC IN' connections that he wishes to use.

He also thinks the P280 look like a fridge, i lol'ed. So a wait for the XL is going to be in hand i think as he as fallen in love with it's look i think.
 
Roverno said:
I had chat with my mate on the phone and he wasn't terribly enthusiastic about a £240 monitor, mainly because (we are students) he has a 32" samsung TV at home with HDMI and VGA 'PC IN' connections that he wishes to use.

He also thinks the P280 look like a fridge, i lol'ed. So a wait for the XL is going to be in hand i think as he as fallen in love with it's look i think.
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Many people think that...they have not seen the light! :D

Correct me, but I think 120Hz is a little bit of a gimmick - you'd see an increase in picture quality from an IPS screen?
 
Vinni3 @H|H said:
Many people think that...they have not seen the light! :D

Correct me, but I think 120Hz is a little bit of a gimmick - you'd see an increase in picture quality from an IPS screen?
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I can't comment as i only have LG flatron :( i do need an upgrade i think, my 6970 deserves better. (Possibly soon to be 7950)

EDIT: if you know a little about monitors, can just leave a quick comment of different technologies i should be researching so i can read about them. Thanks
 
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